Jackson Nichols and Paul Felipe Williamson | Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman Congress enacted the federal Miller Act to protect contractors who furnish labor and materials on federal projects. Similar statutes are in place in many states for a variety of state and county public projects, including in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. These state… Continue reading DMV Little Miller Acts: How to Get Paid on Public Projects
Month: March 2022
Tick Tock: Don’t Let the Statute of Repose or Limitations Time Periods Run on Your Construction Claims
Gus Sara | The Subrogation Strategist In Wascher v. ABC Ins. Co., No. 2020AP1961, 2022 Wisc. App. LEXIS 110 (Feb. 9, 2022), the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin considered whether the plaintiffs were barred — by Wisconsin’s 10-year statute of repose for improvements to real property claims and the six-year statute of limitations for breach of contract… Continue reading Tick Tock: Don’t Let the Statute of Repose or Limitations Time Periods Run on Your Construction Claims
Frozen Pipe Claims: Subrogation, Common Failures, and Complex Causes
Andrew Schmit | Claims Pages Each year, water damage and freezing pipes cost insurers $15-$20 billion and result in claims from approximately 1 in 50 insured homes.1 While many cases of water damage are caused by a lack of maintenance or normal wear and tear, in the winter months, claims related to water damage and freezing… Continue reading Frozen Pipe Claims: Subrogation, Common Failures, and Complex Causes
Designing a Fair Standard of Care in Design Agreements
ConsensusDocs One of the concerns faced by construction companies is now design liability. Design liability concerns are not limited to just design-build projects. It is a hot-button issue for builders because the line between an architect’s responsibility to create sufficient design documents and a builder’s responsibility to execute the means, methods, and techniques is increasingly… Continue reading Designing a Fair Standard of Care in Design Agreements
A Drafter’s Checklist: Prefabrication Contracts
Christopher S. Houston and LaQues Harrison | Taft Stettinius & Hollister Prefabrication continues to show its value in modern construction. The project delivery tool, in use for over 100 years, allows a constructor to utilize off-site production sites to manufacture units of a build. These units are then transferred to the project site for installation… Continue reading A Drafter’s Checklist: Prefabrication Contracts