Jeffrey J. Vita and Michael V. Pepe | SDV Insights I. IntroductionFirst-party, third-party, builder’s risk, professional liability, commercial general liability, wrap-ups, and additional insured status are all potential sources of insurance coverage for a large construction loss. Therefore, it is critical for construction industry participants, from owners and developers to general contractors and their subcontractors,… Continue reading Identifying and Accessing Coverage in Complex Construction Claims
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Identifying and Accessing Coverage in Complex Construction Claims
Jeffrey J. Vita and Michael V. Pepe | Saxe Doernberger & Vita I. Introduction First-party, third-party, builder’s risk, professional liability, commercial general liability, wrap-ups, and additional insured status are all potential sources of insurance coverage for a large construction loss. Therefore, it is critical for construction industry participants, from owners and developers to general contractors… Continue reading Identifying and Accessing Coverage in Complex Construction Claims
Risk Assessment — Construction Claims: How to Calculate the Recoverable Costs and Damages
Amandeep Kahlon | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings When negotiating a complex change order or preparing to litigate a claim, calculating actual recoverable costs incurred can be a difficult exercise. You will want to first review your contract to determine what kinds of costs are compensable. For example, the change order provision of your contract may provide… Continue reading Risk Assessment — Construction Claims: How to Calculate the Recoverable Costs and Damages
A New Roadmap to a Familiar Journey: The ASCE Standard on Loss of Productivity
Frederick E. Hedberg | American Bar Association As the construction industry recovers from and adjusts to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares for a new normal, post-COVID world, claims for losses of productivity on projects that were in progress when COVID-19 struck will likely increase due to contractors performing work under conditions far… Continue reading A New Roadmap to a Familiar Journey: The ASCE Standard on Loss of Productivity
Coming to Construction Claims – The Collateral Source Rule
Andrew Atkins, Peter Marino and William Vaughn | Smith Anderson In another significant opinion from the North Carolina appellate courts, the Court of Appeals recently expanded the application of the collateral source rule to negligence claims arising out of construction disputes in a case of first impression, Carolina-A-Contracting, LLC v. J. Scott Campbell Construction Company, Inc.,… Continue reading Coming to Construction Claims – The Collateral Source Rule