Heidi Hudson Raschke | Property Casualty Focus For going on five months, the United States has been dealing with the difficult impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted daily lives and sometimes devastated businesses. In looking for sources of economic recovery, businesses want to turn to their commercial property policies, but, as this blog has explained,… Continue reading DC Court Finds No Coverage for COVID-19 Losses Where Plaintiffs Could Not Show That Property Sustained Direct Physical Loss
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Change Orders During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Managing Unexpected Construction Costs and Time Overruns
Elizabeth Charnowski and Carl Pebworth | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath The COVID-19 pandemic has caused cost overruns and project delays that construction owners and contractors could have never imagined before 2020. These unanticipated circumstances can create contract application and interpretation challenges for the unwary construction partner. For example, even if a prime contract expressly… Continue reading Change Orders During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Managing Unexpected Construction Costs and Time Overruns
OSHA Issues COVID-19 Guidance for Construction Industry
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog This past month, after remaining relatively quiet following the coronavirus outbreak, OSHA began issuing industry-specific guidance on how to deal with the coronavirus in the workplace. Until this month, the only construction industry specific guidance issued by OSHA was an OSHA Alert entitled COVID-19 Guidance for the Construction Workforce,… Continue reading OSHA Issues COVID-19 Guidance for Construction Industry
Will Subcontractor Default Insurance Still Have Value in the Recovering Economy?
Nicole Lentini and Rebecca Clawson Juhl | Construction Law Blog The COVID-19 pandemic has burdened subcontractors with workforce shortages, supply chain issues, and financial difficulties. Therefore, as states lift their stay-at-home orders issued to limit the spread of COVID-19 and construction projects resume, subcontractors’ ability to complete demanding, time-sensitive projects might be impacted. Subcontractor default… Continue reading Will Subcontractor Default Insurance Still Have Value in the Recovering Economy?
COVID-19 Language For New Construction Contracts: A Practical Approach
David A. Blake | Seyfarth Shaw Introduction Those entering into new construction contracts should include custom language addressing the parties’ respective rights and responsibilities related to COVID-19. Many articles and webinars have focused on how traditional contract clauses in existing contracts may respond to COVID-19 issues. The fit is not always clear. Some guesswork is involved and… Continue reading COVID-19 Language For New Construction Contracts: A Practical Approach