Construction Business Owner

MAY 17, 2022

Assessing the Current Legality of Your Handbook Policies. Tue, 05/17/2022 - 09:40. Employee handbooks have long been an essential workplace tool. Regardless of size, all employers should maintain a handbook. Handbooks often provide an employer’s history as well as its mission statement and guiding philosophy.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Construction Dive’s award-winning column examined the major legal topics facing contractors this year, including new regulations, avoiding disputes and the burgeoning role of artificial intelligence.

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Construction Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project has become the focal point of a legal dispute over its potential environmental impacts. While the project aims to mitigate congestion and… Source The post Brent Spence Bridge: Legal Battle Over $3.6B Project Amid Eco Concerns appeared first on Construction Today.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That's why you need legal help. A legal professional can identify the rules and regulations that apply to your business and advise you on operating within those laws.

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Building Radar

AUGUST 13, 2024

Understanding the key legal considerations in construction contracts can help prevent disputes, manage risks, and ensure successful project completion. For a comprehensive guide on the legal aspects of construction contracts, visit AIA’s article on legal considerations. Key Legal Considerations in Construction Contracts 1.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 8, 2020

This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that with green building practices companies can mitigate their legal risk while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for more disclosure. Make no mistake, there is no U.S.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 26, 2018

While there are several documents that contractors use regularly, there are also other lesser-known legal documents that owners may find useful. The following five standard legal agreements are worth considering to help clean up your contract processes.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 3, 2023

Staff hit by the collapse of Ilke Homes are planning to take legal action over claims that it failed to properly consult staff before making them redundant. As part of the legal process, Aticus Law will determine whether ex-staff are eligible to claim for a Protective Award claim against ilke Homes.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A well designed and well managed Job Order Contracting Program (JOC Program) should accelerate planning, procurement, and project delivery off repair, renovation, maintenance, and minor construction projects, as well as associated cost savings, quality improvements, and elimination of legal disputes. via Four BT, LLC.

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Construction Law

MAY 16, 2024

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder that will force it to fix serious building safety issues in a Stevenage tower block. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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BD+C

AUGUST 8, 2024

Yet the legal profession also is not immune to the challenges many industries are experiencing in adapting to hybrid work, attracting and retaining top talent and meeting calls for greater equity and inclusion in the workplace. Multipurpose training rooms provide space for mock trials and case strategy.

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Building Radar

JULY 25, 2024

Embarking on a construction project in Texas entails navigating a web of legal requirements to ensure compliance. This compliance checklist will guide you through the key legal requirements, helping you avoid costly fines and project delays.

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Construction Dive

MARCH 26, 2020

Here, construction attorneys break down some of the legal ramifications. contractors are facing uncertainty around issues like health threats to workers, government stoppages and supply chain delays.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 7, 2019

to legalize the use of recreational marijuana. As more states adopt laws legalizing recreational weed, marijuana companies are looking to get licensing and mobilize in those states quickly. A version of this post was published in Illinois Real Estate Journal as a byline article from Englewood Construction.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Failure to properly address embodied carbon emissions in the government’s Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings Standard consultation could leave resulting legislation open to legal challenge, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has warned.

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Construction Law

APRIL 18, 2024

Failure to properly address embodied carbon emissions in the government’s Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings Standard consultation could leave resulting legislation open to legal challenge, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has warned.

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Construction Law

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Disruption typically refers to any hindrance or interruption to a contractor’s regular progress resulting in it incurring additional cost due to lower productivity in executing the impacted work. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law.

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Construction Law

AUGUST 5, 2024

Constructive acceleration often refers to a situation where the contract administrator (or equivalent) fails to award an extension of time (“EOT”) to which the contractor is entitled, and the contractor is compelled to accelerate the works to meet the original completion date, essentially to avoid liability for liquidated damages.

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Illegal immigration has dominated the headlines during this election season, but building pros are calling for help to get skilled workers to jobsites.

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Construction Marketing

JULY 21, 2016

Whether just starting out or operating for years, there are many legal obligations and issues that confront a small business owner. The Small Business Legal guide from Legal Services Link provides information on the top ten areas business owners need to address to ensure their businesses are legally protected.

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CivilJungle

AUGUST 8, 2022

Legal Documents Required for Purchase of Property. But we must avoid the problem and legal situation by checking the documents required for buying property. Every construction work begins with legal approval. The actual owner of land legally sets people by way of every power of attorney. Commencement Certificate.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 18, 2016

That's often when legal disputes often arise. Any experienced contractor knows that even carefully planned projects can result in devastating losses and unanticipated budget overruns due to a number of factors.

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 6, 2017

As this technology segment continues to grow, employers must follow state and federal laws that relate to social media, or they will likely find themselves in an unwanted legal dispute.

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Construction Dive

JUNE 7, 2024

Melissa Beutler Withy, who has written and edited two books on construction law, first represented the company as a partner at a private law firm.

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Construction Law

APRIL 2, 2024

A Scott Schedule is a type of document that was originally developed by George Alexander Scott, who was an Official Referee of the office of Official Referees which eventually became the Technology and Construction Court. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law.

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BD+C

JUNE 24, 2019

How much time have you spent thinking about the legal side of architecture? If you are like most architects, you probably haven’t spent enough time thinking about it. While it may not be the sexiest part of the architectural profession, it is something that every licensed architect must consider on every single project.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Los Angeles-based heavy civil contractor said it is working to resolve most of its outstanding litigation by the end of 2024.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Where an employer engages an independent contractor to undertake work on its behalf, the employer will generally not be liable for any unauthorised torts committed by the independent contractor during the execution of its work. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law.

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Construction Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

“Hot-tubbing” is another term for “concurrent expert evidence”. It refers to a dispute resolution procedure in which both parties’ experts give their evidence together at a hearing or trial, with questions being posed to the experts at the same time by the judge or arbitrator(s).

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 30, 2024

Contracts are evolving in an era of persisting supply chain problems, inflation and cyber risks, construction attorneys say.

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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Legal challenges to the £950 million A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet road scheme have let to Skanska being paid an additional £24M by National Highways. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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FDR Safety

JULY 12, 2016

OSHA’s new, misguided requirement for detailed electronic reporting of injury and illness data by employers has come under legal challenge by a coalition of trade associations, employers and an insurance company. The post Legal challenge to injury and illness data reporting rule appeared first on FDRsafety.

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Construction Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

In a construction context, retention typically refers to money that the employer deducts and retains from interim payments due to the contractor as security for the proper completion of the works and/or the rectification of any defects or other non-compliant work.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 8, 2023

While organizations work to attract students to the industry, Suffolk Construction gained an asset from an unexpected place: the legal field. In addition, staffs have a gender imbalance: the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) reports that women constitute just 9.9% of the construction workforce.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 12, 2021

Unlike common workplace policies such as time and a half pay for overtime or mandatory family and medical leave, which are legally mandated, no federal or state laws or regulations require employers to have written job descriptions. As a result, some employers have never taken the time to create job descriptions.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 14, 2013

Groobert Award for Legal Excellence. Kohler received the award at the ELFA Legal Forum on May 6 in Charleston, S.C.' (May 14, 2013) — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association has awarded Mark Kohler, General Counsel for Syndications at GE Capital Americas, the Edward A.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 10, 2011

This year, the US Green Building Council hosted the 2nd Annual Legal Forum at Greenbuild 2011. Attorney Dan Sheridan provided a thorough recap of the Legal Forum on his blog, Legally Green. It may surprise you to learn that I attended many non-legal presentations at Greenbuild as well.

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