Thoughts on construction law from Christopher G. Hill, Virginia construction lawyer, LEED AP, mediator, and member of the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law

Category Archives: Business of Construction

Happy Thanksgiving!

It is that time of year again when I find it appropriate to reflect on the great things in my life.  As I sit here with my family on Thanksgiving Day 2022,  I have much to be thankful for.  I have a thriving construction law practice, great clients, wonderful friends, and of course the best,

I’m Always Learning from Teaching about Construction

Originally posted 2016-11-21 09:36:37. Back on November 8 and 9, 2016, aside from hearing about some sort of election, I joined a good friend of mine, Chuck McCarthy, from W. M. Jordan Company to teach part of the AGC Project Manager Development Program.  Being an attorney, I was of course teaching the module on Contract

Another Great Time at the Boar’s Head Inn

This year was the 43rd Annual Construction & Public Contracts Law seminar at the Boars Head Inn in Charlottesville.  As is almost always the case, the two-day seminar included great topics for the experienced Virginia construction attorney as well as those new to my favorite area of law. This year we had a different ethics

Mechanic’s Liens and Legislative Sausage

Originally posted 2016-12-19 10:00:35. Over the past week or two I’ve been covering HB 1265, a bill that was working its way through the Virginia General Assembly legislative sausage making process.  I gave you my thoughts on the original bill as written and then on the somewhat better (though far from perfect) amended bill. Well,