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

PSA: Pay If Paid Ban Goes into Effect on January 1, 2023

I have written a couple of times here at Musings regarding the new pay-if-paid legislation passed by the General Assembly last session.  While the statute has some inconsistencies and a working group has made some recommendations, the legislation as passed will go into effect on January 1, 2023, without any changes (at least until next

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,