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

Contractors in Virginia Need To Be Ready for July 1, 2011

The Virginia General Assembly has passed a couple of bills, effective July 1, 2011, that will affect contractors’ and other construction professionals’ rights to payment and where they can and should bring their construction related claims. The first set of changes are to Virginia’s “Little Miller Act” of which I have spoken on many occasions

Conflict? Construction Mediators Thrive On It

Yesterday I attended a great CLE/CME (Continuing Mediator Education) seminar entitled “Brave New World for Mediation: Skills for Forging the Future.”  Aside from the skills learned from the mediators at the seminar, one thing stuck with me from the keynote speech. In the course of his discussion of how far mediation (and ADR in general)

A Wrap on Another Great Construction and Public Contracts Law Weekend

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the 37th Annual Construction and Public Contracts Law seminar and conference in Charlottesville, Virginia.  This year’s theme was construction contracts and as always the speakers and the company knocked it out of the park.  This year was particularly satisfying because I was one of the co-chairs of