Phew! We made it through 2020. Needless to say, this year has been an “interesting” (in the Chinese curse sort of way) year. While the year started strong, COVID created some hurdles for the construction industry in Virginia. Everything from new emergency regulations, to the need to be extremely careful with your notices, and keeping
Originally posted 2015-06-16 13:00:57. It has been a while since I “mused” on the green building landscape. While I am a LEED AP and have presented on green (read “sustainable”) building in the past, I am not totally sold on LEED as the be all end all in sustainable construction (the USGBC is a private
Originally posted 2012-09-07 09:00:58. Here we are on Guest Post Friday and I thought that I’d take a moment to thank those that have allowed me the privilege of providing guest posts at their sites over the last few months. I always appreciate the chance to share some thoughts with readers of great blogs like
I have stated on numerous occasions here at Musings that in Virginia, contract claims and tort claims (read fraud) don’t mix. A recent case from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia presents another example of this principle. In Itility LLC v. The Staffing Resource Group, Judge Ellis of the Alexandria Division,
Originally posted 2012-11-19 09:18:52. As anyone who reads this construction blog on a regular basis knows, I believe that the move to newer sustainable building practices (while bringing about a new or different set of potential risks) is both necessary and laudable. Because of this fact, you may be asking why the headline for today’s