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: Construction Law

Resolve to Mediate Your Construction Disputes in 2014

Originally posted 2014-01-13 09:00:34. After last week’s quick detour to discuss Kevin Underhill’s great book, we’re back to discuss more “serious” topics.  Namely, how to move forward relating to your construction disputes in 2014. As anyone that regularly reads Construction Law Musings knows, I am a Virginia Supreme Court certified mediator and an advocate of

When is an Improvement not an Improvement on a Construction Project?

Originally posted 2012-09-21 08:00:01. Today I am back on the legal analysis/interesting case train after a few weeks of getting my new solo practice (thank you to all who have wished me well in this endeavor) up and running and discussing various green building trends and topics. This week’s case discusses the operation of the

Legislative Update on Bills of Note (Updated Post-Adjournment)

In two prior posts, one specifically relating to a bill that was introduced to apply a statute of limitatons on state agencies for construction projects and one more general, I discussed some of the legislation pending in the Virginia General Assembly that could be of interest to construction professionals. This post will update the status

ConsensusDOCS Hits the Cloud

Originally posted 2012-05-14 09:00:07. I have discussed the ConsensusDOCS here at Musings on a few occasions.  These relatively new form documents, endorsed by the AGC among other trade organizations, are a great counterpoint to the AIA documents that we all are more than familiar with and as construction attorneys and contractors have likely reviewed on

Incorporation, Indemnity and Statutes of Limitations, Oh My!

Originally posted 2017-02-07 09:00:55. We all know that the contract is king in Virginia.  We also know that Virginia will allow for a so called “incorporation” clause that will allow for “flow down” of certain prime contract provisions in a way that will make those provisions applicable to subcontractors.  We also know that a claim