It was 9 years ago today that I announced the creation of Construction Law Musings with two lines, no picture and some vague idea that I wanted to share my thoughts and insights into Virginia construction law. Back in 2008, Musings was on the Blogger platform, my kids were much younger (they’re now a junior […]
Murphy was an Optimist- How to Deal with this Truth on a Construction Site
Anyone who deals with construction on a daily basis will tell you that something will go wrong on the job site. I am constantly reminded of this fact (and also reminded that I may have a somewhat skewed perspective because I spend my time either dealing with problems, or anticipating them for my construction clients). […]
Humbled by Year 11 in the Virginia Business Legal Elite
Thank you, once again, to the Virginia legal community that continues to elect me to the Virginia Business Legal Elite. The eleven years in a row of election to the Legal Elite in the Construction Category spans my time at my prior firm and my time as a solo construction attorney. The fact that you […]
July 1, 2015 Statutory Changes Affecting Virginia Contractors and Subcontractors
As always seems to be the case, this year, as in others, the Virginia General Assembly has seen fit to “tweak” a few construction related statutes. All of these changes will go into effect on July 1, 2015. The big one, and one that I posted about a while back is the change to the […]
Construction Change Order Provisions- Sword and Shield?
A recent case brought to my attention by Melissa Brumback (@melissabrumback) of the Construction Law in North Carolina Blog reminded me of the necessity to both include change order provisions in your construction contracts and to follow them. In the case of Artistic Stone v. Safeco in the Norfolk, VA Federal Court (linked from and […]