For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome Alex Levin. Alex is a writer for several surety organizations. Although much is unknown about them, surety bonds are a necessary requirement for many small businesses to open and are required on almost all major construction projects. With an unemployment rates holding steady around
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome Kavita Knowles. Kavita is a named partner in the firm Fullerton & Knowles. Her firm is well known in the Virginia area for its Construction Law Survival Manual and, like me, performs work for construction professionals. The District of Columbia will generally
You know how I’ve stated on many occasions that the contract is king here in Virginia? You know how that included contractual provisions waiving mechanic’s lien rights for subcontractors and suppliers? You know how I thought that the General Assembly would not do anything to make mechanic’s liens in Virginia easier to prosecute? Well, it
Each year, Mark Buckshon of the Construction Marketing Ideas blog (one that contains a great amount of wonderful information, by the way), hosts a Best Construction Blog contest. This little corner of the blawgosphere has been nominated for the 2015 competition. Mark has kindly said a few words about Construction Law Musings to give you
Two and a half years ago, on July 1, 2010, I opened my solo practice. At the time, I really had no insight into how big this change would be from a positive, customer service, perspective. When I made the decision to go solo with my construction law practice, I knew I wanted to have