Remember how I stated that your construction contract governs the “law” of your business relationship? Remember how (at least as a subcontractor or supplier) the Virginia General Assembly stated that is no longer true in regards to pre-payment contractual mechanic’s lien waivers? Remember that most construction contracts contain a clause or two relating to claims […]
VOSH Jumps Into the Employee Misclassification Pool
The proper classification of workers by construction companies has been on the radar of the Department of Labor for both the US and Virginia governments for quite a while. While most of the misclassification is innocent and not done to create issues, there have been enough instances of purposeful misclassification of certain workers as independent […]
Check Out the VBA’s New Construction Law Blog
The Virginia Bar Association has launched a great construction resource (to read along with Musings of course) for all of you construction attorneys out there. My pals Scott Kowalski and Josh Johnson are the curators and driving force behind the effort.
True Sustainability – Trust, But Verify
Brian L. Hill helps others to achieve more from less through business development, digital media and construction consulting. A fourth generation construction/real estate professional, he shares his passion for pursuing quality in the built environment at AECforensics.com. Always on the search for quality content, if you are a professional in the A/E/C industry, consider writing […]
Seven Years of Musings?!?!? Hard to Believe Even for Me
Wow! It seems like just yesterday that I started this little construction law blog with a two line post on the Blogger platform. When I posted that announcement seven (yes, it’s been 7 years) ago basically on a whim, I had no idea that I would still be posting my “musings” on construction related topics […]