As the summer comes to a close and I have 2 of my three children headed back to school (the third headed to college this year), I wanted to wish you all a wonderful Labor Day. Here’s hoping that you all had a great summer and that, to those of you who have another “first […]
Make Your Contract Work for You: Top 5 Clauses to Review Before Signing
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back Rob Pitkin. Rob (@KCconstrlawyer) is an attorney with the Construction Law Group of Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC in Kansas City, where he handles Construction disputes and other types of sophisticated business litigation. Originally from Iowa, he graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois […]
Happy 4th of July from Construction Law Musings
Here’s wishing all of the readers of Construction Law Musings a great 4th of July. As we think about the freedoms that we have, I hope that you and your families are taking some time off, staying relatively cool and enjoying a wonderful Independence Day. As always, I welcome your comments below. Please subscribe to keep […]
More Musings From the Mediation Trenches
As those that read this construction blog on a regular basis know, I became a Virginia Supreme Court certified mediator a few years ago. I did so because I believe that mediation as a form of alternate dispute resolution is in most cases a much better alternative to resolve a construction dispute than litigation. While […]
Update Relating to SB891 and Bond Claim Waivers
Several bills were passed and will go into effect on July 1, 2015 that affect the construction industry here in Virginia. The most interesting of these was an amendment to the mechanic’s lien statutes relating to waivers of lien rights. As I posted in March, SB891 amended the mechanic’s lien statute, Va. Code Section 43-3, […]