For this week’s post, I am taking a trip to the great Construction Law in North Carolina blog run by a friend and fellow construction attorney, Melissa Brumback (@melissabrumback). Over at her blog, I discuss how to keep construction project problems from turning into money draining litigation. Here’s a taste: While I agree to some […]
Negotiation from Weakness- You’ll be Doing It
For our first “Guest Post Saturday” here at Construction Law Musings, we have a great one. Victoria Pynchon is an attorney-mediator with ADR Services, Inc. in Century City; an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association in Los Angeles, California; and, a negotiation consultant and trainer world-wide. Victoria is one of the founders of She Negotiates […]
Just Because Your Employee Was Supposed to Work Safely. . .
Here at Construction Law Musings, I’ve discussed the need to keep up with your safety program and stay out of the cross-hairs of the state and federal safety inspectors. The Virginia Court of Appeals gave a stark reminder of this fact in the case of Atlantic Environmental Construction Co. v. Malveaux, Comm’r. In this case, […]
Use RIMC and Dominate Your Construction Niche
This week, Musings welcomes Mark Buckshon of the Construction Marketing Ideas blog to Guest Post Friday. Mark publishes several regional construction industry newspapers and websites. He can be reached at 888-432-3555 ext 224 or by email at [email protected]. If you can imagine a table or structure which needs foundation “legs,” you will appreciate how to […]
Why You Should Consider Mediation (Most of the Time)
As any reader of Construction Law Musings is aware, I am a huge fan of mediation as a way to resolve construction disputes. I am such a fan that a few years ago I took the plunge and got certified as a mediator. Why then did I put the caveat in the title of this […]