Originally posted 2016-02-26 09:00:17. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back a good friend, Scott Wolfe. Scott is the founder of Levelset, a cloud-based platform that gives construction industry participants control over their financial risk and payment processes. The Levelset platform manages the mechanics lien compliance process for all parties […]
Limiting Services Can Lead to Increased Liability
Originally posted 2012-04-06 09:00:08. For this week’s Guest Post Friday Musings, we welcome Nick Pacella. Nick is an architect licensed in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. His practice has spanned several economic swings and he has been able to reposition the eggs in his basket to make the most of each recovery. He is […]
Boots on the Ground- A Great Way to Learn and Help Construction Clients
Originally posted 2014-11-03 13:21:40. This past week, I attended the Construction Law and Public Contracts seminar in Charlottesville, VA and also a breakfast meeting of the Richmond chapter of the Associated General Contractors of Virginia. Reflecting on this past week, I realized that my membership and participation in both of these great organizations (I am […]
When Is an Arbitration Clause Unconscionable? Not Often
Originally posted 2021-03-03 11:55:15. Here at Construction Law Musings, I have discussed the pros and cons of various forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including arbitration. I am a fan of most ADR, but less of one for arbitration than for mediation. However, where the arbitration can be done under a good set of cost-containing […]
What Contractors Can Learn from Smurfit and Quimonda
Originally posted 2016-11-24 10:01:00. Image via Wikipedia It will come as no shock to you that the economy has put a hit on the construction industry. Left and right we hear about developers and contractors hitting the skids, both through bankruptcy and otherwise. Personally, I take the view that the construction industry will end up […]