Musings is taking a much anticipated beachfront vacation. I will try and weigh in on the LEED Certification guarantee debate this week or early next. Also, please stay tuned for a two part guest post Friday from @advocatesstudio that I find quite interesting, and I believe that you will also. Thanks to all my readers […]
Public Contracts- What can be waived?
Image via Wikipedia As a general contractor or subcontractor in the Commonwealth of Virginia (and likely other places as well) you likely have run into situations where the contract you sign with the owner or upstream contractor had a clause that waived your delay damages or limited your delay remedy to additions of time, but […]
Another Call for Guest Posts
I want to thank all of you who have helped get this little corner of the web going! I truly appreciate it. I also need to thank all of my readers, it still amazes me that construction law and my thoughts about it are interesting enough to warrant your attention, please keep it up! Now, […]
Tax Crude Now: A Response to an Interesting Idea
Shari Shapiro of Green Building Law Blog and I had an interesting discussion on Twitter last evening regarding her post entitled “Tax Gas Now.” Without oversimplifying a cogent position presented by Mrs. Shapiro (a blogger I consider a friend), the basic premise is to assure a minimum price for crude oil through taxation. Let me […]
Welcome to Construction Law Musings
I am a construction lawyer at The Law Office of Christopher G. Hill, PC in Richmond, Virginia and member of Virginia’s Legal Elite in Construction Law. I specialize in mechanic’s liens, occupational safety issues, contract consulting and review and general risk management for all levels of construction professionals from contractors to subcontractors to material men. […]