For this weeks Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome Charles Hendricks, AIA, CSI, LEED AP. Charles (@thegainesgroup on Twitter) is an architect at The Gaines Group, PLC. This architectural and design firm was named the “best green designers” in 2008 by the Virginia Sustainable Building Network and has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg, […]
A Great Contractor Filled Weekend
Over this past weekend, I attended the annual convention of the Associated General Contractors of Virginia. As always, a good time was had by all. Between the skeet and five stand shooting, the oyster tasting and other great events, the convention had plenty of laughter and opportunity to have some fun at the Homestead here […]
Thanks to Brian Hill and AEC Forensics for the Opportunity
I have made numerous friends during my journey here at Musings and Brian Hill (@blhill and @aec4n6) is one of them. Today, Brian was nice enough to let me muse at his AEC Forensics blog on the topic of BIM, IPD and Risk. Here’s a bit of the article: Like the movement toward sustainable or […]
The Value of Pre-qualifying Contractors On Public Construction Projects
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome Harold (Hal) Good, CPPO. Hal is the director of Purchasing for Frederick County Government and First Vice President of the National Purchasing Institute, (NPI). Prior positions include: Director of Procurement and Contracting for the city of Palm Springs, California and materials management related positions […]
Flying Solo: How it Helps My Construction Clients
Two and a half years ago, on July 1, 2010, I opened my solo practice. At the time, I really had no insight into how big this change would be from a positive, customer service, perspective. When I made the decision to go solo with my construction law practice, I knew I wanted to have […]