For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back Matthew DeVries. Matthew (@matthewdevries) is a construction attorney, LEED AP, and a member of the Construction Service Group of Stites & Harbison, PLLC, as well as the founder of www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com. He can be reached at matthew.devries@stites.com. As a father of seven young children, […]
The Saga Surrounding the SBA’s Surety Bond Limits
For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Construction Law Musings welcomes Danielle Rodabaugh. Danielle (@DaRodabaugh) is the chief editor at SuretyBonds.com, a surety provider that works with construction professionals across the nation. Danielle writes to help construction professionals and their lawyers better understand the intricacies of the surety market. From time to time, contractors struggle to […]
Join Us for a Seminar on Construction Contract Drafting
Want to learn something abut construction contract drafting? On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 1 PM Eastern Strafford will be hosting a webinar on just that topic. Why am I mentioning this? Because I am one of the speakers of course. I will be joining my friends, colleagues, and fellow construction attorneys Melissa Brumback (@melissabrumback) […]
Fraud, Construction Contracts and Change Orders- A Roundup
Musings will be leaving the “green” reservation for a bit and discussing more mundane, though no less relevant, issues that arise in the construction world. One interesting note is that the Virginia Storm Water Regulations were recently updated and are open to public comment. If you are affected by these regulations, be sure to make […]
Read Your Construction Contract Arbitration Clauses Carefully
In May of last year, we discussed an opinion in U.S. ex rel. Thyssenkrupp Safway Inc. v. Tessa Structures LLC. If you recall, this case involves a three way payment dispute between a supplier, Thyssenkrupp, a subcontractor, Tessa Structures, and a general contractor, Vista Contracting. As discussed in the prior post, Thyssenkrupp did not get […]