The annual General Assembly session is now well underway here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As is always the case, those in our fine state legislature have introduced with varying success a few construction-related bills. This post will list just a few without comment, and a big one at the end that will likely spur […]
What is “Action by a Public Body” Where County Exempted from VPPA?
The Virginia Public Procurement Act (“VPPA”) governs the contractual relationships between the Commonwealth and its subdivisions and the businesses and individuals that provide them goods and services. It also provides the mechanism for the appeal of certain decisions by public bodies as well as a method by which a county can exempt itself from certain […]
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 […]