Construction Risk
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contract Review Service
    • Personnel
  • Casenotes Report
    • Newsletters (2010-current)
    • Newsletters (1999-2010)
    • Newsletter Videos
    • Topics
  • Design and Construction Contracts
    • Reasonable Contract Clauses
    • Indemnification Clause
    • Limitation of Liability Clause
    • More Contract Topics
  • CLE Video
    • Contract Topics in 1 Minute
    • Contracts for Design Professionals
    • Design / Build Lessons Learned
    • Jobsite Safety Responsibility and Liability
    • Working on Purpose
  • CLE Written
    • Books
    • Webinars on Construction Risk Management
    • Setting & Achieving Goals
    • Design Professional Litigation 2016
    • Design Professional – Contract Review Workshop
    • Lessons Learned 2016
    • Design-Build Risk Management
    • Design Professional Litigation 2015
    • Jobsite Safety Responsibility Litigation Lessons Learned
    • Managing Design Professional Risks
  • Contact
Select Page

Protests Up & Sustains Down – A Brief Review of GAO’s FY 2014 Bid Protests

by Kent Holland | Feb 23, 2015 | Newsletter Article

By Derek R. Mullins, Esq., Sheppard Mullin law firm. (http://www.sheppardmullin.com/) This article is reprinted with permission from the Sheppard Mullin Quarterly Review. On November 18, 2014, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published its Annual...

Condo Owners Cannot Sue Original Builder for Implied Warranty: Economic Loss Rule Applied

by Kent Holland | Feb 23, 2015 | Newsletter Article

By: Gail S. Kelley, P.E., Esq., ConstructionRisk Counsel, PLLC Where a condominium homeowners’ association brought claims for breach of implied warranty and negligence against the general contractor that built the condominiums, but not the developer who engaged the...

Silver Line Metro

by Christina Black | Jan 26, 2015 | Uncategorized

Silver Line Metro construction updates – http://www.dullesmetro.com/construction http://www.capitalrailconstructors.com/    

The “Your Work” Exclusion in CGL Policy Barred Coverage for Replacing Brick Wall Due to Defective Application of Joint Tape to the Underlayment Board

by Kent Holland | Jan 14, 2015 | Newsletter Article

A subcontractor’s CGL policy  was held not to cover costs for removing  and replacing  a brick wall due to defective  installation  of joint  tape that had been used by the subcontractor  to seal the blue board insulation  before  constructing  the brick wall....

Court Applies ‘Professional Liability Exclusion’ So Had No ‘Duty to Defend’ Architect Under CGL Policy

by Kent Holland | Jan 14, 2015 | duty to defend, Newsletter Article, professional liability exclusion

By James Rhodes, Esq. ConstructionRisk Counsel, PLLC Introduction A federal appeals court, applying Louisiana law, held that an insurer did not owe a duty to defend its insured, an architect, in a suit by the architect’s former client. The court explained that...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Search

Get the Newsletter

Subscribe to ConstructionRisk Report.

Subscribe

Connect

 LinkedIn YouTube RSS E-mail

Contract Guide for Design Professionals

Downloadable here

Recent Newsletters

ConstructionRisk Report (November 2025)
ConstructionRisk Report (October 2025)
ConstructionRisk Report (July 2025)
ConstructionRisk Report (May 2025)
ConstructionRisk Report (April 2025)

All Newsletters

  • Newsletters (2010-current)
  • Newsletters (1999-2010)

Risk Management Workshops

Cybersecurity: Protect Your Digital Assets & Online Presence

Ethics for Engineers

Design professional’s design duty to mitigate against extreme weather events

Risk Management of Code Compliance

Design Professional’s Design Duty to Mitigate Against Extreme Weather Events

QA/QC and Efficiency Tactics for Design Professionals

Lessons Learned 2017 Litigation

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Webinar

AIA B101 – Comparing 2007 & 2017 Owner-Architect Agreement

Design Professional – Contract Review Workshop

Design Professional Litigation – Lessons Learned 2016

Design-Build Risk Management

Design Professional Litigation 2015

Life Skills Workshop Slides

Setting & Achieving Goals

Contract Clauses – Papers and Articles

  • Indemnification Clause
  • Limitation of Liability Clause
  • Professional Standard of Care
  • Duty to Defend
  • Do Not Agree to Defend
  • Economic Loss Doctrine: A Good Defense
  • Establishing Time Limits for Filing Suit
  • Liquidated Damages Clause
  • Pay IF Paid or Pay WHEN Paid
  • Third Party Claims Against Professional Consultants

Construction Risk Management

Papers and Articles

Connect

 LinkedIn YouTube RSS E-mail

Get the Newsletter

Subscribe to ConstructionRisk Report.

Subscribe

Links

  • Contact
  • Disclaimer for Website Use
  • Disclaimer for ConstructionRisk.com Newsletter
Copyright © 2025 Kent Holland. All Rights Reserved.