by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
A painter that suffered serious injury on a U.S. Navy construction project was not entitled to recover against the government for alleged failure to supervise the work of an independent contractor, where the government fulfilled any duty it might have had to supervise...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
A masonry subcontractor was not bound by its bid to the general contractor, despite the general contractor’s reliance upon it, since the subcontractor reasonably objected to terms and conditions of the written subcontract which it refused to sign. What was...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
The Owner’s approval of a shop drawing submittal that deviates from specification requirements does not relieve the contractor where the contractor failed to notify the owner in writing of the variations from the specifications and obtain approval from the...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Owner had no duty to make prompt payment to its construction contractor even though the architect’s refusal to certify final payment was based on an incorrect understanding of the specifications of the construction contract. The “topsoil”...
by Kent Holland | Feb 8, 2011 | Newsletter Article
As the editor of this newsletter, I (Kent Holland) hesitated to include this material as an article since many will conclude that is sounds like it promotes Constructware, Inc.’s particular system. This is because it was written by one of their software...
by Kent Holland | Feb 8, 2011 | Newsletter Article
The construction defect fiasco in California led to the creation, by the specialty insurers, of the subsidence exclusion for attachment to the commercial general liability policies of homebuilders. Originally the exclusion applied only to completed operations property...
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