by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
After its engineering firm performed design services for a wastewater treatment plant, the municipal project owner (Orland, Indiana) and a citizens group became concerned about cost projections and certain technical aspects of the design. The Town suspended all...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | differing site conditions, Newsletter Article
A construction contractor was entitled to change orders where it encountered differing site conditions that required the use of form footings instead of trench footings as has been planned. The plans and specifications incorporated into the contract contained...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
In order to provide easier access to professional liability insurance, Kent Holland (the editor of this newsletter), has established an independent insurance agency — A/E/C Select, LLC, currently licensed in Virginia, and soon to be licensed along most to the...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
The City of North Miami hired an engineering firm (“BB&L”) to assist it in implementing an environmental cleanup plan for a landfill that was on the U.S. EPA National Priorities List because of uncontrolled hazardous releases that included ammonia leaching into...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
From a risk management point of view, insurance companies should evaluate whether web-based project management systems have the potential to reduce the frequency and severity of claims on construction projects. If the use of these systems proves to be a good risk...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Where subcontractor agreed by contract to procure insurance for itself and the prime contractor, the prime was deemed to be insured under the subcontractor’s policy from the date it was issued without regard to the fact that the certificate of insurance naming it as...
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