by Kent Holland | May 13, 2018 | Newsletter Article
Design professionals do not name project owners or contractors as additional insureds under their professional liability policies. This paper from the library of articles and papers hosted on the ConstructionRisk.com website explains why. Read it here. About the...
by Kent Holland | Apr 3, 2018 | Newsletter Article
A construction contractor under contract to a school district sued the project owner’s construction management firm, Jacobs Project Management Company/CSRS Consortium (“Jacobs”) alleging breach of duty to conduct constructability reviews and oversee and administer the...
by Kent Holland | Apr 3, 2018 | Newsletter Article
Pay-if-paid clauses are held by this decision to be enforceable in the state of Kentucky. This, however, did not prevent a subcontractor from recovering its costs for performing extra work. The pay-if-paid clause of a subcontract prevented the subcontractor from...
by Kent Holland | Apr 3, 2018 | Newsletter Article
As of the fourth quarter of 2017, approximately 600,000 apartment units were under construction across the U.S., but only 220,000 units were delivered nationally. According to a new Yardi Matrix report, the difference between the number in construction and the number...
by Kent Holland | Apr 3, 2018 | Newsletter Article
When a wall collapsed during renovation of a row house, the developer sought to recover repair costs under its Builders Risk Insurance policy. The carrier denied coverage based on an exclusion in the policy for defects in construction or workmanship. It also asserted...
by Kent Holland | Feb 26, 2018 | Newsletter Article
On a design-build project involving MCAS Camp Pendleton, a subcontractor filed suit against Balfour Beatty Construction (“BBC”), the design-build contractor. This was under the Miller Act and alleged breach of contract and breach of implied warranty of specifications...
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