Liability of Construction Managers/Design Professionals to Injured Employees of Contractors: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Takes Another Look

by Kent Holland | Jul 22, 2011 | Newsletter Article

By: Paul Mannix, Esq. Wayman, Irvin & McAuley Introduction In Farabaugh v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Comm., 911 A.2d 1264 ( Pa. 2006), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the scope of a construction manager’s duties of safety owed to a contractor’s employee.  The...

Risk Managers for Two Large Contractors Wanted

by Kent Holland | Jul 22, 2011 | Newsletter Article

A new position reporting to the CEO for a large Midwest Contractor with revenues of about $1.5B.  Requires knowledge and experience in construction insurance, ideally as a Risk Manager with a large contractor.  Also, requires heavy experience in handling OCIPs/CCIPs...

BIM: The Professional and Legal Ramifications – A Voyage into the Unknown

by Kent Holland | Jul 22, 2011 | Newsletter Article

By:  Michael K. Ke Chiara, Esq and Marianne Merritt Talbot, Esq. Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP The era of BIM (an acronym for “Building Information Modeling”) is arriving.  Although not yet a formal part of the traditional design process, the inexorable advance of...

Women Construction Owners & Executives Adopts an Aggressive Agenda

by Kent Holland | Jul 22, 2011 | Newsletter Article

Press Release:  April 3, 2007 Women Construction Owners & Executives, USA recently installed its new Board of Directors and adopted an aggressive agenda for the coming year.  WCOE , USA is a national trades association representing women business owners and policy...

Entitlement to Contract Reformation to Recover Inflation Costs Exceeding Inflation Factor Specified by GMP Contract

by Kent Holland | Jul 22, 2011 | Newsletter Article

By: J. Kent Holland, Jr., Esq. ConstructionRisk, LLC I.  Executive Summary. Where project owners have declined to grant requested cost increases to account for unexpected inflation, contractors have succeeded in obtaining relief from courts.  “Commercial...

Design Professional Decreed to be Fiduciary of Project Owner

by Kent Holland | Jul 22, 2011 | Newsletter Article

By: Michael S. Zetlin, Esq. Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP In a decision that could have far-reaching implications for design professionals, a court in California recently concluded that a fiduciary relationship existed between an architect and an owner.  As a result of...