Melissa Kirby | Husch Blackwell The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. No. 117-58, which includes the Build America, Buy America Act (“BABA”), was signed into law by President Biden on November 15, 2021. BABA provisions apply to all Federal financial assistance awards (e.g., grants, cooperative agreements, non-cash contributions or donations, direct assistance and… Continue reading Federal Infrastructure Contractors: Build America, Buy America Now Mandates More Restrictive Definition of “Construction Materials” for Federal Grants and Agreements
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Build Back Botter: What Artificial Intelligence Means for the Construction Workplace
Bradford Kelley and James McGehee | Littler “Hey Chat GPT, finish this building.” This dare, written on a billboard that went viral last year, captures a truth and a stereotype about the world of construction. The truth is that the construction industry will, for the foreseeable future, rely primarily on human intelligence and manpower to… Continue reading Build Back Botter: What Artificial Intelligence Means for the Construction Workplace
Effective Dispute Avoidance in Construction and Infrastructure Projects
Shy Jackson and Ngo-Martins Okonmah | BCLP SUMMARY In this article, BCLP partner Shy Jackson and Aluko & Oyebode partner Ngo-Martins Okonmah are collaborating to discuss the most effective means by which to avoid disputes relating to construction and infrastructure projects or, where that is not possible, to manage them more efficiently. Disputes seem to… Continue reading Effective Dispute Avoidance in Construction and Infrastructure Projects
Let’s Talk About a Statutory First-Party Bad Faith Claim Against an Insurer
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Let’s talk about a statutory first-party bad faith claim against an insurer under Florida law. A recent opinion, discussed below, does a nice job providing a synopsis of a first-party statutory bad faith claim against an insurer: The Florida Legislature created the first-party bad faith cause of action by enacting section 624.155,… Continue reading Let’s Talk About a Statutory First-Party Bad Faith Claim Against an Insurer
Mitigating the Risks of Delegated Design
Francisco Matta | HKA The use of delegated design in construction, where a project’s design professional of record (DPR) assigns responsibility for a specific part of the design to the contractor, is on the rise throughout the industry. This approach, historically limited in practice to a narrow set of specialized elements like steel stairs and… Continue reading Mitigating the Risks of Delegated Design