Polsinelli Shughart PC – October 16, 2012 Denver District Court orders arbitration of construction defect claims in Glass House Residential Association v. Alta Riverfront LLC et al, no. 2012CV1531. The Glass House ruling provides direction for developers and general contractors to choose a preferred method of dispute resolution for construction defect claims. The Denver District… Continue reading Arbitration of Construction Defect Claims against Developer and General Contractor
Will the use of IPD Suffer from the Technology that Supports IPD?
Stanley A. Martin – October 24, 2012 Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), although one of the bigger news-making concepts in the construction industry of late, remains more talked-about than accomplished. Estimates suggest less than 40 such projects in the US, so there have probably been more seminars about IPD than actual projects! And now, developments in… Continue reading Will the use of IPD Suffer from the Technology that Supports IPD?
USA Today and U.S.G.B.C. Spar Over Green Building
The newspaper USA Today has flipped Kermit the Frog’s colorful lamentation “It ain’t easy being green” and taken aim at the U.S. Green Building Council (“U.S.G.B.C.”) by asking the pointed question, “In U.S. building industry, is it too easy to be green?” [1] The USA Today article stated that more than 200 governing bodies in… Continue reading USA Today and U.S.G.B.C. Spar Over Green Building
Expert Mistake? Not a Problem in $9 Million Reversal | BullsEye Blog
Maggie Tamburro – November 6, 2012 We all make mistakes. No matter how careful you are, how well prepared you are, mistakes happen to the best of us, even experts. Does an expert’s mistake spell disaster for your case? Not necessarily, according to a surprising reversal by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. In this recent… Continue reading Expert Mistake? Not a Problem in $9 Million Reversal | BullsEye Blog
Ohio Supreme Court Rules That Claims Of Defective Workmanship Against A Builder Do Not Constitute An Occurrence Under A CGL Policy
Jacob C. Cohn, Joseph A. Arnold and Scott B. Galla – October 23, 2012 On October 12, 2012, the Ohio Supreme resolved a long simmering conflict among Ohio’s intermediate appellate courts by answering the following certified question: Are claims of defective construction/ workmanship brought by a property owner claims for “property damage” caused by an… Continue reading Ohio Supreme Court Rules That Claims Of Defective Workmanship Against A Builder Do Not Constitute An Occurrence Under A CGL Policy