Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings After WAY too long a hiatus, I am back with another in my series of “Construction Contract Basics” posts. In past posts, I’ve covered venue provisions, attorney fee provisions, and indemnity clauses. In this post, I’ll share a few thoughts (or “musings”) on the topic of so-called “no damages for delay”… Continue reading Construction Contract Basics: No Damages for Delay
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Builder’s Risk Insurance For Construction Projects
Michael Iakovou and Olivia Piluso | KL Legal What is builder’s risk insurance? Builder’s risk insurance covers accidental losses, damages and destruction to property damages during construction operations. Under typical construction industry standards, either the owner or the contractor purchases builder’s risk coverage. The party that purchases the policy depends on who has the greater… Continue reading Builder’s Risk Insurance For Construction Projects
The Case for Intervening in Bid Protests: It’s Almost Always the Right Call
Katherine B. Burrows and Eric Valle | PilieroMazza You’re a federal government contractor who just won a contract award. But, before you pop the champagne, there’s a hiccup: a competitor filed a bid protest challenging your award. “Oh, well,” you think, “the government can surely defend my award; there’s no reason for me to get… Continue reading The Case for Intervening in Bid Protests: It’s Almost Always the Right Call
Impairing Your Insurer’s Subrogation Rights
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Liability insurance policies have a provision that allows them to subrogate to the rights of their insured. This provision is commonly referred to as a transfer of rights provision and reads: If the insured has rights to recover all or part of any payment we have made under this Coverage Part, those… Continue reading Impairing Your Insurer’s Subrogation Rights
Enforceability of Pay-if-Paid Clauses in Construction Subcontracts: Mid-Atlantic Region
Jessica duHoffmann and Jonathan Neri | PilieroMazza Pay-if-paid clauses are conditional payment provisions regularly included in construction subcontracts. The intent of these clauses is to shift the risk of loss from a prime contractor to its subcontractors by making a project owner’s payment to the prime contractor a condition precedent to the prime contractor’s obligation… Continue reading Enforceability of Pay-if-Paid Clauses in Construction Subcontracts: Mid-Atlantic Region