Construction Industry Documentation and Record Keeping
Documentation is very important in a construction project because it provides a "memory" of the project. It is the only contemporaneous record of what was actually happening at any given time during the course of the project.
The Construction Expert Industry: New Developments
As necessity is the mother invention, an entire industry has been spawned by the growing field of construction-defect's law. Construction defects involve an enormous set of circumstances, including actual or imagined construction defects, deviation from what the industry considers the standard of care, and design defects, which relate to the specifications.
Construction: Law, Risk, Liability & Respondeat Superior
A construction project involves so many stakeholders *1, each of whom has a several, often competing needs and interests. These interests and parties include, but are certainly not limited to: oneself versus one or more of the other stakeholders, home or business owner, financial, time, aesthetics, functionality, durability, features and specifications of products and materials, regulatory, professional standards, and ethics.
Construction Disputes: Schedule and Delay Analysis Methodologies
The equitable allocation of responsibility for project delays is essential to the resolution of many construction disputes. Contractors frequently assert that they have been delayed for reasons beyond their control. Owners often remain unconvinced that the Contractor is legitimately entitled to a time extension or delay, acceleration and loss of productivity damages.
Construction: Making Short Work of Diagramming the Critical Path
Building is expensive, with costs of all kinds climbing to uncharted territory. Contractors must be efficient in controlling expenses and construction schedules in order to compete and survive. For the construction industry, then, the micro-computer revolution came just in time. One of the most useful computer applications for getting projects done on time and on budget is "project Management" software. Building contractors are required to perform quickly, but the rules, agencies and fates that oversee every project can frustrate the best-laid plans.
Construction Trench Collapse Cases Require Knowledge and Experience with OSHA
Construction Trench Collapse Cases Require Knowledge and Experience with OSHA Trench collapses (a.k.a. cave-ins) are one of the most feared construction accidents in the underground utility and site-work construction industry.
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· ConstructionConsumer Protection & More Successful Construction Projects (We're In It Together)
Owners, consumers, professionals, tradespeople, vendors, and regulators are all involved in the purchase goods and services. However, how many are actually, accurately aware of their duties and rights for those transactions according to the law? Some parties are ethical and/or competent to make a wise purchase.
Lead Based Paint: Compliance With EPA's RRP Rule (40 CFR 745); Renovation, Repair, And Painting...And The Real World
By now, you have probably heard about the rules that tell us how to properly manage lead-based paint under the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), and most State, County, and Local governments.
Capital Replacement Projects: Professional Design and Inspection Produce Quality Results
As your community or building ages, it will require an increasing amount of maintenance and large scale replacement or improvement projects will become necessary.
Construction Expert Witness Practice
We all find ourselves in legal disputes from time to time.
