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Construction Ethics

Mortenson To Pay $650K Fine, Provide COVID-19-Related Construction Services as Part of Bid-Rigging Settlement

April 13, 2020

Contractor also must create an internal compliance program and disclose the existence of the agreement when it bids on any public project in Colorado for a period of two years.

Construction Disputes

Clark and Perkins Eastman Settle Lawsuit Over $1.2B D.C. Project

Richard Korman

March 10, 2020

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Firms did not disclose terms in ending their design dispute over mixed-use development, The Wharf.

Construction Lawsuits

Safety Accusations Fly in Dispute Between New York Developer and Contractor

Richard Korman

April 30, 2019

One Comment

Claims about the settlement of the structure during construction are part of the conflict.

Commentary on Contracts

AIA and ConsensusDocs: Two Roads to Consensual Dispute Resolution

Jack S. Kannry Esq., P.E.

July 25, 2018

One Comment

Both AIA and ConsensusDocs published their latest and revised general conditions for construction contracts last year.

Commentary: The American Way of Building

Clear The Confusion About Construction Delay Analysis

Different techniques may provide different results when applied to the same set of circumstances

Phil Urwin

July 6, 2018

2 Comments

One big problem is that names for different techniques have been and continue to be applied loosely and inconsistently.

Viewpoint: Disputes

New Ideas On How to Cope With Lawsuit Discovery

Kenneth Rubinstein

February 18, 2018

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For better or worse, dispute resolution is a necessary part of construction.

Risk Management

Litigation Funders See Big Future in US Construction

An opportunity to grow in an industry already busy with claims and legal conflict

Scott Van Voorhis

December 12, 2017

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Should the costs of third-party lawsuit funding be recoverable, too?

Suit Over Failed Brisbane P3 Focuses on Traffic Projections

Debra K. Rubin

October 18, 2017

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Engineer Arup's traffic projections that fell short for the project, which went into receivership, are the crux of the dispute's new trial stage; deal financier Macquarie has been cross-sued.

Parties Settle in Flawed Maryland Transit Hub Suit

Jim Parsons

June 6, 2017

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A May 30 settlement in a convoluted legal dispute over an array of project issues on a much-delayed and overbudget bus-rail hub in a Washington, D.C. suburb, has brought parties less than they hoped for.

Litigation