Construction Law Practice Written By Kevin Hudson, Esq.

Integrated Project Delivery: Beneficial or Bad Idea?
Authors: Kevin Hudson and Claire Williamson

In the construction industry, the goals of meeting schedule, decreasing costs, and increasing quality remain at the forefront of any owners mind when selecting his team. The traditional construction hierarchy sometimes makes it difficult to achieve all three, and owners often know they will have to sacrifice one of these goals to get their project finished. With this in mind, over the last few years some in construction identified the insulation of each field as the cause of this problem and have moved away from the conventional model of construction to a more collaborative model known as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Read More

New Provisions of the AIA’s Consensus Documents Shift the Claims Burden onto the Contractor.

Owners commonly use the American Institute of Architects’ documents as the blueprint for construction contracts with contractors. Yet, the blueprint continues to change and those changes appear more and more slanted against contractors, as demonstrated by the newest AIA 2007 documents. Read More

Safety, Insured Balancing Insurance and Indemnification Agreements Can Mitigate Risk in Utility Projects.

The wireless revolution is in full force, and to meet growing demand for cellular phones and data devices, wireless companies are scrambling for new cellular tower sites. Power companies are also scrambling to keep up. The surge of new construction related to power lines and cell towers does not, however, come without its fair share of risks. After all, the leading causes of death in construction are falls and electrocution. Read More