Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Lehman & Company (“JFLCO”) has announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Oldenburg Group Incorporated to acquire its Heavy Equipment Group, including both its defense and mining business units. In a return to its roots dating back to 1858, the new company will be named Lake Shore Systems, Inc.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

RM: Very often those businesses don’t have large or sophisticated IT or risk management departments that are actively engaged in maintaining defensive security for the business. We don’t just leave it to the IT people to take care of and maintain the defensive perimeter. You have perimeter defenses. so you have elevation.

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Contractor Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2014

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry and the Natural Resources Defense Council have reached an agreement on a landmark proposal to save energy and water in new buildings. Best Practices Piping'

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Defense Agreement Resource Industrial 68

Construction and Infrastructure Law

JANUARY 9, 2020

Indemnification clauses appear in nearly every agreement, but they are often overlooked as mere boilerplate provisions after the parties have painstakingly negotiated all of the other terms. Indemnification clauses are arguably the most important part of an agreement when an accident or dispute arises on a project.

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Liability Agreement Drafting Insurance 52

Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

RM: Very often those businesses don’t have large or sophisticated IT or risk management departments that are actively engaged in maintaining defensive security for the business. We don’t just leave it to the IT people to take care of and maintain the defensive perimeter. You have perimeter defenses. so you have elevation.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

LEED Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision. However, the Department of Defense Appropriation Act precludes expenditure of funds on contracts in excess of $1 Million that require subcontractors and employees to consent to arbitration. Even the Green Business Certification Inc.

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 8, 2014

Volvo has reconsidered a February 2013 agreement it made with Russia’s state-owned Uralvagonzavod to build an armored infantry fighting vehicle, according to a report from The Local. Renault Trucks Defense, owned by Volvo, would supply a motor for the vehicle and the vehicle would thus need approval from Stockholm. '

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 16, 2009

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Weil-McLain (Docket No.

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Defense Illinois AIA Chicago 40

NH Construction Law

DECEMBER 19, 2020

It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety. I promised elaboration on this question in an earlier blog (# 8).

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Subcontracting New Hampshire Liability Defense 40

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 3, 2017

But the largest owner of green buildings (also the owner of the most LEED certified buildings) the Department of Defense has largely taken itself out of this discussion with a waiver that provides, Department of Defense prohibits the sharing of metered data with private entities, such as USGBC. Others collect building data.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 28, 2021

B291940 (October 26, 2020), 2nd District Court of Appeal, involved a JOC contract, a JOC contractor who charged rates higher than those specified in the unit price book, and the JOC contractor’s defenses against claims by the public entity that it had overcharged for its work. JOC Contract: Enforceable Contract or Mere Agreement to Negotiate.

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Contract Negotiation Los Angeles Estimating 130

Constructlaw

AUGUST 3, 2023

17] The court explained that its prior precedent erroneously “equated the defenses to recognition and enforcement with the grounds for vacatur” [18] and that this was “plainly and palpably wrong.” [19] 3d at 1446 (“[T]he Convention’s enumeration of defenses is exclusive.”). [13] 11] See, e.g. , Ario , 618 F.3d 3d at 292; Yusuf , 126 F.3d

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

Master Contracts/Master Agreements – Optional-use contracts whose purpose is to facilitate obtaining supplies and services from multiple contractors by placing competitive work orders. General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National 19 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). REFERENCES.

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Contract Renovating Sustainability United States 100

Best Practices Construction Law

AUGUST 9, 2012

Whether the court or the arbitrator decides the statute of limitations issues depends on the parties' contractual agreement. The real lesson here is to understand that the parties' agreement will determine who decides arbitrability of disputes. Who decides arbitrability? shall be finally settled by arbitration.

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Agreement New York Defense Claims 48

Construction Lawyer

DECEMBER 28, 2007

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Hansen Beverage Co., from Cialis.

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Agreement Illinois AIA Chicago 40

Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Contractors have a means of shifting the risk of non-payment by the owner to its subcontractor by including a certain payment provisions in the subcontract agreement. In a payment dispute between the subcontractor and contractor, the contractor argued that the “pay if paid” clause provided an absolute defense to payment.

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Contract Subcontracting Drafting Virginia 77

Construction Lawyer

OCTOBER 18, 2006

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Indemnity Agreement.

Agreement 40

Agreement Illinois AIA Chicago 40

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 30, 2023

My challenge is to get people to drop their defenses a little bit in the name of productivity. With the enterprise agreement offering us unlimited access to the whole suite and cloud-based tools, it was a no-brainer. I think technology actually is part of the problem, not really the solution, in my role.

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NH Construction Law

MAY 20, 2023

Can its decision to give up money in a settlement agreement rather than litigate the owner’s claimed justification for nonpayment effectively bargain away the subcontractors’ right to payment under a pay-if-paid provision?

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Contractors Bargains New Hampshire Contract 40

Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 20, 2016

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Contract recently addressed this issue in a government contract dispute where the parties’ agreement required the contractor to pay for fuel at the prevailing rate. What about the risk of escalation in material costs? In DG21, LLC v. The Back-and-Forth.

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Risk Materials Contract Contractors 69

Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

While the legal issue focused on the County’s right rely on the defense of sovereign immunity, the Contractor’s (and it expert’s) characterization of the damages was critical to the outcome of the case. The County entered into an agreement with the Contractor to expand a three-mile stretch of road. The Contract.

Claims 118

Claims Compensation Contract Contractors 118

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As Construction Law Today explains, “a Change Order is a bilateral agreement between parties to the contract–an owner and prime contractor, prime contractor and subcontractor, two or more subcontractors–to change the contract. A change order represents a mutual agreement to change the work, schedule, price, or other term of the contract.

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Change Orders Contract Project Management Schedule 96

Construction Lawyer

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

281 Broadway Holdings, LLC , a subcontractor was forced to pay for the costs of defense of the owner and general contractor, even though the court found that the contractor was not at fault. There was an indemnification provision in the contractor/subcontractor agreement that read as follows: A. In a recent New York case, Koerner v.

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Contract Contractors Insurance Accidents 40

Constructlaw

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Reynolds: The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the global economy has led to an increase in breach of contract claims, and a parallel rise in novel breach of con­tract defenses focused on excuses for non-performance. In those clauses, the overall success of COVID-19-based force majeure defenses is still unknown.

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Claims Insurance Bankruptcy Legal 40

Levelset

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In early February 2022, President Biden signed an executive order requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on all federal projects over $35 million. What is a project labor agreement? A project labor agreement, or PLA, is a prehire collective bargaining agreement that sets the wages and benefits for all workers on a project.

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Agreement Contractors Union Bargains 52

Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 21, 2016

The general contractor entered into an agreement with the City of New York Department of Sanitation to construct a garage. When you are required to strictly comply with a particular provision or legal requirement, then any departure from that requirement (no matter how insubstantial) can void the claim or provide an absolute defense.

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Claims Contract Legal New York 82

Construction Lawyer

APRIL 3, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. LEXIS 46151 (W.Dist.

Claims 40

Claims Agreement Illinois Subcontracting 40

Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 12, 2015

Contractors have a means of shifting the risk of non-payment by the owner to its subcontractor by including a certain payment provisions in the subcontract agreement. In a payment dispute between the subcontractor and contractor, the contractor argued that the “pay if paid” clause provided an absolute defense to payment.

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Subcontracting Legal Drafting Virginia 48

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 26, 2014

Execution of the state’s agreement is contingent upon finalization of a local incentive offer as required by program criteria. Perry officially opened the office by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize a Sister State Agreement. In another recent expansion in the Lone Star State, athenahealth Inc. Premier Newman and Gov.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 29, 2017

This proposal is subsequently evaluated, and agreement is reached on quantities, time, performance period, etc., After agreement, a fixed-price bilateral order is prepared. b) Written agreement on responsibility for management and administration. (1) for acquisitions by nondefense agencies on behalf of the Department of Defense.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Below is a list of coverages that can be obtained through a separate policy or amendment to an existing agreement. . GL helps pay medical costs and defense costs if a lawsuit arises. General liability insurance : A GL policy may help cover the cost of bodily injury or property damage that occurs on a jobsite.

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Insurance Liability Electrical Accidents 52

Construction Lawyer

MAY 4, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Alltel Commc'ns , 666 F.3d

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Illinois AIA Agreement Chicago 40

Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

Using a formula that takes into account the new tax revenues generated by the 1,612 new jobs, the JDIG agreement authorizes the potential reimbursement to the company of up to $54 million paid over 12 years. Over the course of the grant’s 12-year term, the project will grow the state’s economy by an estimated $6.3

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Construction Lawyer

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Agreement of Parties. (a)

AIA 40

AIA Documentation Agreement Illinois 40

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 4, 2013

The performance based incentive allows a company to keep a portion of its investment over the term of the agreement through corporate income tax credits and wage assessments by meeting job and investment targets. million through the Kentucky Business Investment program.

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Construction Lawyer

AUGUST 28, 2013

No doubt as a surprise to many Illinois defense attorneys, a new Illinois law that goes into effect on January 1, 2014, will affect the way settlements are handled. This law, Public Act 098-0548, codified at 735 ILCS 5/2-2301, applies to “personal injury, property damage, wrongful death, or tort action involving a claim for money damages.”

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Illinois Lien Claims Insurance 40

Construction and Infrastructure Law

JUNE 11, 2018

The court in Rockefeller held that parties cannot enter into a private agreement to circumvent the official service requirements set forth in the Hague Service Convention. The Court did not address the validity of service for the underlying arbitration or potential defenses to enforcement of the award.). Construction litigators beware!

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