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NY Appellate Court Enforces Pay-If-Paid Provision Against Party With No Lien Rights

Constructlaw

(Dewberry) contracted with the New York City Economic Development Corporations’ Build-It- Back Hurricane Sandy Program to inspect homes for structural, asbestos, and lead paint issues. Dewberry retained Entech Engineering PC (Entech) to perform pre-construction lead paint inspections of homes. Here, Entech had no lien law rights.

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Job Order Contract Execution

Job Order Contracting

During this operational phase of the JOC contract, procurement/facility management/engineering generate task orders for various construction services to be performed by the contractor. The contractor responds to the Job Order RFP by delivering a detailed unit price line item proposal for accomplishing the task.

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Top OSHA Violations in Construction (2021)

Levelset

But because of the inherent dangers on construction jobsites, contractors are under close scrutiny for compliance. In this article, we’ll look at the top 10 violations found during OSHA inspections in 2021, the cost of OSHA violations, and how to prevent them. Top 10 OSHA violations by contractors. Peter Lindborg. View profile.

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New Guidance on the Vaccination Mandate for Federal Contractors

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

In our last post , we detailed President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 regarding vaccination requirements for government contractors. The guidance states that where the new clause is included in a contractor’s contract (or subcontract), the vaccination requirements will apply to all “covered contractor employees.”

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

Last year, members of Associated Builders and Contractors , a national trade association representing the nonunion construction industry, invested $1.6 across 36 separate and independent jobsite safety inspections by SFI conducted between January and March of this year. John Caulfield, senior contributing editor.

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Does ‘Plain Language’ Terminology Enhance the Enforceability of Contract Clauses?

Construction Dive

A payment clause in a subcontract stated that payment by the project owner to the prime contractor was a “condition precedent” to the contractor’s obligation to pay the subcontractor. Subcontract payment clauses containing this term have generally been enforced against subcontractors.

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#67:  Paying Your Subcontractor's Employees

NH Construction Law

Like many states, New Hampshire law requires that if a subcontractor doesn’t pay wages to its employees, the general contractor must pay them. Davis Bacon requirements are yet another instance in which “[t]he prime contractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any subcontractor,” 29 C.F.R. § RSA 275:46.