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A Brief Discussion – Liquidating Agreements

Published Date: June 6, 2022

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here During a construction project, it is not uncommon for disputes to arise between a general contractor and a subcontractor.  Frequently, these disputes involve claims for extra work and delay damages that can be attributed to the owner of the project due to deficient design or unforeseen conditions.  When [...] Read More

The Status of OSHA’s Impending Heat Stress Standard

Published Date: May 12, 2022

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here. There has been much talk in the last several months about OSHA’s intent to establish a national standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness. OSHA’s Region VI, covering the states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico[1], has had a regional emphasis program dealing with the hazards [...] Read More

Tariffs, a Pandemic and War: Construction Contracts Must Withstand the Unforeseeable

Published Date: May 10, 2022

Peckar & Abramson attorneys Adam Handfinger and Brett Moritz of the Miami office and Adrian Bastianelli III of the Washington D.C office have co-authored the article, "Tariffs, a Pandemic and War: Construction Contracts Must Withstand the Unforeseeable." The article, written for Construction Executive, discusses the impacts of materials shortages and price increases, labor shortages, and breakdowns in the supply chain, all exacerbated from the war [...] Read More

Legal Q and A: Project Cybersecurity Liability

Published Date: April 26, 2022

Richard R. Volack, partner and chair of Peckar & Abramson's Cyber Security & Data Privacy practice, recently answered The Construction Broadsheet's readers’ cybersecurity questions as part of the publication’s “Legal Q&A” feature. The questions included: We are a subcontracting firm working on a large project, and most daily communication is handled via email. One of our superintendents fell victim to [...] Read More

Time To “Construct” New Social Media Policies

Published Date: March 17, 2022

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here I. The Social Media Dilemma Social media has significantly impacted all facets of society, especially the way people communicate. Its impact and application to the construction industry is no different. TikTok, the video-sharing platform, is one of the world’s most popular platforms today, with over one billion active [...] Read More