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Peckar & Abramson Co-Hosts 15th Annual Groundbreaking Women In Construction Conference
Published Date: May 31, 2018
The 15th annual Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWIC) Conference, presented by Engineering News-Record (ENR) in partnership with Peckar & Abramson (P&A), took place May 14-16, 2018 at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Attended by a sellout gathering of 700, the 2018 theme of the construction industry’s premier leadership and talent management conference was ‘Grow Your Network + Build [...] Read More
CURTIS W. MARTIN RIDES AGAIN – IN THE BP MS 150 BICYCLE RIDE FROM HOUSTON TO AUSTIN
Published Date: May 17, 2018
Curtis W. Martin, Co-Managing Partner of the firm's Texas offices, participated for the 15th year in the BP Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 150. The annual 170-mile bicycle ride from Houston to Austin, Texas took place on April 28-29, 2018. Martin, who has raised more than $17,500 so far this year for MS, has ridden the event since 2001. The ride has [...] Read More
Mark R. Berry and Freddy X. Munoz Author Article in the Daily Business Review on Drones in the Construction Industry
Published Date: May 14, 2018
Just in time for the firm’s Drones in Construction webinar on May 17, 2018, attorneys Mark R. Berry and Freddy X. Munoz co-authored an article entitled ‘Don't Be Clueless, Careless or Criminal: How to Legally Operate a Construction Zone Drone’ which published May 14, 2018 in the Daily Business Review. The article summarized FAA regulations, flight rules for operators, challenges [...] Read More
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS USA NAMES PECKAR & ABRAMSON, P.C. TO BAND 1 LEVEL NATIONWIDE IN CONSTRUCTION LAW
Published Date: May 10, 2018
Peckar & Abramson (P&A) is pleased to announce that the firm has once again been recognized by Chambers & Partners USA in the category of Construction Law at the coveted Band 1 level Nationwide – no other firm has the distinction of having been awarded that honor every year for 15 consecutive years since Chambers began this recognition in 1990. [...] Read More
Christopher Ruhman Publishes Article in Inaugural Edition of Law360’s Construction Section
Published Date: May 8, 2018
Christopher Ruhman, Senior Counsel in the firm's Houston office, authored an expert analysis in the inaugural edition of Law360's Construction section entitled "HUD's Increased Use Of Split-Wage Decisions Is Troubling", published May 7, 2018. The article describes how HUD’s Office of Davis-Bacon and Labor Standards (ODBLS) has recently begun applying split-wage rate decisions to multifamily projects of four stories or [...] Read More
