The California Court of Appeal recently reversed a summary judgment ruling in favor of a geotechnical engineering firm that had conducted a brief inspection of a residential construction project’s footing trench for $360. The case arose when homeowner Cheryl Lynch experienced significant property damage after her home’s foundation failed and the structure began subsiding into a slope. Lynch sued Peter & Associates for professional negligence and nuisance, despite having no direct contractual relationship with the firm, […]

For seasoned practitioners, it is rare to find disputes arising on complex construction contracts that do not include delay and disruption claims. Over recent decades, projects have grown in scale and cost, embracing new technologies, and are located in increasingly remote and challenging environments. Delays on construction projects have always been commonplace, but as the projects become more complex and financial consequences more onerous, disputing parties turn to programming experts (i.e. “delay experts”) as […]