Surety Hires Terminated Contractor to Finish Project

Imagine a situation where the property owner finds significant problems with its contractor’s work and decides to fire the contractor.  The property owner promptly informs the surety seeking a replacement contractor to finish the project.  The surety investigates the situation and decides to hire the terminated contractor to finish the project.  Sounds a bit odd, and certainly disappointing to the owner, but this can happen and did happen in a recent case out of […]

By | February 5th, 2020 ||

(CSEA) Releases Annual Safety Best Practices.

The Construction industry is fortunate to have numerous stakeholders committed to safety ranging from Craft Unions and groups such as CPWR to Industry Associations such as the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. Included in that group are Insurers and their Brokers.

The alliance between Willis Towers Watson and the AGC has resulted in one of the Country’s most rigorous Business safety competitions, the AGC-Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA). Visit the site to view […]

By | February 5th, 2020 ||

Construction Contract Basics—Schedule

Last week’s post on the Las Vegas Raiders’ stadium got me thinking about scheduling language in construction contracts.  Scheduling is a critically important piece of the construction contract puzzle, yet not all contracts contain firm schedules or even start dates.  This may be because the general contractor wants some flexibility as to when the work will start. But, for the subcontractor, an elusive start date can wreak havoc on its operations.  We recommend clear […]

By | January 30th, 2020 ||