Construction Project Delivery Systems What They Really Mean, and How They Really Work
A powerpoint presentation to contractors, design professionals, and other members of the construction industry explaining and comparing the various ways to structure a construction project, and identifying the advnatages and disadvantages of each.
The 2007 AIA Owner-Architect Agreements
A powerpoint presentation used in a webinar sponsored by Hobbs/AVA Insurance to educate architects and other members of the construction industry on the changes made in the 2007 edition of the AIA documents.
Arbitrator-Directed Arbitration: A Different Approach to ADR
A new and radical proposal to return binding arbitration to its original goals of speed and efficiency by transferring much of the control of the evidenciary process from the attorneys to the arbitrator.
The Waiver of Consequential Damages in the A201 General Conditions
This article analyzes the mutual waiver of consequential damages provision found in AIA Document A201-1997 (and also in the 2007 edition), describing its origins, philosophy and potentially troublesome results in construction disputes.
Contractors' Construction Warranties
An article published in the December 1994 issue of Construction Briefings which surveys virtually all of the warranties which may be made by a construction contractor or a design-builder during the course of a project, written for construction industry professionals as well as lawyers.
Law and Practice: Contractor Marketing Penalty Clauses
This is an article published in Contractor Marketing Magazine that addresses the legal consequences and misconceptions concerning contract clauses specifying liquidated damages sometimes misnamed "penalty clauses."
Questioning Project Web Sites
This is an article for Consulting Specifying Engineer on the growing phenomenon of project Web sites which identifies and raises potential legal concerns over how project Web sites will affect the application of traditional rules of construction law.