Why Should I Pay for Your Mistakes?

Indemnification: Addressing the Contract Language Details By:  J. Kent Holland, Jr. Indemnification clauses in contracts are described by some courts as being Type I, Type II or Type III.  Others categorize the clauses as “Broad Form,” “Intermediate Form” and “Narrow...

Rapid Result Drug Testing

By William F. Current Would you be surprised to learn that nearly a quarter of your workers were illegal drug users? It could happen. Consider what a California-based contractor discovered several years ago when it decided to prove that its workers were not druggies....

Encountering Soil Conditions Differing from data in Government Provided Geotechnical Report Entitled Design-Builder to Differing Site Condition Recovery (ASBCA Decision)

Geotechnical, Saturated Soil, Geotechnical Report, Metcalf Construction During site excavation, a design-build contractor encountered a large quantity of unsuitable soils, and this required remediation before foundation work could commence for a building. In this...