by Kent Holland | Aug 16, 2022 | Newsletter Article
Almost a $1 million judgment was granted for the Design-Builder against its subcontractor and also against its design professional. On appeal, the court sustained the judgment, holding that the design-builder acted in detrimental reliance on the low bid, and that...
by Kent Holland | May 31, 2022 | Newsletter Article
Our law firm, ConstructionRisk Counsel, PLLC represents and assists design firms that are seeing increased claims being made against them by their contractor clients on design-build projects – based on alleged negligence in preparing preliminary designs on which the...
by Kent Holland | Nov 8, 2021 | Newsletter Article
Federal Government Assessed liquidated damages (LDs) against Design-Build contractor who failed to timely complete the final phase of a three-phase contract. Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals held that the government failed to property apportion the daily LD...
by Kent Holland | Sep 25, 2020 | Newsletter Article
A design-builder brought an arbitration action against its engineering subconsultant after the expiration of the statute of limitations. The engineer filed suit to stay the arbitration – arguing that the issues in dispute (concerning pre-bid quantify estimates) arose...
by Kent Holland | Feb 25, 2020 | Newsletter Article
An engineer under contract to a federal agency (USAID) provided preliminary designs (the bridging documents) for a design-build project that the owner then provided to the contractor to complete the final designs for the project and then construct it. The contractor...
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