On Tuesday, September 21, join Kegler Brown’s construction team as they discuss what’s currently happening in the construction industry and what they are predicting will come. Don Gregory will discuss the current construction climate and suggest tools to manage a contractor’s most challenging project risks, including price escalation, labor shortages and impacts to the supply […]
Posts Written By: Tom Pannett
Signing + Sealing Roadway Construction Plans: From 2-D Wet Ink to 3-D Blockchain
Recently I was asked to opine about the legal pitfalls surrounding the signing and sealing of 3-D plans; a technology platform for construction project documents that Ohio government entities like ODOT may soon embrace. Signing documents electronically is nothing new. For more than 20 years, it has been the law in Ohio to allow “electronic” […]
Government Smart Contracts: Another Opportunity Created by HB177
Currently, the Ohio House is debating HB177 [i], which will allow Ohio government at all levels to use distributed ledger technology or “blockchains.” Blockchain technology has been in the news of late, not only for its use in Bitcoin, but also due to some controversial concerns raised by privacy advocates in Europe [ii] and elsewhere […]
ODOT Changes the Rules on Prequalification
On January 8, 2021, ODOT held a hearing to notify the public of its intent to change its rules regarding contractor prequalification. Notice and copies of that rule change can be found here. Essentially, ODOT modified 5501:2-3-03 and 05 to “lower” the amount a contractor can bid on ODOT construction projects by lowering the dollar […]