For years, owners and contractors have battled over whether extended home office overhead is recoverable for project delays, and if so, how to best measure it. Our firm has successfully represented contractors in recovering extended home office overhead for project delays – even on non-ODOT jobs – utilizing ODOT’s well-accepted HOOP formula. Our firm has […]
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New Loss of Labor Productivity Standard on the Way
Common are the construction projects that do not go as planned. Schedules slip as unexpected problems occur and pressure builds on all project participants to “catch up” and still preserve the project budget and completion date. It is typical in these circumstances to see acceleration and delay claims arising from these schedule impacts. Claims for […]
4th Circuit Rules for Subcontractor on “Subcontract vs. Miller Act” Issue
In the recently decided case of Aarow/IET, LLC v Hartford Fire Insurance Company, No. 19-1710 (4th Cir. 2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a victory for a subcontractor whose federal Miller Act (payment bond) claim had been preliminarily dismissed by the Eastern District of Virginia trial court after that court […]
Ten Tips for Minimizing Risk When Proceeding with Weather-Sensitive Work During Winter’s Wet +Cold Conditions
Just as the leaves change every year, those involved in construction projects around central Ohio face the annual push to complete weather-sensitive activities prior to the arrival of winter’s cold and wet conditions. Some common examples include completion of asphalt, roofing, and other building enclosure activities, because many of these activities are dependent on relatively […]