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Reducing costs in a tight market - direct sourcing Chinese materials

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • May 28 2009

As developers look to reduce project costs in a troubling market, some are finding meaningful cost savings by sourcing materials directly from overseas manufacturers

Condominium associations may sue subcontractors for claims arising from conduct occurring prior to the associations' formation

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 9 2007

In Port Liberte Homeowners Assoc., Inc. v. Sordoni Const. Co., A-2138-04T1, 2007 N.J. Super. LEXIS 168 (App. Div. June 4, 2007), the New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division recently held that a condominium association may bring claims under the Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 et seq. ("CFA"), and for common law fraud, directly against subcontractors and materialmen who entered into subcontracts or supplied products for use in construction of a condominium's common elements, even where the alleged conduct on which such claims are based occurred before the condominium association existed

Malpractice privity of contract

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2008

On March 27, 2008, the Franklin County Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court decision to dismiss a developer's architect from being sued by condominium owners who had purchased their condos from the developer, Colony Development Corporation

Pending bill on Governor Ritter's desk may have significant effects on residential construction

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 17 2007

Holme Roberts & Owen LLP wants to alert you to an imminent change in Colorado law that will have potentially significant effects on everyone directly or indirectly involved in residential development, including builders, contractors, architects, engineers, lenders, investors, and insurance companies

California adopts new Green Building Code impacting developers, lenders and tenants

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2008

On July 17, 2008, California adopted a new California Green Building Standards Code that will change future construction standards and costs, and affect all new construction

New asbestos rules for the City of New York

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

As part of Mayor Bloomberg’s initiative to improve the safety of asbestos abatement projects, and in accordance with newly enacted provisions of the New York City Administrative Code requiring the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to establish permit requirements for such projects, DEP has promulgated new rules governing the City’s Asbestos Control Program, which are codified in Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Rules of the City of New York

Decision overturning City's "affordable housing in lieu fee" ordered published by Court of Appeal

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 10 2009

The Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District certified its decision in Building Industry Association of Central California v. City of Patterson for publication on March 2, 2009

What the courts are saying...

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2008

We begin this month with a look at another case dealing with a public entity’s broad discretion in evaluating bids on public construction projects

Indiana's new "green building" executive order

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 15 2008

In a step forward for "green building" in Indiana, Governor Daniels recently signed Executive Order 08-14 for the "Establishment of Energy Efficient State Building Initiative."

House considers bill which aims to strengthen state building codes

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 3 2007

U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (CA - D.) and Mario Diaz-Balart (FL - R.) have cosponsored and recently introduced a bill to the House of Representatives, entitled The Safe Building Codes Act of 2007

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