Refine your search
5,207 results found
Gadens | Australia | 13 May 2022
A storm in a contract
Weather patterns in 2021 and 2022 have been - at best - challenging for construction, and this has put many projects under pressure. Extensions of…
Koeller Nebeker Carlson & Haluck LLP | USA | 6 May 2022
Best Practices for Hiring in the Construction Industry
On top of rising costs for materials, supply chain problems, and increasingly slimmer margins, the U.S. construction industry today is facing a labor…
Haynes and Boone LLP | USA | 8 Mar 2022
Incentivising Subcontractor Performance
In any large construction project there is likely to be a chain of subcontractors beneath the head contractor, and even the smallest link in that…
WSCO Advokatpartnerselskab | Denmark | 23 Feb 2022
Maritime transport: contracting party to framework agreement responsible for damage even when acting as agent
In a recent judgment concerning a consignment of cream cheese spread, the Maritime and Commercial Court found that a party who has undertaken to carry out a temperature setting check of a turned-off, empty container and fails to pass on the necessary instructions to its subcontractor to carry out the check may be considered to have acted with gross negligence.
Commonsense Construction Law LLC | USA | 21 Jan 2022
Subcontractor’s Right to Direct Payment from Public Authority
Subcontractors on public projects in Massachusetts have the right to seek payment directly from the awarding authority when the prime contractor has…
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Jan 2022
Scottish appeal court says NEC is not a charter for contract breaking
In the March 2021 edition of the NEC Users’ Group Newsletter Issue No. 111 I covered the September 2020 decision by the Scottish Court of Session in…
Taylor Wessing | United Kingdom | 20 Dec 2021
Is now the time for the abolition of cash retentions in the construction industry?
Before we explain the proposed effect of the Bill, it is helpful to recognise the context in which cash retentions are currently used in the…
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 7 Dec 2021
Federal Government Now Enjoined from Enforcing the Vaccine Mandate Against Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Nationwide
It is another week, and there is another ruling on vaccine mandates. This week, the Southern District of Georgia has taken the baton from the Eastern…
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 1 Nov 2021
Technology Projects: Managing the Risks of Innovation and Change Part 2: During the Life of the Project
Customers in long-term technology projects can find that while they have been working towards their chosen solution a more advanced, cheaper, or…
Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Australia | 21 Oct 2021
Termination for convenience: when and is it free?
Termination for convenience clauses have drawn recent media attention given the Commonwealth’s recent decision to terminate the Future Submarine…
