The “Up” House is “Up” for Sale

You might remember the 2009 Pixar/Disney 3-D animated movie “Up,” about an aging widower, Carl Frederickson, who learns to let go of his past and live his dream…

As California Faces Mandatory Water Use Reductions How Will the Construction Industry be Impacted?

Earlier this month, Governor Jerry Brown issued Executive Order B-29-15, which imposes mandatory water use reductions for the first time in the history of California. The Executive…

What You Need to Know About Enforcement Actions by the Contractors State License Board

I questioned whether to even write this post. Because, of course, YOU would never find yourself hightailing it out of town with the California Contractor’s State License Board…

Back in My Day . . .

A report released by our neighbors up north has been making the rounds of the press recently about how smartphones, and computers in general, have made us dumberer, eh. But before…

Sun, Surf and Petrol: Gorgeous Gasoline Stations

If you have school-aged children or are going to school yourself then you know we’re in full-blown Spring Break mode. Sun, surf, sand and (for those…

Art Dao, Executive Director of the Alameda County Transportation Commission, Speaks at Wendel Rosen’s Infrastructure Forum

On March 2, 2015, Art Dao, Executive Director of the Alameda County Transportation Commission, spoke to a packed house at the Wendel Rosen Construction Practice Group’s Infrastructure Forum on…

Everything is Awesome!

Warner Bros. may have been onto something when it made The Lego Movie, about a happy-go-lucky, yet somewhat conformist, Lego construction worker named Emmet Brickowski, who reluctantly assumes the role…

California Department of Industrial Relations Hosts SB 854 Public Works Contractor Registration Seminar

As we wrote earlier, legislation signed into law this past year, SB 854, now requires that public works contractors and subcontractors register through the California Department…

Failing to Pay Prevailing Wages May Have Just Cost You More Than You Thought

Mechanics lien claims, payment bond claims, stop payment notice claims, delay claims, defect claims, abandonment claims . . . With the variety of claims unique to…

Coffee Beans, Mars and the 50 States: Civil Code 1542 Waivers and Latent Defects

A few years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Charles Duhigg wrote a book that was on the New York Times bestseller list for over 60 weeks, The Power of Habit:…

Design Professional Liens: A Blueprint

If you work in the construction industry in California you’re likely familiar with mechanics liens. But there’s one other type of lien available on construction projects…