Ready to Print Your Next Building?
This past year I read an article on Forbes.com about the nascent 3D printing movement and a young man named Cody Wilson who literally printed himself a…
A Timely Reminder From the CSLB (and a Funny Acronym to Boot)
Growing up in the Central Valley, I remember it getting so hot you could feel your tennis shoes stick to the asphalt on the playground. As California enters…
Sometimes the Real Fight is Before the Fight
One of the things I learned while lobbying in Washington, D.C. is the importance of the House Rules Committee. The Rules Committee, as its name suggests,…
Cities Alive: The Future of Green Infrastructure
If you follow the construction industry you know that green is the new gold. As well as LEED bronze, silver and platinum. Green building, which not long ago conjured images…
The Most [Fill in the Blank] Bid Dispute, Ever
We’ve all heard of those lawsuits which cause us to scratch our heads wondering, what were they thinking? Think woman sues fast food restaurant for serving…
Rumble in the Construction Defect Jungle
Lately, reading the advance sheets of construction defect cases has been like watching one of the Rocky movies. There’s the punches (owww!). Then there’s the counter-punches…
And So it Begins . . .
This past year I wrote about a case which caused a bit of an uproar in the homebuilding industry – Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Brookfield Crystal…
Google’s Mysterious Floating Boxes
It was moored quietly in the Bay. But when a four story structure made up of shipping containers was erected, questions began to be asked. Elected…
To Be or Not to Be – Subdivision Bonds Does Not a Public Works Project, Make it Be
“To be, or not to be, that is the question— whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer the Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, or…
California Building Energy Efficiency Standards Delayed to July 1, 2014
The California Contractors State License Board (“CSLB”) has issued an Industry Bulletin providing further information regarding the delayed implementation of the California Building Energy Efficiency Standards…
Got a Problem With Olympic Construction in Sochi?
In the days leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia the press was writing about . . . well . . . the…
The Big “B” – Bankruptcy on the Construction Project
It’s not often that I find myself in bankruptcy court, but there I was. A lone construction attorney surrounded by bankruptcy lawyers speaking in a foreign…
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