2013 Updates to Office Leasing and Retail Leasing Now Available
Each year my colleagues and I are asked to update the Continuing Education of the Bar’s (CEB) publications – Office Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease…
Reminder: 2013 California Building Code and 2013 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards Go Into Effect January 1, 2014 [Updated]
Not to be a nag, but just a reminder that in addition to new laws, new regulations will also go into effect in 2014. Specifically, the 2013…
The Simple Things in Life
I was reading an article on productivity the other day. The article was about lessons the author had learned from his grandfather. What caught my attention…
Disrupting the Pink Aisle
Usually, you have to take the good with the bad. That’s why it’s rare to find something that has everything you like, like Baby Ruth candy…
Appolonians, Dionysians and the Building Industry
A thought provoking and humorous TED talk by avant-garde designer/builder Dan Phillips in which he discusses human nature, commoditization, and the building industry. And, for those…
Halloween Construction Facts
As you get ready for the ghouls and goblins who will descend on your neighborhood this week, here are a few Halloween construction facts: Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween…
CSLB Warns Contractors to Dial Before You Dig
The California Contractors State License Board (“CSLB”) is warning contractors that it’s stepping up its enforcement activities against contractors who excavate without permits. Under the law, contractors are…
What I Learned as a Boy Scout
My son recently joined the Cub Scouts. It brings back memories of my time as a Scout 25 years ago. Some of my best memories (and…
Wendel Rosen’s Infrastructure Forum – Ted Hall Talks About the New San Francisco-Oakland Span of the Bay Bridge
This past week Wendel Rosen’s Construction Practice Group, together with the East Bay Leadership Council, sponsored its yearly Infrastructure Forum, where industry leaders discuss current and…
California Construction Law Blog Goes to the Movies – Part 2
Let’s face it, architects are the rock stars of the construction industry. Think I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and even Michelangelo. Sure, contractors,…
Labor Day Construction Facts
For many, Labor Day marks the unofficial end of Summer as kids head back to school and thoughts begin turn to the upcoming holidays. Labor Day,…
Do Construction Managers Need to be Licensed in California? A Case of Blurred Lines
If this Summer had an anthem it would likely be Robin Thicke’s hit single Blurred Lines (or, perhaps, more accurately, its music video of models who…
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