Articles & Newsletters
Published Articles
ACPA 2020 3rd Q – Do Repair Provisions, ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress, Quarter 3, 2020
A Contractors Roadmap to Safely Build Beyond COVID-19, Underground Press Spring 2020
Utility Issues, ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress, Quarter 2, 2020
Liquidated Damages-ACPA 2020 Q1, ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress, Quarter 1, 2020
Doing What the Contract Says, NUCA Business Journal, Fall 2019
CenturyLink: Contractors Get Paid from Utility Company for Inaccurate Information, ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress, Quarter 4, 2019
Unmarked, Mismarked and Late Utility Relocation, MUCA Underground Press, Quarter 4, 2019
Paper Trail, ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress, Quarter 3, 2019
Unmarked, Mismarked, and Late Utility Relocation, NUCA Business Journal, Spring 2019
Reliance on Soils Reports, MUCA Underground Press, Spring 2019
Late Utility Relocation, ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress, Quarter 2, 2019
Soils Reports, ACPA Concrete Pavement Progress, Quarter 1, 2019
Understanding Contract Documents, NUCA Business Journal, Winter 2019
Differing Site Conditions: A Roadmap for Additional Compensation and Time, ACPA Progress, Quarter 4, 2018
Repair of Concrete Pavement Cracking: What the Roadmap Should Be, ACPA Progress, Quarter 3, 2018
NUCA Construction Law Committee Report, NUCA Utility Contractor Magazine, July/August 2018
Differing Site Conditions are Here to Stay: A Roadmap to Change, NASTT National Convention, March 2018
Obtaining Change Orders, Not Lawsuits, NUCA IA Newsletter, March 2017
Overcoming Underdesigned Projects due to Inadequate Soils Engineering, NUCA Business Journal, November 2017
Your Legal Rights Following OSHA Citation, NUCA Business Journal, Fall 2016
Contractors: Know the Rights and Obligations that Protect you from Bearing Design Defect Costs, NUCA Business Journal, January 2016
When the Street Settles: Owners Trying to Contract Away Liability for Defective Design, MUCA Underground Press, Fall 2015
Differing Site Conditions: Getting Paid for Extra Expenses and Lost Time, NUCA Business Journal, Fall 2014
Controlling Project Change Costs, NUCA Business Journal Spring 2014
Contractor Recourse for Late Utility Relocation, NUCA Business Journal, Summer 2014
Newsletters
COVID-19 Delay, Suspension and Termination (March 24, 2020)
Protecting Your Interests with a Good Paper Trail (September 2019)
Defending Against Claims that your Work is Improper (June 2019)
Spring Melt and Time Extensions (March 2019)
Liquidated Damages: How to Avoid Paying (March 2017)
Concrete Pavement: Why Owners Should Pay for Random Cracking (March 2017)
Asphalt Pavement Cracking, Settlement, and Heaving: Why the Contractor Should Not Have to Pay for the Repair (February 2017)
Bridges: Engineers Fail to Take Soil Borings as Required (February 2017)
Recent Decision on Differing Site Conditions, Alteration of Work and Impossibility of Design (January 2015)
Getting Paid For Differing Site Conditions (December 2014)
When the Street Settles, Who Should Pay the Cost of Repair? (August 2014)
Limiting the Impact of Liquidated Damages (November 2013)
Using Project Schedules to Document the Impact of Project Delays (October 2013)
Recovering Delay Damages (September 2013)
Soil Settlement (September 2013)
Owner Caused Delays (August 2013)
Constructive Acceleration (August 2013)
Owners Risk of Defective Design (July 2013)