If you have been around Texas construction in the past decade, you’ve no doubt heard about a foreman shopping his crew around. You’ve probably worried about a key superintendent or project manager taking his skills to your competitor. Maybe you have lost sleep over an estimator with a LinkedIn profile that says he is immediately open to a new job.
Continue Reading Navigating the Proposed Elimination of Employee Non-Compete Agreements
Construction lawyers routinely deal with delay claims. I have presented or defended more of them than I can remember. That is why I was curious when, earlier this year, I received a series of email invitations to presentations on the use of “concurrent delay” as a defense to contractor or owner claims for delay damages on construction projects. I’ve written about the subject in the past and wondered what, if anything, had changed.
Continue Reading A Myth About Delay – Revisited
I was reviewing various articles I have written over the years and came across a prior version of this one about differing site conditions, written nearly twenty years ago. I was curious – does this cup still hold water?
Continue Reading When is an Unforeseen Condition a “Differing Site Condition”?