By: Jim Sienicki and Ed Hermes, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Delay and disruption claims are always a risk in the best conditions on a construction site. Never more so than during the global pandemic brought about by COVID-19. Since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency on March 12, 2020, most contractors, subcontractors,
READ MOREFederal Infrastructure P3 Financing ASA joined The Surety & Fidelity Association of America in a letter to Congressional Leadership urging their passage of legislation introduced by Rep. Lynch (D-MA), H.R. 6359, the Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act. The bill would ensure existing essential protections for workers, small business contractors and taxpayers
READ MOREBy Michael Myers, president, southern California region, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced shutdowns of many global businesses, a coalition of leading critical infrastructure and construction companies has banded together to launch the “NEXT Coalition.” Based on the idea of the “next normal,” the coalition intends to promote and share industry
READ MOREBy Mark Drury, Shapiro & Duncan The current climate has brought innumerable departures from what ‘regular’ life looked like before. At Shapiro & Duncan, we’ve met these challenges with a proactive approach. This has been a crucial element enabling us to ‘keep our eye on the ball.” First Things First – Throw Out the Old
READ MOREBy Patrick Hogan, CEO, Handle.com Four months after the first recorded case of COVID-19 in the United States, the situation is still largely the same for contractors in the country. Governors are beginning to ease restrictions in the construction industry to get people back to work and restart the economy. However, construction businesses are still
READ MOREBy Mark Bergman, construction risk engineering manager, Zurich N.A., and Rick Zellen, construction senior risk engineering consultant, Zurich N.A. Paving a path forward for suspended and resumed projects. Construction has always been more unpredictable and perilous than many industries, making agility a basic necessity for contractors and their teams. The COVID-19 pandemic has tested that
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