0 Conflict of interest because of participation in peer review. In the Matter of HBI-GF, J.V. United States Government Accountability Office (2017), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: In March 2016, the Corps of Engineers retained Gannett Fleming to conduct an external peer review of the design of a six-mile cutoff wall project at the Herbert Hoover Dike embankment, at Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Gannett Fleming’s personnel, including a geotechnical engineer, reviewed project design documents, submitted more than 80 comments, and prepared findings […]

0 Entitlement to arbitration under design agreement. Thomas Zimmer Builders LLC v. Kurt E. Roots and Monika Roots. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin (2018), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: In a residential construction dispute between contractor and homeowners, the homeowners (the Rootses) brought a third-party claim against architect Mark Udvari-Solner. Udvari-Solner moved to compel arbitration, based on the arbitration clause in the design agreement between the Rootses and Udvari-Solner Design Co., a corporation. The trial court denied the motion to compel arbitration, and […]

0 Is an aggregate analysis a professional service that triggers the application of a certificate of merit requirement? Ronald R. Wagner & Co. LP v. Apex Geoscience Inc. Texas Court of Appeals (2018), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: Wagner was the construction contractor on a paving project. The Texas DOT (TXDOT) specifications required the contractor to provide aggregate meeting stated characteristics. During the bidding phase, Wagner had relied on a report, issued by a senior engineer at Apex Geoscience, that found that proposed aggregate from the Wilson Pit met the specification. Later, […]

0 Did the payment bond issued for a design-build project provide protection to an engineering subcontractor? Aztec Engineering Group, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana (2017), by Hugh Anderson.

Summary: Aztec Engineering Group provided design services for the upgrade of 21 miles of state highway near Bloomington, Indiana, under a professional services subcontract with design-builder Isolux-Corson. Isolux-Corson’s work was in turn part of a Public Private Partnership to “design, build, finance, operate and upgrade” the highway. The design-build contract between the project’s Developer and […]

Monthly Archives: February 2019

0 Conflict of interest because of participation in peer review. In the Matter of HBI-GF, J.V. United States Government Accountability Office (2017), by Hugh Anderson

0 Entitlement to arbitration under design agreement. Thomas Zimmer Builders LLC v. Kurt E. Roots and Monika Roots. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin (2018), by Hugh Anderson

0 Is an aggregate analysis a professional service that triggers the application of a certificate of merit requirement? Ronald R. Wagner & Co. LP v. Apex Geoscience Inc. Texas Court of Appeals (2018), by Hugh Anderson

0 Did the payment bond issued for a design-build project provide protection to an engineering subcontractor? Aztec Engineering Group, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana (2017), by Hugh Anderson.