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0 Enforceability of a state statute barring cities from imposing residency requirements on contractors’ employees. City of Cleveland v. The State of Ohio. Supreme Court of Ohio (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: In 2003 the City of Cleveland concluded that relatively few city residents were employed on public works projects funded by the city. Cleveland therefore passed an ordinance requiring that 20% of the total construction work hours on major municipal construction projects be performed by city residents. Public works contracts were required to specify penalties […]

0 Project architect’s duty of care to construction contractor. Uddin v. Singer Architects, Inc. District Court of Appeal, Florida (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: Broward County, Florida, entered into a contract with an architectural firm for construction phase services on a project at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. The County also entered into a contract with a construction contractor. Both contracts contained routine provisions that are found in industry-standard contracts, such as those published by EJCDC, concerning the role […]

0 Insurance company’s duty to defend and indemnify contractor against owner’s breach of contract claim. Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Co. v. GHD Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: DVO Inc. (formerly GHD) is in the business of designing and constructing anaerobic digesters, which use microorganisms to break down materials in the absence of oxygen. This creates biogas, which can be used to generate electricity. DVO entered into a contract with a private owner, WTE, to design and build such a digester in […]

0 Interpretation of ambiguous drywall finishing specifications. Appeal of KiewitPhelps. Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and KiewitPhelps (a joint venture) entered into a $524 million contract for construction of a new facility for the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska. The drywall work was subcontracted to Cleveland Construction, Inc. (CCI), for $16 million. HDR Architecture was the designer […]

0 Contractor’s contractual indemnification obligation to project’s architect/engineer. Valdez v. Turner Construction Co. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York retained Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) as architect and construction manager. SOM subcontracted the construction management to Turner Construction Company. The owner separately contracted with KJC Waterproofing for roofing work. During construction, a landscape contractor’s employee was injured when he became entangled in the straps […]

0 Engineering firm’s exposure to liability to low bidder that did not receive the award of contract. John Rocchio Corp. v. Pare Engineering. Supreme Court of Rhode Island (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: The Warwick Sewer Authority (WSA) retained Pare Engineering Corporation to design a sewer infrastructure expansion project and assist WSA in soliciting bids from construction contractors. Ultimately five contractors bid on the work. John Rocchio Corporation was the low bidder, at $2.32 million. The next low was $2.47 million. In a memorandum to WSA after […]

0 Application of the statute of repose to breach of contract claims. New Riegel Local School District Board of Education v. The Buehrer Group Architecture & Engineering, Inc. Supreme Court of Ohio (2019). by Hugh Anderson

The new New Riegel school was substantially completed in 2002. In 2015, the school district brought claims against the project architect/engineer and two contractors, alleging that the building was beset by condensation, moisture intrusion, and other deficiencies as a result of improper design and construction. Later that year the school district sued the A/E and […]

0 Engineering firm’s compliance with FEMA flood standards as a defense to subsequent negligence claims. Alexander v. The Woodlands Land Development Company. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2018). by Hugh Anderson

Summary: The Woodlands Land Development Company and the Howard Hughes Corporation jointly developed a residential community called Timarron Park. They retained LJA Engineering and James Bowles to design the stormwater drainage system for the new development. The tract of land on which Timarron Park was ultimately constructed was a low area that included both a […]

0 Does the design/construction statute of repose protect an engineering firm that conducted an inspection of a newly built structure for a prospective purchaser? Manney v. MBV Engineering, Inc. District Court of Appeal, Florida (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: In 2002 Manney retained MBV Engineering to review the construction drawings and inspect a newly built house that Manney was planning to purchase. MBV informed Manney that the structural integrity of the house was excellent. Manney purchased the house. Thirteen years later Manney retained a structural engineer who reported that the house had significant […]

0 Duty owed by engineer-inspectors to negligent design-builder. W.C. English, Inc. v. Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP. United States District Court, Western District of Virginia (2018), by Hugh Anderson

Even if the design-builder had been correct in deciding to switch to the shorter slab runners, what about the first 40% of the bridge that had been built with the taller slab runners, and presumably a thinner concrete cover—was there ever an intent to bring this discrepancy to VDOT’s attention?

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