0 Did the construction contractor encounter a differing site condition? W.M. Schultz Construction Inc. v. Vermont Agency of Transportation. Supreme Court of Vermont (2018), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: W.M. Schultz Construction entered into a contract with the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) to rebuild four highway bridges destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene. Schultz completed three of the bridges without incident. The fourth bridge (referred to as Bridge 19) was a single-span steel-girder bridge over the White River. The east abutment of the […]

0 Engineer’s duty to warn contractor of dangerous roof conditions. Waltman v. Engineering Plus, Inc. Supreme Court of Mississippi (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: Construction foreman George Waltman was injured when he fell through the roof of a building in Meridian, Mississippi. Waltman was an employee of the general contractor, Norman Enterprises. Waltman claimed the project engineer was aware of the dangerous condition of the roof and failed to warn the workforce of the danger. Lauderdale County had […]

0 General contractor’s responsibility for safety of subcontractor’s employee. Foley v. Builtech Construction, Inc. Appellate Court of Illinois (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: John Foley was an employee of a subcontractor. He injured his back while pulling rebar from a tangled storage pile. Builtech was the general contractor. Foley sued Builtech, alleging negligence, failure to provide a safe workplace, and premises liability. Builtech moved for summary judgment, contending that it did not have actual or constructive notice […]

0 Issue: Impact of a pay-when-paid clause in the context of subcontractor’s payment bond claim. Crosno Construction, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America. Court of Appeal, California (2020), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: Clark Bros., Inc., was the general contractor on an arsenic removal water treatment plant project for the North Edwards Water District in Kern County, California. Clark furnished a payment bond issued by Travelers. Clark entered into a subcontract with Crosno Construction under which Crosno was to fabricate, erect, and coat two 250,000-gallon welded steel […]

0 Calculation of the deductible under a builder’s risk insurance policy. McDonnel Group, LLC v. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2020), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: The McDonnel Group was the general contractor for the renovation of the historic Jung Hotel in New Orleans. McDonnel purchased a builder’s risk policy, expressly including flood insurance. Two years into the project, on August 5, 2017, a heavy rain caused $3.2 million in damage to the work in progress. McDonnel made a claim […]

0 Construction Manager as Constructor project delivery method, by Hugh Anderson

Summary: The General Services Administration is a U.S. agency that administers a substantial volume of construction contracts. As of January 21, 2020, the GSA has approved the use of the Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) method of project delivery—also referred to in the industry as Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR). This is the third GSA-approved […]

0 Construction contractor’s lien rights after sending owner multiple conflicting and unsubstantiated invoices. Olmstead Construction, Inc. v. Otter Creek Investments, Inc. Court of Appeals of Iowa (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: Otter Creek Investments contracted with Olmstead for construction of a convenience store and gas station, on a cost-plus-fee basis. Eventually the project ran into budget problems, and there was confusion about the payment of some of the subcontractors. The contractor submitted conflicting invoices for the work, and failed to provide requested documentation and explanation. […]

0 Contractor’s entitlement to additional compensation for remedying defects that the Owner had ignored during initial performance of the work. Appeal of Buck Town Contractors & Co. Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: The Corps of Engineers entered into a contract with Buck Town Contractors to rebuild a hurricane protection levee in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. The design documents included detailed requirements regarding the placement of the specified geotextile material at the base of the levee. One requirement was that the geotextile was to be installed in […]

0 Design-builder’s right to sue the owner’s consulting engineer for deficiencies in the bridging documents that engineer prepared, on a third-party beneficiary basis. Arco Ingenieros v. CDM International, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: In 2009 Tropical Storm Ida struck El Salvador, causing widespread damage. Two years later the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) embarked on a program to build several schools and a health clinic in El Salvador, to replace facilities that had been destroyed or damaged by the storm. USAID had a master contract […]

0 Contractor’s entitlement to interest and attorneys’ fees under a broad indemnification clause in a subcontract. Skanska USA Building, Inc. v. J.D. Long Masonry, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Maryland (2019), by Hugh Anderson

Summary: In 2004 Skanska was the general contractor on a National Institutes of Health research facility project in Baltimore. Skanska subcontracted the masonry façade work to Long Masonry. Years later, in 2013, the façade that Long had constructed collapsed as a result of Long’s failure to construct the façade according to the design or industry […]

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