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Presented by Cohen Seglias attorney Michael F. McKenna on December 3, 2020. Over the past few decades, the design-build delivery method has made a resurgence, presenting an alternative to the traditional design-bid-build project delivery method. In design-build, an owner contracts with a single design-build contractor who bears responsibility for both design and construction, affording the owner the benefit of a single primary contact as well as greater coordination between the design and...By:...

Presented by Cohen Seglias attorneys Matthew Gioffre, Lisa Wampler, and Daniel E. Fierstein on November 17, 2020 for the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of NECA. 2018 saw the enactment of important changes to CASPA, a Pennsylvania law that helps contractors and subcontractors enforce their contractual payment terms. In this Western Pennsylvania Chapter of NECA webinar, Matt Gioffre, Lisa Wampler, and Dan Fierstein will review CASPA basics and highlight key aspects of the 2018 changes. They will......

Design-build contracts (and their lesser utilized counterpart—engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts) are prevalent in the construction industry. Though far from a new contractual relationship, design-build contracts are increasingly chosen by owners in an attempt to reduce risks and costs. The design-build model differs from the “traditional” design-bid-build model in that, with the traditional model, an owner is often very involved in both the initial design of the proje...

This past summer, Cohen Seglias attorneys Roy Cohen, Ashling Ehrhardt, and Sydney Pierce obtained a victory for their client Kuharchik Construction against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Kuharchik Construction, Inc. v. Commonwealth. In Kuharchik, the Commonwealth Court ruled in Kuharchik’s favor on its appeal from the Pennsylvania Board of Finance and Revenue, finding that the poles, mast arms, and pedestals used in constructing traffic signals on roads and highways are included in the...B...

Over the past few decades, the design-build delivery method has made a resurgence, presenting an alternative to the traditional design-bid-build project delivery method. In design-build, an owner contracts with a single design-build contractor who bears responsibility for both design and construction, affording the owner the benefit of a single primary contact as well as greater coordination between the design and construction roles. In this webinar, Cohen Seglias partner Mike McKenna will...By...

2018 saw the enactment of important changes to CASPA, a Pennsylvania law that helps contractors and subcontractors enforce their contractual payment terms. In this Western Pennsylvania Chapter of NECA webinar, Matt Gioffre, Lisa Wampler, and Dan Fierstein will review CASPA basics and highlight key aspects of the 2018 changes. They will explain how contractors can take advantage of the new provisions, such as the right for contractors and subcontractors to suspend work for nonpayment under...By: ...

2018 saw the enactment of important changes to CASPA, a Pennsylvania law that helps contractors and subcontractors enforce their contractual payment terms. In this Mechanical & Service Contractors Association of Eastern PA webinar, Matt Gioffre and Dan Fierstein will review CASPA basics and highlight key aspects of the 2018 changes. They will explain how contractors can take advantage of the new provisions, such as the right for contractors and subcontractors to suspend work for nonpayment under...

The last thing a party wants is a construction claim rising to the level of needing a mediator, judge, or arbitrator to find a resolution. The cost of the claims process can be detrimental to a company, not only in the obvious costs like attorneys’ fees but also in time losses as executives and project personnel sit in depositions or court. Unfortunately, disputes happen, and many cannot be resolved by the parties alone. In this webinar, Cohen Seglias’ Construction Contracts & Risk Management...

Last summer, we advised that the Pennsylvania legislature was considering a bill that would require all construction industry employers, on both public and private projects, to use the E-Verify program operated by the Department of Homeland Security to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States....By: Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Most parties on a construction project know that a liquidated damage may be assessed for each day of the delay past a contract completion date. However, in infrastructure and highway contracts, there are many different events that can result in a liquidated damage or stipulated sum charge....By: Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC