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Law

Understand the legal issues shaping the construction industry. Stay informed on contracts, labor regulations, compliance, litigation and evolving legislation that can affect your business.

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    Employment Obligations Under the ADA

    What contractors need to know about workplace accommodations, hiring practices & compliance responsibilities
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    Give Your Contract’s Dispute Resolution Clause The Attention it Deserves

    When is the last time you read the dispute resolution clause in your standard form of contract?
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    Ensure Your Workers Are Legal

    Construction employers face a more difficult compliance task today than ever before.
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    Everything You Thought You Knew about Overtime May Be Wrong

    Your working foreman regularly puts in a fifty-hour workweek without lunch breaks. But you pay him top dollar, and he’s salaried. So you think there is no need to pay overtime. One day, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) shows up at your door to investigate a wage-and-hour lawsuit on his behalf. It appears that your working foreman is demanding back pay for those hours he worked beyond the required forty hours. Now you’re at risk of a costly lawsuit for not being in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). And if this has occurred with a number of employees, you risk a collective action lawsuit.
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    How to Budget for Costly Litigation

    Before launching into litigation, prepare for costs involved by applying typical construction project controls. Construction industry professionals typically have a very structured system for preparing bids, creating a budget against an award and tracking resources and costs against that budget as the project moves forward. These project controls help business owners avoid going over budget. And most would never dream of embarking upon a construction project without these controls in place.
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    How to Be Prepared for a Government Construction Project

    Reviews construction regulations to keep you updated on construction industry regulations and OSHA regulations for construction to ensure compliance.
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    Preference Suits: Giving Back What You Earned

    A subcontractor’s reward after successfully completing a job is a final payday.
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    Who Is Responsible for Bad Plans and Specifications?

    How the Spearin Doctrine allocates liability for design defects
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    Internet Misuse in the Workplace

    America’s obsession with sports is nothing new, but here’s an interesting tidbit that will make any employer pause: Average fantasy sports fanatics spend an estimated 34 minutes per day just thinking about their teams, which means 30 to 40 million employees linger on sites for over 30 minutes every day deciding on whether Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez will continue his base stealing this week or which team’s closer is going to shut down the lefties in the ninth inning.
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    Green Building: The University of Southern Maine Abromson Community Education

    When it comes to green building, contractors, owners and architects alike are cleaning up their act. According to the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), sustainable building practices can be credited with reducing operating costs, cutting absenteeism and promoting knowledge retention in our educational systems. With the push for sustainability by environmentally-conscious faculty and students, schools are literally practicing what they preach.
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    Construction Ethics: 7 Examples of Ethical Practices

    A guide to staying true to your core business principles during economic hardship
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    Avoid Legal Mistakes to Make More Money

    If there is one business-related question that I field more than any other, it’s this: “How do I make more money?”
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