Construction Contractor Advisor
Preparing for OSHA’s Proposed Changes to PPE Rules
Earlier this month, OSHA announced that it is seeking to revise the national Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) standard for the construction industry to make clear that PPE must fit each employee properly. OSHA’s proposed revision to the standard would align the PPE standard for construction with that of general industry [...]
Selecting the Right Arbitrator for Your Case
Maybe you have negotiated with your counterpart to include an arbitration provision in your construction contract or picked up a form contract that selects arbitration as the method of dispute resolution. Regardless of the circumstances, when the time and need for arbitration comes, the big question remains, who will be [...]
Winning Isn’t Everything . . . Unless You Can Collect: The Nebraska Supreme Court’s Recent Cautionary Holding
Unfortunately, winning a case does not guarantee that you will collect money. The court is not responsible for collecting the judgment. Rather, if the judgment debtor (losing party) does not voluntarily pay the judgment to the judgment creditor (winning party), the judgment creditor must take action to collect. For construction [...]
LDM Expands Construction Practice to Include Mediation of Construction Disputes
Lamson Dugan & Murray LLP is pleased to announce that Craig F. Martin will be expanding his construction practice to include mediation of construction disputes. Craig is certified in mediation by the Supreme Court of Nebraska, having completed both the Nebraska Mediation Association and Advanced Federal Practice Mediation [...]
How to Protect Yourself When the Job Site Isn’t What You Expected.
It happens far too often – you show up at a job site that ends up much different than what you anticipated. What is your best course of action? First, look at your contract. Do you have a differing site conditions or changed conditions clause? Absent such a clause, you [...]
How to Protect Yourself When the Job Site Isn’t What You Expected
It happens far too often – you show up at a job site that ends up much different than what you anticipated. What is your best course of action? First, look at your contract. Do you have a differing site conditions or changed conditions clause? Absent such a clause, you [...]
About the Blog
The Midwest Construction Contractor Advisor was created to offer legal discussion and encourage the use of social media in the construction industry.
Craig F. Martin
Editor and Author