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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AND TREATING EXTENDED FIELD OVERHEAD AS A DIRECT OR INDIRECT COST

Posted on 4 April, 2015
  Prime contractors working on federal government projects, or any project for that matter, have job site or field overhead / general conditions.  Incurring extended field office overhead on a federal government project happens and, in many instances, is due to

REQUESTING LIABILITY INSURANCE INFORMATION FROM RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN DEFECTS (FLA. STAT. s. 627.4137)

Posted on 28 March, 2015
If you are an owner and discover construction or design defects, you are going to want consult with a lawyer to make sure you know your rights under Florida Statutes

A DAVIS BACON SNACK – PREVAILING MINIMUM WAGE RATES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Posted on 23 March, 2015
Contractors working on federal projects should be familiar with the Davis Bacon Act (40 USC s. 3142 and formerly cited as 40 U.S.C. 276a).  This Act requires contractors to pay, at a minimum, prevailing wage rates including fringe benefits for labor as determined...

CONFLICT BETWEEN A SUBCONTRACTOR’S MILLER ACT PAYMENT BOND CLAIM AND A PRIME CONTRACTOR’S CONTRACT DISPUTES ACT CLAIM

Posted on 21 March, 2015
The recent opinion in U.S. f/u/b/o Marenalley Construction, LLC v. Zurich American Insurance Co., 2015 WL 1137053 (E.D.Pa. 2015) is a great example as to what could happen when a prime contractor submits a

WORKERS COMPENSATION (PART TWO) — STATUTORY EMPLOYER AND CONTRACTORS

Posted on 14 March, 2015
To follow-up on the article Workers Compensation—Tidbits on Construction Projects, the recent opinion in Roof Painting By Hartzell, Inc./Summit Holdings-Claims Center v. Hernandez, 2015 WL 641199 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) touches upon the application of a...