


Construction Contracting Without Relief Clauses During COVID-19

Your Contract Can Handle COVID-19

Contractors Can Use RFI to Notify the Government

Taxes Due!

Contractor Wins when Government Reconsiders Accord

Claim Certified with Digital Signature Deemed OK

Acceptance and Intervening Cause Avoided Construction Warranty Claim

Insurance Company Had No Duty to Defend Under Eight Corners Rule

Owner SOL When Mandatory Mediation Didn’t Toll Statute of Limitations

Government Must Review Claims in Good Faith, Not “Conjure Up” a “Baseless Retaliation”

Termination for Convenience was OK to Get a Lower Price

Pirates (Parties) Should Arbitrate Arbitrability

Very Bad Behavior Without Bad Faith is Not a Breach of Contract

Government Construction Contracts Require Bonds, Even When Contract Doesn’t Say So

Government’s Negligent Estimate a Trick?

Prime Contractor Had No Duty to Help Surety Investigate Sub’s Default

It’s Good to Be the King

Smoke Without Fire: Damage from Concrete Dust Covered by Insurance

Changes Made After Substantial Completion Did Not Extend Overall Project Time

One-Sided Construction Arbitration Clause Valid in Virginia

Manage the Risk of Construction Changes

Want Your Profit? Prove a Constructive Change, Not a Suspension of Work.

No Special Defenses to Arbitration Agreements

How to Find (and Confirm) the Plain Meaning in a Contract

Navigating the Requirements for Claims against Virginia Public Entities

Virginia General Contractors Not Protected from Pre-Work Claim Waivers

Adding Terms to a Government Contract without Saying So

Differing Site Conditions: When the Part Does Not Equal the Whole

Forum Selection Can Be a Home-Court Advantage

No-Damage-for-Delay and Owner-Related Dispute Clauses are No Defense to Surety Liability Under Miller Act

Contractual Fairness is Whatever the Parties’ Agreed

Which Comes First – Specifications or Drawings?

Government Contract Claims: When Appeal is Rejection of Settlement

Linking Obligations

Termination of Government Contracts for Convenience (T4C)

Government Contractors: Build a Snowman in August
