Written Notice Blog
A blog about news and trends in construction law, capital project delivery, and the A/E/C industry.
This article was originally published in Spring 2018 issue of Under Construction, the Newsletter of the ABA Forum on Construction Law. Over the past two decades, the use of third-party owner’s representatives has been steadily growing in all segments of the construction industry. Given their central role on the owner’s […]
One of the notable Massachusetts construction cases of 2017 will surely be Central Ceilings v. Suffolk Construction. This decision is important because the Court set aside a common and generally enforceable contractual no-damages-for-delay clause and, in doing so, distinguished between “delay damages” and “additional costs incurred to avoid delay.” Because […]
In April 2017, the American Institute of Architect (AIA) issued its once in a decade update to its core A201 design-bid-build family of contract documents. Because the AIA documents are viewed by many to be the standard for the construction industry, changes to these core documents are noteworthy and will […]
On January 5, 2011, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law important legislation giving design professionals the right to assert liens against real estate to secure payment for professional services rendered. The law mirrors long-held rights of construction contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers to use mechanics’ liens to secure payment for […]
Public-private partnerships, or P3s, have captured the attention of construction industry professionals and civic leaders as an alternative to traditional methods of delivering public infrastructure projects. Around the world, governments are looking toward P3 delivery models as alternatives for many of the largest, most complex, and costliest infrastructure projects—something that […]
n February 2012, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts completed a study of the state’s drinking, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure needs that identified a funding gap of at least $39 billion over the next 20 years. The Water Infrastructure Finance Commission, whichprepared the report, concluded that funding from traditional government sources is […]
After a year of intense debate, legislation overhauling the state’s public records law for the first time in over 40 years was signed by Gov. Charlie Baker on June 3rd (becoming Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2016, the “Act”). The provisions of the Act took effect on January 1, […]