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Originally posted on July 22, 2011 Weis Builders, Inc., 2010 ASBCA No. 56306, LEXIS 13 (Feb. 17, 2010). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Weis Builders, Inc. a design/build contract for family housing at Minot AFB in North Dakota valued at $350 million.  The...

Originally posted on July 22, 2011 by Ryan Sunland Constr. Co. v. Wilbur Smith, Inc.,  387 F. App’x 361 (4th Cir. 2010). In this recent Fourth Circuit case, a construction company sued the city of Myrtle Beach for breach of contract after the City terminated its...

Originally posted on May 10, 2011 by Ryan As another sweltering South Carolina summer drags on, it is important for construction owners and employees to keep safety in mind. The Department of Labor started Heat Illness Campaign to inform workers on heat illness...

Originally posted on May 10, 2011 by Ryan Younger-Holmes Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. BE&K Building Group, LLC, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 128559 (D. Okla. Dec. 3, 2010). In this case, BE&K (GC) hired Younger-Holmes (Sub) to provide electrical work on a medical...

Originally posted on April 18, 2011 by Ryan On March 25, 2011, the Equal Employment Commission issued a final rule to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA).  The Equal Employment Commission is responsible for enforcing Title I of...

Originally posted on April 4, 2011 by Ryan In a previous blog I discussed the court’s holdings in L-J, Inc. v. Bituminous Fire & Marine Ins. Co. and Auto Owners Ins. Co., Inc. v. Newman.  In L-J, the court held that damage to a roadway caused by faulty workmanship...

Originally posted April 1, 2011 by Ryan On January 20, 2010, the International Association of Machinists and AFL-CIO filed suit against Governor Nikki Haley and Catherine Templeton, newly appointed Director of the state’s Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation,...

Originally posted on January 14, 2011 by Ryan The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") General Counsel Lafe Solomon released a memo on December 20, outlining the NLRB's commitment to protecting employee free choice in unionization. Solomon emphasized the importance...

Originally posted on January 14, 2011 by Ryan The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on December 22, 2010, that mass layoffs in the construction industry continued to increase since September.  26,767 construction workers filed initial unemployment claims in November...

Originally posted on December 28, 2010 by Ryan The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) proposed a new notice requirement on December 20, 2010, which affects all employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).  If the Board passes this proposed...