A foreign owner contracting with a Japanese construction company to build facilities in Japan, whether a hotel, a manufacturing facility, a process plant or otherwise, faces a number of challenges.

Whether an arbitration agreement is enforceable is a frequently litigated matter in construction disputes. Federal policy strongly favors arbitration. Typically, the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) will ...

This is the third in our series of articles dealing with construction management agreements (CMAs). In this article we address construction defects and failures, specifically those arising from faulty ...

Types of Owner Agreements: Owner's Rep, CM as Agent, CM at Risk, GC at Risk, & Owner/Architect In this seminar, a panel including experienced construction attorneys will provide a practical ...

We have all heard many times that arbitration is a contractual or consensual process. That is, the parties need to agree in writing to arbitrate their disputes in order for one party to require ...

Pittsburg has adopted a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with local trade unions that requires contractors to use union labor — especially local residents — on major capital improvement ...

Nearly three-quarters of federal contractors report they will stop bidding on federal projects if the Biden administration were to follow through on its plans to impose government-mandated project ...