By: Tyler S. Lemen Since March of last year, construction input prices are up 12.4%. Certain materials, like softwood lumber, iron, and steel, are up 83.4% and 37.5 %, respectively, since this time last year. COVID-19 undoubtedly played a role in year-over-year price growth… Read More >
COVID-19: Construction
Using Material Price Escalation Clauses to Offset Increasing Input Costs and Forecasting Post-Pandemic Price Drops
Are COVID-19 Related Costs Compensable as Cardinal or Constructive Changes?
By: Thad Schurter COVID-19 has increased the costs of construction at every level of the industry. Supply chain delays, worker shortages, increased PPE requirements, project suspension, and the impacts of demobilization and remobilization have all conspired to create additional expense that was unanticipated at… Read More >
COVID-19 and Mutual Responsibility Clauses
By: Joseph M. Leone As everyone knows, there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the construction industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schedules, productivity, safety processes, and seemingly everything else are being affected. In these difficult times, most contractors are making every effort… Read More >
Construction and Design Claims During COVID-19 – Protecting Claim Rights
By: Thad Schurter As the COVID-19 health crisis continues its rapid evolution into a widespread economic crisis, its impact on construction has accelerated with each passing week. While Governor Holcomb’s Executive Order classified construction as an “Essential Business,” construction projects have nevertheless been particularly… Read More >
AIA Contract Insurance Requirements and COVID-19
By: William E. Kelley, Jr. As federal, state, and local regulations and orders continue to be issued, amended, and extended to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many of those governmental actions directly impact construction projects. One critical and evolving question on these… Read More >
COVID-19, OSHA, and the OSHA Whistleblower
By: Sean T. Devenney As a result of COVID-19 in Indiana, employees working in essential job functions are certainly asking more questions about safety in the workplace than ever before. These employees are finely tuned to the “social distancing requirements” and recommendations of the… Read More >
Construction Project Delays in a COVID-19 World
By: Patrick A. Drewry Since COVID-19 was formally declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the construction industry has been bracing for the impact it may have on the health of its employees and workers and on operations as a whole. There has been… Read More >