Insurance Coverage and COVID-19 – UPDATE 3/27/2020

This is an update to “COVID-19 CLAIMS: DOES BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE HELP?” 

Contractors, like most other businesses in America, have suffered losses from the Coronavirus. It is likely that they will continue to do so in the coming months. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thelienzone.com/covid-19-claims-does-business-interruption-insurance-help/"...

Financial Assistance Under COVID-19

Contractors have generally been allowed to continue operating under the Miami-Dade County Emergency Orders and under Governor DeSantis’ order for Broward and Palm Beach counties.  In fact, open construction sites have been specifically exempted under Miami-Dade Emergency Order 07-20. So far, contractors have been fortunate,...

Construction in Miami: Shaken But Not Shut Down By The Coronavirus – PART II

Both Miami-Dade and Broward have classified construction as an “essential business”.  This means the vast majority of our construction clients have remained open, albeit often with a skeleton office staff and limited field personnel.

Scott Alfele is President of Ebsary Foundation Company,...

Construction in Miami: Shaken Up But Not Shut Down by the Coronavirus

Stores may be closed and many folks stuck in their homes for the foreseeable future as a result of the COVID-19 Coronavirus but the business of construction rolls on.  We reached out to some of our construction clients to find out...

Is Coronavirus an Excusable or Compensable Delay

This is a question we often hear from contractors, and the answer is a little complicated.  First, it is important to make the distinction between the virus and other diseases as well as the varied responses to these problems.

The disease

The disease, COVID-19 is caused by...

N95 Face Masks – Virus Relief

In a March 17th press conference to update the public on the coronavirus, the White House made a plea to the construction industry to donate their N95 face masks to local hospitals so as to help healthcare workers on the frontlines protect themselves in this...

Your Workforce and COVID 19 Caused Work Stoppages

During the public health crisis which is now upon us and is likely to worsen before it gets better, many employers, large and small, are growing increasingly concerned with the challenges they foresee in keeping their contractual obligations, sustaining their business...

COVID-19 – It’s Impact on Your Costs of Performing

COVID-19 can affect both materials and labor in the construction industry because it affects both service and product providers. To finish a project, a construction company must furnish the labor (the service) to assemble component materials into a final structure (the...

Miami-Dade Emergency Order Deems Construction to be Essential Business Exempt from Closure

While several more businesses are ordered to cease all operations due to the escalating Coronavirus pandemic, construction professionals remain exempt from Miami Dade County’s latest Emergency Order. Effective 9:00pm Thursday March 19, 2020 all “non-essential” retail and commercial establishments were forced...

Contractor Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Governments have imposed increasingly more extreme containment measures and more restrictive quarantines in response to COVID-19. Contractors and other construction professionals must consider their ability to fulfill their contractual obligations. Lack of workforce, lack of supplies, and lack of certainty are...

Contracting In The Time of COVID-19 – PART IV

What to do when the Owner shuts down the project

As mentioned above, review the contract, particularly with regard to the notice and claim deadlines required to preserve compensation rights.  Make absolutely sure that the Owner issues the suspension order in writing, and double check that...