Contracting In The Time of COVID-19 – PART IV

By Leonard Klingen 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...

Contracting In The Time of COVID-19 – PART III

By Leonard Klingen 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...

Contracting In The Time of COVID-19 – PART II

By Leonard Klingen Although Florida construction sites have not yet seen extensive closures, we must prepare for such a possibility.  A project shutdown can come in a number of forms: government-mandated closure, owner-directed shutdown, contractor-initiated shutdown...

Contracting In The Time of COVID-19 – PART I

By Leonard Klingen Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last four months, you’ll know that the United States is suffering the effects of the most widespread viral outbreak since the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918-20[1].  Fortunately, technology, health care...