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Tag Archives: Contracts
Leasing and LEED II: Things a Tenant Should Consider
In my last blog post, I outlined key issues that a landlord should consider when negotiating a lease with a perspective tenant in a LEED-certified building. In this post, I want to review the same issue but from the tenant’s … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Contracts, Lease
Tagged Construction, Contracts, Landlord, Lease, LEED, Tenant
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What You Should Know About Teaming Agreements in the Construction Industry
This is the third installment in a series of posts on teaming arrangements in the construction industry. My first post in the series addressed teaming arrangements generally and described the two most common forms: joint ventures and teaming agreements. The … Continue reading
Brokers Beware: SJC Issues Ruling in Closely-Followed DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre Case
The Supreme Judicial Court’s (SJC) recent ruling in DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre, Ltd., is a warning to Massachusetts real estate brokers: What you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. The case is also … Continue reading
Massachusetts Mechanic’s Liens: What a subcontractor or supplier needs to know
The first thing I think about when a subcontractor or supplier hasn’t been paid on a job is whether a mechanic lien can be filed. On private construction projects, subcontractors (or sub-subcontractors) and suppliers can assert a mechanic’s lien against … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Contracts
Tagged Construction, Contracts, Mechanic's lien, Notice of Contract, Statement of Account
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Teaming Arrangements in the Construction Industry
I recently posted about Massachusetts Highway Dept. v. Perini Corp., a Massachusetts Appeals Court decision vacating a substantial arbitration award in favor of one of the general contractors on the Central Artery/Tunnel project. The general contractor in question was Perini-Kiewit-Cashman … Continue reading
Massachusetts Mechanic’s Liens: The Basics
A “mechanic’s lien” is a misnomer: it has nothing to do with mechanics or cars. A mechanic’s lien is security for payment of labor or materials supplied to a private construction project. G.L. c. 254 governs Massachusetts mechanic’s liens. From … Continue reading
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Tagged Construction, Contracts, Mechanic's lien, Notice of Contract, Statement of Account
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Appeals Court Vacates $56 Million Big Dig Arbitration Award
In Massachusetts Highway Dept. v. Perini Corp., the Appeals Court vacated a $56 million arbitration award in favor of Perini-Kiewit-Cashman Joint Venture (“PKC”), one of the general contractors for portions of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (“Project”). The Court held that … Continue reading
Appeals Court Opens the Door to Construction Defect Claims by Condominium Associations
For most property owners, the legal system typically provides a remedy when developers or builders do substandard work. Most property owners can simply bring contract or tort-based claims against the contractor they retained to perform the work. Until the Massachusetts Appeals … Continue reading
SJC: Contracts Can Shorten Statute of Limitations Period, Unless…
Despite the fairly straightforward nature of the issue, before the recent case of Creative Playthings Franchising, Corp. v. James A. Reiser, Jr., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) had not categorically ruled whether parties to a contract could agree to … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Contracts, Lease
Tagged Construction, Contracts, Creative Playthings, Lease, Reiser, statute of limitations, Supreme Judicial Court
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Worcester City Council Passes Controversial “Responsible Employer Ordinance”
The Worcester City Council last week passed a “Responsible Employer Ordinance” (“REO”) requiring that public construction contractors, among other things, participate in an apprenticeship program, as defined by M.G.L. c. 23, §§11H, 11I. The REO also mandates prevailing wage rates, hospitalization … Continue reading
Posted in Competitive Bidding, Construction, Contracts
Tagged Competitive Bidding, Construction, Contracts, Ordinance, Worcester
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Subcontractor Deemed Independent Contractor Subject To Exclusion In Commercial General Liability Policy
Following closely on the heels of my colleague’s August 17 post regarding the independent contractor classification, the Massachusetts Appeals Court last week rendered a decision highlighting the significance of this classification in the construction world. In Cable Mills, LLC v. … Continue reading
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Tagged Construction, Contracts, Massachusetts Appeals Court
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Lower Court Holds That E-mails May Constitute A Binding Purchase And Sale Agreement
A Superior Court Judge recently ruled in Feldberg et al. v. Coxall that a series of e-mails between a buyer and seller of real estate that include the material terms of the offer and an acceptance of those terms may … Continue reading
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Tagged Construction, Contracts, Coxall, Feldberg, Judge Douglas H. Wilkins, Superior Court
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