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The May 2007 Brickerconstructionlaw.com Newsletter
Third Annual Hospital Construction Issue
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Index to May 2007 Brickerconstructionlaw.com Newsletter
Feature Articles
Designing A Hospital To Minimize Serious Medical
Errors: A Case Study
Hospital planners in West Bend, Wisconsin (outside Milwaukee), decided to build
a hospital specially designed to prevent medical error. To learn how they did
it, read Maureen Taylor’s case study of the process.
Best Ideas Recap -- In Case You Missed It
Since January of this year, Bricker & Eckler’s Cincinnati-Dayton office has
sponsored a monthly “Best Ideas” roundtable, focusing on what experienced
owners, design professionals and contractors have learned from their years of
construction. Here Ben Hyden brings together the best ideas from all four
roundtables. Unless you attended all four—and even if you did—you’ll find
something of value here.
Monthly Columns
Construction-Related
Legislation
The 127th Ohio General Assembly has begun. Keep up-to-date with pending
construction-related legislation, updated daily.
What the Courts Are Saying . . .
For our hospital construction issue, we chose our first case because the
dispute arose from the construction of a medical center. The Federal court in
Kansas looked at an issue with broader appeal, though: a subcontractor’s “pass
through claims.” Our second case, also from a Federal court (the Northern
District of Ohio), deals with a long-running eminent domain dispute. The lone
Ohio Court of Appeals case this month comes from Lawrence County and explores
one way an employer might be able to recoup some of its losses when its
workers’ compensation premiums balloon because of an accident on a construction
site. Finally, our fourth case is really an administrative decision from the
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission. The subject? OSHA’s
“Multi-Employer Citation policy.”
Holman, Gillis & Shevelow on Construction
Documents: What Are the "Contract Documents"?
Guest author David S. Riddle, P.E., discusses the meaning of the term “Contract
Documents” under various standard contracts. You may be surprised to learn that
they don’t all agree on what exactly a “Contract Document” is!
Hindsight about Unforeseen Site Conditions . . .
A Rare Successful Type II Differing Site Conditions Claim
Trying to prove that the conditions you encountered are not just different from
what the contract promised but even different from what is known and usual can
be close to impossible. Sometimes a contractor does pass that test, though, and
this month Doug Shevelow, P.E. and Esq., examines one such recent
success.
ADR Corner: How To Select a Third-Party Neutral -- The
Procedure
If you might ever find yourself having to choose—or having thrust upon you—a
mediator or an arbitrator, you will want to read David Riddle’s explanation of
how such choices are made.
Upcoming Seminars
See information on upcoming construction seminars featuring Bricker &
Eckler construction attorneys.
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