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Feature Articles

How To Get a Roof That Works (the First Time) — Getting the Right People on Your Bus in the Right Seats
What can cause a major headache both during and after a construction project? A defective roof. To save time, energy and money, get it right the first time by following the guidelines Mike Holman and Chris McCloskey provide in this article.

What Public Owners Need To Know about Construction Scheduling
For a primer on how the schedule comes together, why it takes on such importance, and what all those odd terms mean, read Jennifer Chapman's clear explanation here.

State Issues New DMA Forms, Supreme Court Interprets New Anti-Terror Law
Since the State started requiring most contractors to fill out theses forms in April--and Rod Davisson introduced us to them in one of our April lead articles--a couple of things have happened. This short article tells about the new forms and the result of the first case about them to be heard by the Ohio Supreme Court. 

Monthly Columns

What the Legislators Are Considering
Link to information on pending legislation of particular interest, updated daily.

What the Courts Are Saying . . .
Our six cases come from four different courts and cover a variety of topics: incorporation of a contractual arbitration clause into a performance bond, insurance coverage for construction defects, unforeseen site conditions on a renovation project, suits by a contractor against a design professional, and intentional torts (two cases).

Holman, Gillis & Shevelow on Construction Documents: AIA Waiver of Consequential
Damages — Does It Waive Liquidated Damages, Too?
Guest author Andrew Balcar continues the discussion of liquidated damages he started in our July column.

Unforeseen Site Conditions: The Spearin Warranty & Differing Site Conditions, Part II; Selection of Remedies
Doug Shevelow looks at a case from Missouri that allowed a contractor to choose whether to characterize a problem as a differing site condition or a violation of/ the owner's warranty of its plans and specifications.

ADR Corner: The Innovative Engineering Case & the UMA
In this column, guest author David Riddle continues the discussion of last month's case in which one party was sanctioned for wasting the other party's time during a mediation.

Upcoming Seminars
See information on upcoming construction seminars featuring Bricker & Eckler construction attorneys.

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How To Prevent and Resolve Construction Claims— Get Preview of Top Gun’s Fourth Edition Here
This will be the fourth year Bricker & Eckler will present the Top Gun Construction Claims Seminar. To find out what's in store for you--and to get some tips on handling construction claims rights now--read David Riddle's preview.