Client Alerts & Publications
Going Back to Work – Starting or Restarting a Construction Project During the Pandemic
Published Date: May 7, 2020
Over the next several weeks and months construction projects that had been shuttered will be restarted and new projects will be commenced. This Alert provides a checklist of issues that should be considered before starting or restarting such projects. These issues are drawn from lessons learned on “essential” projects that continued in hard-hit areas, guidance issued by various agencies including [...] Read More
What Do Hackers Want From Construction Companies? More Than You Can Imagine
Authors: Richard R. Volack,
Published Date: May 4, 2020
For many years now, we have seen hackers break into, hold for ransom, and destroy the IT systems of well-known finance, health care, and retail giants. During that same time, the construction industry, along with many other industries, may have felt a certain false sense of security that hackers were not (or at least seemingly not) targeting them. In the [...] Read More
CISA Updates Guidance on Identifying Critical Infrastructure Workers: Does Your Work Fall Within These Sectors?
Published Date: April 21, 2020
On April 17, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (“CISA”) issued Version 3.0 to the Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce, which originally was published on March 19, 2020 (“CISA Guidance”). One key aspect of Version 3.0 is additional clarification on whether construction is essential. During the COVID-19 response, State and local governments have the [...] Read More
COVID-19 Damages and Time Recovery: Contract Checklist and Analysis
Authors: Patrick J. Greene, Jr.,
Published Date: April 16, 2020
This Alert explores the contract provisions and related rights that are likely to govern time and compensation adjustments for COVID-19 impacts. As parties begin analyzing such rights, this is intended to serve as a useful guide and checklist. Analysis of relevant contract provisions should start with careful consideration of the specific impacts that have been experienced and the causes of [...] Read More
COVID-19 and Florida Construction: Lessons from the Frontlines in New York, New Jersey, and Around the U.S.
Authors: Melinda S. Gentile, Jerry P. Brodsky,
Published Date: April 3, 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the construction industry as a whole, the geographic location of projects and business operations, like the expansion of the virus itself, is in many ways influencing the ongoing impact and resulting conditions for those projects – whether public or private, large or small. This Florida COVID-19 Alert for general contractors and others in [...] Read More
