Legal Developments in Construction Law: May 2026
1. PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE OF INDEPENDENT MONITORING SURVEYORS, DUTIES OWED AND ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES - The recent case of Eiger Funding (PCC) Limited v Ridge and Partners LLP [20...
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1. PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE OF INDEPENDENT MONITORING SURVEYORS, DUTIES OWED AND ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES - The recent case of Eiger Funding (PCC) Limited v Ridge and Partners LLP [20...
Senate Bill No. 440: The Private Works Change Order Fair Payment Act. Signed into law on October 10, 2025, SB 440, which has been codified as California Civil Code Section 8850 (Ac...
Construction contract negotiation is often treated as a “forms exercise,” especially when the parties start from familiar templates (e.g., AIA forms). In practice, though, the bigg...
If your business turns dirt, pours concrete, frames walls, or signs subcontracts anywhere in Florida, 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most consequential regulatory years in rec...
Effective January 1, 2026, two groundbreaking California statutes will significantly impact private construction contracts executed after this date. The first, California Civil Cod...
On many projects, owners and project teams are under intense pressure to keep procurement moving and to meet deadlines. Sometimes an architect, construction manager, or owner’s rep...
Construction projects by their nature tend to be document intensive. This is a function of how the industry delivers projects: An owner traditionally hires an architect or engineer...
Kilpatrick partners Brian Gaudet and John Livingston recently presented on construction contracts, lease agreements, and other real estate contracts at the University of Texas Scho...
With ever-changing market trends in construction — think the Las Vegas boom in the early 2000’s and data centers now — contractors pursue work where it is available, even if that m...
In Rauhaus Freedenfeld & Associates, LLP v. Carrollton West Pet Hospital, the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed a Massachusetts Superior Court judgment awarding unpaid archi...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court’s decision in R.A. Greig Equipment Co. v. Mark Erie Hospitality, LLC, 305 A.3d 56 serves as an important reminder to contractors and equipment suppl...
About one in five U.S. workplace deaths occur in construction, with falls from height consistently topping the list. As American skylines rise with new vertical construction, the l...
In this Insight, Marcus Birch considers the case of CR Construction (UK) Limited v Barclays Bank plc [2026] EWHC 202 (TCC) which concerned an unsuccessful application by a contract...
Colturi v. Eco Land Development LLC involved a dispute over the issuance of a comprehensive permit under G.L. c. 40B to Eco Land Development LLC (“Eco Land”) for the construction o...
A recent Wall Street Journal article (“Home Builders Are Getting Buried in Claims of Shoddy Construction”) highlighted the growing wave of construction defect litigation facing hom...
What Every OFS Executive Should Understand Before a Dispute Arrives at the Door Contract disputes in the oilfield services sector are as old as the industry itself. An operator ref...
In this BCLP Insight, first published in PLC Construction, Katharine Tulloch and Anna Blest consider the government's proposed reforms of the construction products regime. This ar...
Recent updates to California law impose new limitations on retainage for private construction projects. Under the updated California Prompt Payment Act, retainage on private works...
Construction adjudication remains a central route for resolving disputes across the UK construction market at speed. Read more: Expert Construction Adjudication Solicitors in 2026...
Major reforms to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) came into effect on 15 April 2026. The reforms overhaul key aspects of the security of pa...
$1M workers' comp wasn't the end of it – what happened next will sharpen every GC contract
Every prospective property owner wants to engage the right construction contractor. One of the things they would consider is whether this contractor has the right licensure. Unless...
Background Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, a State owned electricity distribution utility, floated a tender on 11 August 2021 for civil and interior wor...
Legal and construction experts have warned that negligence in building works remains a legal offence even in the absence of a single, explicit law governing every stage of construc...
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