Every year, California ups the ante for the shear volume of legislation passed. New laws going into effect in 2018 number in the hundreds. Over at the Xpera blog, I put together a brief article highlighting a dozen of the more interesting laws that impact the built environment in the Golden State. Here are some … Continue reading Legal Update: New Construction Laws for 2018
Denver Post's John Aguilar reports on a recently decided case that will set a precedent for how condominium associations in Colorado address construction defect issues with the developer of a given project: The Colorado Supreme Court gave builders a reason to cheer Monday, ruling that a homeowners association in Centennial was wrong to ignore a … Continue reading Colorado Supreme Court rules in favor of developer over arbitration clause
Apologies to Mr. Shakespeare, but it seems that right now across the internet, a lot of attention is being paid to how the word "engineer" is defined. Merriam Webster, a fairly respected dictionary, offers three definitions of the word, engineer: "a designer or builder of engines" "a person who is trained in or follows as a … Continue reading An “engineer” by any other name would smell as sweet
Man, depositions can be rough on some people. I personally know of situations in which various parties have thrown their laptops down in a temper tantrum, expert witnesses breaking down in tears or faking illness to take more time to prepare, or the time when an infamous developer parked his Ferrari right outside the room … Continue reading Hot Coffee Strikes Again! Or, How not to handle yourself in a deposition
Perhaps because of the requisite remote control making it look and feel like a toy, for some reason people seem to think that drones are just toys. Not that they can't be a ton of fun — it is just that they can really screw up the already complicated and difficult to understand airspace above … Continue reading The FAA wasn’t kidding when they said they would crack down on Drones
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