As important as blueprints and permits are before breaking ground, a strong risk management plan—specifically in the context of evaluating insurance needs—is an essential pre-build part of any ...

Construction defects can lead to complex, lengthy, and expensive litigation. Claims by the property owner typically involve multiple parties, including developers, contractors, subcontractors, ...

Distinguishing acceptable deviation from actionable nonconformance involves nuanced engineering and legal considerations. Differentiating between a deviation, deficiency and defect becomes crucial for ...

In a case of first impression in Massachusetts, Lessard v. R.C. Havens & Sons, Inc., 104 Mass. App. Ct. 572 (2024), the Appellate Court confirmed that construction defects, without more, do not ...

The 2025 Colorado General Assembly is taking another run at a shortage of affordable housing in the form of condominiums and other multi-unit, common-interest homeownership developments. The problem ...

A construction defect case arises when a property owner encounters original construction that fails to meet code or industry standards and has resulted in failures of the product. Where each ...

Colorado has on its books a jumble of laws that address shoddy construction of multi-family residential units and what redress owners have available to correct the problem. The conversation, ongoing ...

Beginning this summer, Florida’s new state law on construction defects goes into effect, cutting by 30% the amount of time that property owners have to bring construction defect claims forward. That ...