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Catch 22: “If You’re Moving Dirt, You Need to Control Your Dust” (But Don’t...
Returning from an Oregon vacation this past Summer along I-5, I found frequent reminders of the extraordinary drought conditions prevailing across California. A grey smoky gloom…
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School District Gets Expensive Lesson on Prompt Payment Law. But Did the...
My kids don’t like riding in my car. I urge them to look outside the window (I don’t have DVD), suggest that they roll down their…
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Failing to Pay Prevailing Wages May Have Just Cost You More Than You Thought
Mechanics lien claims, payment bond claims, stop payment notice claims, delay claims, defect claims, abandonment claims . . . With the variety of claims unique to…
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California Department of Industrial Relations Hosts SB 854 Public Works...
As we wrote earlier, legislation signed into law this past year, SB 854, now requires that public works contractors and subcontractors register through the California Department…
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Court Calls Lease-Leaseback Project What it is: A Design-Bid-Build Project
First there was “Prince.” Then there was “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.” Then there was “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Because he Changed His Name to…
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CSLB Reminds California Public Works Contractors to Renew Their Public Works...
A friendly reminder from the Contractors State License Board . . . CSLB Urges Public Works Contractors to Renew Dept. of Industrial Relations Registration before…
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Design Immunity of Public Entities: Sometimes Designs, Like Recipes, are Best...
April 23, 1985 is a day that will live in infamy. The Coca Cola Company, responding to falling sales against its “sweeter” rival Pepsi-Cola, announced that…
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Proving Contractor Licensure in California. The Tribe Has Spoken
As I mentioned in an earlier post, in California you must “prove” you’re a licensed contractor in a construction case. But in whose hands are you entitled…
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DIR Reminds Public Works Contractors to Renew Registrations Before January 1,...
I know. You’re busy. Perhaps even a bit overwhelmed. You’ve got trees to trim, halls to deck with boughs of holly, and when you throw in…
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California Supreme Court Raises the Bar on Dangerous Conditions on Public...
Earlier we wrote about the affirmative defense of “design immunity” which can be used by public entities to shield themselves from personal injury claims dangerous conditions on…
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Contractors: A Lesson on Being Friendly
I know. You’re just trying to be friendly. Don’t. Particularly when you’re a contractor bidding on a public works project. Those dinners at swanky restaurants, tickets to The…
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America’s Infrastructure Gets a D+
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has issued their 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, which assigns a letter grade to the nation’s infrastructure. Our country’s grade…
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Lease-Leaseback Battle Continues as First District Court of Appeals Sides...
Earlier, we wrote about Davis v. Fresno United School District (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 261, a Fifth District California Court of Appeals decision that sent shock waves through the school…
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When Your “Private” Project Suddenly Turns into a “Public” Project. Hint: It...
In 1931, during the Great Depression, the federal government enacted the Davis-Bacon Act to help workers on federal construction projects. The Davis-Bacon Act, also known…
View Article2018 California Construction Law Update
The California State Legislature introduced 2,495 bills during the first year of the 2017-2018 Legislative Session. Of these, 859 were signed into law. While much political…
View ArticleFailure to Consider Safety Element in Design Does Not Preclude Public...
In Rodriguez v. Department of Transportation, Case No. F074027 (March 27, 2018), the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District considered the following mind-twister: Can you…
View ArticleDIR Public Works Renewal Deadline is June 30th
Like taxes and (since I’m getting close to 50) other yearly “requirements” . . . a reminder from the folks at the California Department of Industrial Relations .…
View ArticleCalifornia Department of Corrections Gets Hit With the Prison Bid Protest Blues
“I’m breakin’ rocks in the hot sun . . . I fought the law and the law won . . . I needed money ’cause I…
View ArticleLease-Leaseback Fight Continues
It’s like the rematch between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed. In the right corner we have the California Taxpayers Action Network. In the left corner, Taber…
View ArticleDIR Reminds Public Works Contractors to Renew Registrations Before January 1,...
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