A Comprehensive Approach to Building Excellent ADA Facilities within the Public Right-of-Way
Many state and local entities have found full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act within the public right-of-way to be a difficult goal to achieve. This OnDemand Webinar will provide proven techniques that will increase the chances of fully completing the ADA facilities the first time...
A Guide to Hybrid Coding
Many communities across the country are showing new interest in using zoning regulation to better realize a desired building form. Zoning codes have always contained the basic bulk relationships that create the three-dimensional building envelope, such as minimum lot area, lot coverage restrictions,...
A Primer on Land Surveys
The land survey is a critical part of real estate practice. All parties involved need to be knowledgeable of the survey process so a proper survey can be assured instead of assumed. With this knowledge, a thoroughly researched, accurate and clear representation of the property can be achieved. Minor...
Advancing and Defending Oregon Construction Liens
Participate in this OnDemand Webinar and learn strategies for tackling construction lien issues. Experienced attorney, Douglas R. Hookland, will provide an examination of the construction lien laws of the state of Oregon. Find out how to efficiently collect payment for your labor, materials, supplies...
AIA Contracts: The Owner-General Contractor Agreement
For more than a century, The American Institute of Architects has published an integrated set of contract forms for the construction industry. While other industry groups independently have prepared their own competing set of forms and, more recently, some have banded together to create more of a consensus-based...
AIA Contracts: The Owner-General Contractor Agreement
For more than a century, The American Institute of Architects has published an integrated set of contract forms for the construction industry. While other industry groups independently have prepared their own competing set of forms and, more recently, some have banded together to create more of a consensus-based...
AIA Document A401
Construction subcontract agreements are often given less strategic consideration than prime contract documents. Whereas the prime contract may be analyzed and negotiated for an extended period, the subcontract may be pulled from an older project and put in place with a simple name change and scope of...
Air Rights in Development: Current Trends and Legal Concerns
A principal axiom of real estate law is cujus est solum ejus est usque ad coelum et ad inferos– “to whomsoever the soil belongs, he owns also to the sky and to the depths.” Traditionally, soil, sky and depths were conveyed as a single parcel, and parcels were separated by vertical boundaries. Today,...
Alabama Construction Lien Law: Securing Payment in Difficult Economic Times
A properly filed and perfected mechanic’s lien is often the only means by which a contractor can secure payment for labor and materials furnished to a construction project. This is especially true in today’s economy. Alabama’s mechanic’s lien statutes contain numerous notice requirements and deadlines....
All About Insulating Concrete Forms
Insulating concrete forms are a valuable new construction system that is poorly understood by many. ICFs provide high energy-efficiency, high-comfort, low-sound attenuation and disaster-resistant exterior walls for a wide range of buildings up to15 stories. They are widely used in high-LEED® projects...
