Pay-If-Paid or Pay-When-Paid?
Contractual payment provisions play a crucial role in determining when payment is due. Depending on the circumstances, they can help resolve construction project issues or payment issues. Understanding your contract’s…
Construction Law News
COVID-19 Guidance: MBM Focus Areas – June 1st
Below are five points of focus for Maiello Brungo & Maiello this week. Last Updated: June 1, 2020 Paychecks Protection Program (“PPP”). On Friday May 28, 2020 the House passed…
COVID-19 Guidance: Revised City of Pittsburgh Guidelines
On April 22, the City of Pittsburgh Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections issued revised temporary policy guidelines. While most of the policy statement is a reiteration of its prior…
COVID-19 Guidance: Resuming Construction – What You Need To Know
The construction industry issued a collective sigh of relief when Governor Wolf’s office issued press releases in the last few days advising that all businesses in the construction industry in…
COVID-19 Guidance: Construction Industry Update – Can I Work?
As you are well aware the governor has suspended the operation of any place of business that is not a “life sustaining business”. While the Governor did not define what…
COVID-19 Guidance: Impact on Contractual Obligations and Force Majeure Clauses
Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, contractual parties may find that they cannot perform their agreed upon duties or are incurring added unexpected costs. Force majeure, meaning “superior force,” is a common…
COVID-19 Guidance: Construction Industry Business Closures in PA
Undoubtedly you have heard about the Pennsylvania Governor’s March 19th declaration prohibiting the operation of a non-life sustaining place of business. Unfortunately this includes the shutting down construction of buildings,…
Working with Local Municipalities: Avoiding Potential Pitfalls & Tips for Success
This article was originally published in the November/December 2019 issue of Breaking Ground, the magazine of the Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania. The legal framework regulating Pennsylvania oil and…
PA State Construction Code Under Pennsylvania Legislature
PA Construction Code Act 46 – Act 46 approved by the Governor on July 13, 2005 for the first time since 1987 in the Pennsylvania legislature increases School Districts reimbursements…