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3/31/2016 | Real Estate Blog
When it comes to the development of real estate, in many areas of the United States there is friction between the community and those seeking to develop the property. Philadelphia is not an exception. Currently, the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill is facing this situation.
3/31/2016 | Construction Blog
The developer of the Constitution Pipeline, designed to carry natural gas from the Marcellus Shale areas in northeastern Pennsylvania to New York State and New England, has been delayed. The pipeline was to have been placed in service by the end of this year, but now will not be completed until at least the second half of 2017. The 124 mile pipeline would help ease a shortage of pipelines carrying abundant natural gas from Northeastern Pennsylvania to customers in New […]
3/28/2016 | Construction Blog
In a prior post, I mentioned that the process of obtaining a surety bond is often used as method to determine whether a contractor has the working capital to perform the work under the contract. This “benefit” has a direct correlation to the information a surety company reviews before it will agree to bond a company.
3/28/2016 | Construction Blog
In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court clarified the legal requirements for a contractor’s direct claim for economic losses against a design professional caused by defective design. In Gongloff Contracting v L. Robert Kimball & Associates, a sub-subcontractor steel erector brought an action directly against a public project design professional (Kimball) for “misrepresentations” in the design documents. Gongloff claimed that the architect/engineer’s structural design was inadequate in that the steel roof structure and trusses could not safely sustain all […]
3/25/2016 | Real Estate Blog
When it comes to land use in Pennsylvania, interested parties are not always on the same page. When one party opposes the proposed actions of another, there are multiple ways the matter might be addressed. When other methods are not effective, it is possible litigation could be employed to address the issue. This recently occurred in Philadelphia.
