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The Law Clinic Paves Way to the Digitalization of Built Environment Processes

February 11, 2019 — Aarni Heiskanen - AEC Business

The Law Clinic offers legal advice on digitalization to built environment innovators and experimenters and in the process helps lawmakers find the pain points in legislation.

In April 2018 the Finnish Ministry of the Environment launched...

Reprinted courtesy of Aarni Heiskanen, AEC Business

Mr. Heiskanen may be contacted at aec-business@aepartners.fi

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Deck Built, Towers Stalled: $1B Fenway Center Air-Rights Project Hits Turbulence

December 15, 2025 — Bryan Gottlieb - Engineering News-Record

Boston finds itself with a nearly completed, two-acre deck built over the Massachusetts Turnpike without vertical construction rising from it—an uncommon and consequential stall for one of the city’s most complex air-rights undertakings.

Reprinted courtesy of Bryan Gottlieb, Engineering News-Record

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Mortenson Subcontractor Fires Worker Over Meta Data Center Noose

April 19, 2022 — James Leggate - Engineering News-Record

A worker on a data center project for Facebook parent company Meta in Utah was fired after admitting to tying a noose at the worksite where racist graffiti had also been found months earlier.

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Mitigate Construction Risk Through Use of Contingency

April 26, 2021 — Laurie A. Stanziale - Construction Executive

Mitigation of risk and costs in a construction project are always priorities for owners. In some contracts, in particular, Guaranteed Maximum Price contracts, some of those monetary risks are shifted to the contractor. Contingency is important...

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Exculpatory Provisions in Business Contracts

May 30, 2018 — David Adelstein - Florida Construction Legal Updates

An exculpatory provision in a contract is a provision that relieves one party from liability for damages. It shifts the risk of an issue entirely to the other party. Such a provision is generally drafted by the party preparing the contract...

Reprinted courtesy of David Adelstein, Florida Construction Legal Updates

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Make Sure to Properly Perfect and Preserve Construction Lien Rights

December 7, 2020 — David Adelstein - Florida Construction Legal Updates

If you recording a construction lien (referred to as a claim of lien) and looking to perfect your construction lien foreclosure rights, it is imperative that you work with counsel to ensure your rights are properly preserved. This is good...

Reprinted courtesy of David Adelstein, Kirwin Norris, P.A.

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