CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

"News and Information for Construction Defect and Claims Professionals"

CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026

CDJ ARCHIVES-NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

Colorado Court Affirms Attorneys’ Fee Award Against Plaintiff’s Counsel for Pursuing Unsupported CCPA Claims- David McLain - Colorado Construction Litigation Blog

The “Pay When Paid” Clause in California Construction—Strategies as the Battle Continues- William L. Porter - Porter Law Group

Insufficient Notice of Commencement and Construction Lien Rights- David Adelstein - Florida Construction Legal Updates

No Bad Faith Despite Insurer’s Appraisal Award Exceeding Initial Payment- Tred R. Eyerly - Insurance Law Hawaii

Pay-If-Paid: What You Need to Know Before Signing on the Dotted Line- Christian Fernandez & Matthew Racioppo - Snell & Wilmer

World's Longest Immersed Tunnel Passes Milestone, But Faces Delays- James Leggate - Engineering News-Record

DOI Finalizes Long-Awaited Modernization of Type A Natural Resource Damage Assessment Regulations- Amanda G. Halter, Ashleigh K. Myers & Jillian Marullo - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog

New York Enacts First-in-the-Nation Statewide Data Center Moratorium- Joshua L. Sturtevant - Sheppard

Predict Risk, Not Incidents: A New Analytics Framework for Your Construction Safety Data- Tabrez Zahoor - Construction Executive

Denis Serkin and Michael S. Zicherman Co-Edit/Author Lexology Panoramic: Construction 2027- Denis Serkin & Michael S. Zicherman - Peckar & Abramson, P.C.

Jonathan Aihie Named to The National Bar Association’s “Top 40 Under 40” List- Lewis Brisbois

GRSM Ranked Among Texas’ 50 Largest Law Firms by Texas Lawyer- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

AI Can Now Train the Soft Skills Construction Ignored- Aarni Heiskanen - AEC Business