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Quanta Asks Judge to Block Award of $400M Long Island, NY Grid Contract to PSEG

October 21, 2025 — Bryan Gottlieb - Engineering News-Record
Power contractor giant Quanta Services seeks to convince a a Nassau County, N.Y., court to block the Long Island Power Authority from awarding a grid management contract it sought to its rival, incumbent PSEG Long Island, after utility trustees approved on Sept. 25 a five-year extension worth nearly $400 million. The new contract was set to take effect on Jan. 1. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Bryan Gottlieb, Engineering News-Record
Mr. Gottlieb may be contacted at gottliebb@enr.com

Project Team Battles Elements to Complete Buffalo Football Stadium for Next Season

October 13, 2025 — Bruce Buckley - Engineering News Record
Swirling winds and driving snow have played a significant role in innumerable Buffalo Bills home games during the 65-year history of the National Football League team based in the Buffalo, N.Y, area. It’s no surprise that the region's often inhospitable weather has proven to be a considerable factor during construction of the team’s $2.1-billion stadium. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Bruce Buckley, Engineering News Record
ENR may be contacted at enr@enr.com

Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell Attorneys Recognized in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

December 02, 2025 — David McLain - Colorado Construction Litigation Blog
Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC is proud to announce that Lisa Bondy Dunn and David M. McLain have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for their excellence in construction law and litigation. Lisa Dunn was recognized for Litigation - Construction, marking her first year on this prestigious list, while Dave McLain was recognized for both Construction Law and Litigation - Construction, continuing his inclusion in Best Lawyers since 2021. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of David McLain, Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC
Mr. McLain may be contacted at mclain@hhmrlaw.com

GRSM Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026

September 08, 2025 — Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is pleased to announce that 172 of its attorneys were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2026 Edition, five of whom received “Lawyer of the Year” recognitions. Additionally, 69 GRSM attorneys were recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2026. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on peer-review evaluations. For the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, results were determined using millions of confidential attorney evaluations. Ones to Watch adopts this same peer-review methodology. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

NYC Billionaires’ Row Tower Could Need $160M Fix Amid Cracking

December 02, 2025 — Emell D. Adolphus - Engineering News-Record
A cracking and crumbling New York City tower could leave the building “uninhabitable,” according to engineers who estimate that a $160 million renovation might be needed to fix 432 Park Avenue's striking white concrete facade. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Emell D. Adolphus, Engineering News-Record
Mr. Adolphus may be contacted at adolphuse@enr.com

Meet BWB&O’s 2026 Best Lawyers in America!

August 25, 2025 — Dolores Montoya - Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara LLP
BWB&O is honored to share that Partners John O’Meara, Vik Nagpal, Nicole Whyte, Keith Bremer, Daniel Crespo, Sheila Stiles, Patrick Au, Nicole Schmidt, and Peter Brown have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 32nd edition of Best Lawyers in America. Partners Devin Brunson, Ava Vahdat, Devin Gifford, Melissa Ingleby, Kyle Riddles, Nicholas Rodriguez, JohnPaul Salem, Christopher Filer, and Associates Kristoffer Wathne, Melissa Youngpeter, Angelo Perillo, Caitlin Salata, Kendra Arnold, Sammy Daboussi, Kendall Youngman, Ryan Leibel, Sasha Jamshidi, and Christina Matian are selected as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch and will be included in the sixth edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Each person is being recognized for their expertise in the areas of Family Law, Construction, Transportation Law, Commercial, Personal Injury, Business, and Real Estate Litigation. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara LLP

Don’t Ignore Prejudgment Interest

February 02, 2026 — David Adelstein - Florida Construction Legal Updates
When it comes to contracts, there may be a clause that provides that untimely payments shall bear interest at a particular rate. Or it may be the statutory rate. That clause will come into play when determining prejudgment interest. In ANY dispute, prejudgment interest can be an important damages component that accrues from the date of the loss. Don’t ignore prejudgment interest. The Fourth District of Florida, in a construction dispute, maintained:

“[I]f a plaintiff establishes that he sustained out-of-pocket loss, prejudgment interest must be awarded from the date of the loss. The trial court has no discretion regarding awarding prejudgment interest and must do so applying the statutory rate of interest in effect at the time the interest accrues.”

Bensusan v. Design Engineering Group, LLC, 2025 WL 3466367 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025) (citation omitted).

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Reprinted courtesy of David Adelstein, Kirwin Norris
Mr. Adelstein may be contacted at dma@kirwinnorris.com

When Actions (May) Speak Louder Than Words: Inadvertently Altering or Waiving Contract Terms Through Course of Performance

September 15, 2025 — Jordan Heath - ConsensusDocs
This article discusses instances where parties’ actions during the life of a contract can influence a court’s future interpretation of the contract’s terms, or, in some cases, even waive a contract term. While this article doesn’t examine every situation where this might occur, it highlights two different situations that general contractors need to be aware of. First, this article explains the idea of “course of performance.” If litigation arises and a contract provision is subject to multiple interpretations, then the parties’ actions during the life of the contract can be used to interpret the provision. This can lead to unexpected outcomes or different results for one (or both) of the parties to the dispute. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Jordan Heath, Jones Walker
Mr. Heath may be contacted at jheath@joneswalker.com

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