The following article was authored by Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys, Courtney Malveaux, Richard Vitarelli, and Lin Wagner.Workers in the construction industry tend to be older than those in other industries, according to the National Association of Home Builders. The median age of...
This Week's Second Look
When you get into a legal predicament as a construction company owner, time and money are of the essence. You would not believe how much time of my legal career has been spent diving through banker boxes and trying to put together the pieces of a project gone wrong. Before the creation of...
Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing installed a fully tapered PVC roofing system for Charles Schwab’s new headquarters in Westlake, Texas. The 1.1 million-square-foot campus is spread across 70 acres within Hillwood's Circle T Ranch development. Designed by Corgan, it was built in two phases...
Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing's hard work on the Wursthalle Renovation project paid off. The company was honored to receive an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Central Texas Excellence in Construction (EIC) Eagle award, which qualified them to compete at the national level. In...
The parking garage at WinStar World Casino is watertight after five years of water infiltration.The WinStar World Casino is a luxury resort destination for entertainment. Originally designed and built in 2011, a 400,000-square-foot, four-level, 1,400-space parking structure is located at the...
Last month, I talked with Quincy Gibbs, who had just completed a “boot camp,” a Ready for Industry (RFI) program, offered by ABC Houston’s Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF). Gibbs learned about the opportunity at Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School (CTHS),...
The uncertainties of the past few years have impacted our nation’s economy and many businesses have faced financial pressures. Businesses of all types are struggling, and for some, there is no end in sight. The effects of the pandemic will likely persist long after the threat to our health has been...
The following article was authored by Holly Welles. Holly Welles writes on real estate and construction across the web, covering the latest in innovation and industry growth. She also maintains her own blog, The Estate Update, and shares more of her work over on Twitter.According to the...
One of the first things I learned early on as an attorney was that to find a way to resolve a dispute, I first must identify who had the most leverage. When I use the word "leverage" here, I mean that I must find who has the most documentation, circumstances, and written law working in their favor...
