Government Construction Contracting Part #2 – The Miller Act – Rights of Subcontracting Entities on Federal Public Projects

By James M. Gonzalez February 10, 2022 Posted in Construction Law

In the first part of this series, we discussed when a bond is needed on a federal government construction project – for public works or building contracts in excess of $100,000.00.  We discussed both the types of bonds required for a federal government construction project – performance and payment bonds […]

By Nicholas J. Elder January 31, 2022 Posted in Construction Law

Florida’s statute of repose for construction defect cases is intended to provide certainty to contractors by ensuring that potential claims are asserted in a timely manner, and to guarantee that these contractors are not subject to liability indefinitely.  The statute of repose period is related to, but distinct, from the […]

By James M. Gonzalez January 12, 2022 Posted in Construction Law

As discussed in our 2020 segment “Florida’s Construction Lien Laws,” liens provide a contractor that is performing construction services for an improvement to a piece of land an ability to protect their interest via maintaining a right to record a lien on the land. However, unlike private residential and commercial […]