Mar 8, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Modular home construction presents significant potential improvements to home construction: significantly reduced construction time; less material waste; and reduced expense. If not handled appropriately in terms of contracts and risk, modular homes can translate to a...
Mar 5, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Can you imagine going to your local zoning office, asking for a formal determination from the Zoning Administrator as to whether you are permitted to build a building on your property, receiving a formal written determination that you may do so legally, providing the...
Mar 4, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
I am very pleased to report that I will be speaking on April 27, 2010 at the Green Legal Matters Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event includes a large number of talented folks, including good friends of ours from twitter and blogs such as Christopher Hill,...
Mar 3, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
I don’t know how many people out there tracked the events at the sustainability forum out in Portland a few weeks ago, but one of the notable take-aways from the event was that HUD Secretary Donovan used the event as an opportunity to announce that HUD was...
Mar 1, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
The Commonwealth of Virginia has been slow to apply for, award and perform contracts funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, better known as the Stimulus bill). As the construction industry has suffered through plummeting bidding numbers...
Feb 26, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
In a recent Fairfax Circuit Court case, Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Simpson Unlimited, Inc., the court wrestled with the issue of what exactly constitutes an “improvement” under Virginia’s statute of repose found in Virginia Code Section 8.01-250. Three Flint Hill...