Join the Hahn Loeser team for a full-day session presented by NBI for an advanced-level guide to complex construction law issues. Program Overview On any construction project, seemingly simple issues can quickly become complex if not handled correctly. That’s why it’s essential to have an in-depth understanding of critical construction project legal matters that have the potential to cause severe headaches for your clients. In this advanced-level course, our experienced faculty will share their decades…

To help clients prepare for a productive 2021, Hahn Loeser’s Construction Team is presenting complimentary, virtual training sessions for management and project personnel. Topics offered by our Team to our clients include: 1.        Project Construction Contract Forms and Plain English Options for Negotiation; 2.        Managing Cost Plus GMP Contract Risks and Management of Changes; 3.        Managing Design / Build Contract Risks and Management of Cost and…

In the February 2021 issue of Properties Magazine, Jeff Brauer and Andrew Agati‘s article on “Protecting Your Project from Insurance Jargon” provides guidance on protective indemnity  and rectification coverage in plain English.    …

In order to encourage and support the growth of minority and socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, the State of Ohio implemented several business assistance programs to foster the development of these businesses and increase the number of qualified competitors in the marketplace. Generally, these programs require Ohio state agencies to award a certain percentage of their contracts to businesses owned and controlled by different specified groups. To that end, Ohio has four primary programs: Minority…

The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has released two Loan Necessity Questionnaires – one for for-profit businesses, the other for nonprofits – for recipients of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans of $2 million or more. The questionnaires are designed to help the SBA evaluate a borrower’s good-faith certification that its loan request was necessary to support ongoing operations.  A borrower that receives a questionnaire from its lender must return the questionnaire within 10 business days. …

The recent increasing price of lumber may be the single biggest threat to affordable housing in the United States, not to mention the threat it poses to the U.S. economy.  Covid-19, which spurred an upsurge in home renovation projects and a drop in financing rates for new home builds, has caused a contemporaneous increase in lumber consumption and decrease in lumber production.  This has caused a historical rise in lumber prices, to the point of…