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Matthew DeVries
Best Practices Construction Law is a legal blog authored by Matthew J. DeVries, a shareholder at Buchalter, a full-service business law firm with offices across several U.S. states. The blog focuses on legal issues and best practices within the construction industry, covering topics such as risk assessment, claims management, contract drafting, project management, technology in construction, alternative dispute resolution, and legal trends. It provides analysis and commentary relevant to contractors, developers, owners, and other stakeholders involved in construction projects, including public infrastructure and commercial developments. The content aims to address practical problems and solutions encountered in construction law and project execution.
482 published works
Best Practices Construction Law
Networking Pro Learns Some New Tricks: You Can, Too!
The construction industry is one of the hardest hit in this down economy. From the top to the bottom, from executive to business development and sales to project management, you may…
Best Practices Construction Law
Green Building Reality Show? Music City Center Contractor Nabbed on Video Disposing Recyclable Materials
You don’t have to click too many times through your channels on your television set without finding a reality television show. There is one for finding the right man, losing…
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Vancouver Olympic Village Receives “Platinum LEED Medal” in Winter Olympics: Is the Price Worth It?
For the next couple of weeks, the only thing you will see on our living room television is the Winter Olympics. Luge...daring!. Freestyle moguls...awesome! Snowboard cross...cool! Figure skating...good time to surf…
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Thompson Research Group Says, “Public Construction: The Only Game in Town.”
Earlier this week I attended the AGC of Middle Tennessee's membership lunch. Everything was right on! I love chicken ... they served chicken! I have 5 kids ... the guy next to…
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Undercover Boss: Lessons Learned from Waste Management’s President and COO
What did you watch after the Superbowl? If you are like more than 36 million other viewers, you watched the premiere episode of Undercover Boss . . . a new reality show…
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AGC “Rocks” Tennessee Capitol Hill on Construction-Related Bills
I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is? Do you know? Oh, yeah, he's just a bill ... he's just a bill on capitol hill. [embed]http://www.youtube.com/v/H-eYBZFEzf8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1[/embed] You…
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Cost Overruns on the Nashville Convention Center? “There Aren’t Going to Be Any”
As you may know, the Nashville Metro Council recently passed the $585 million financing package for construction of the new Music City Convention Center. As reported by the Tennessean this…
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Federal Construction Contracting | Words of Wisdom from a Former Judge
Okay, so you think I went to San Francisco just to get some good eats. Not true. I also went for the program. The panel of speakers at the the…
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Federal Award in San Francisco: Lessons Learned About Future Construction
I am in San Francisco this week for the MidWinter Conference of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry. The topic this year is "Government Construction Contracting" and I…
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Nashville Convention Center Approved | One Legal Hurdle Left
My wife thinks I am nerd. She's right. I rushed the kids to bed early one night last week so that I could sit in the kitchen to watch . .…