Archives for the 'Experts' Category
Insider Q&A hears from construction-quality expert
Don Neff is president of La Jolla Pacific Ltd., an Irvine-based consulting firm that advises homebuilders on ways to improve the quality of their construction and avoid construction-defect claims. The firm operates in 10 states and claims to have assisted 1,000 clients in the building of more than 50,000 homes. Register reporter Jeff Collins spoke [...]
28 July 2007 | Business, Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Experts, Litigation | No Comments
Stucco Is Stucco, Except When It Isn’t
It used to be that stucco was stucco. And by that I mean a Portland cement plaster finish material. But the word stucco has been used in a plethora of products and so stucco is not always stucco.
The word stucco is Latin with Germanic roots, whatever that means. The Italian use of the word actually [...]
24 June 2007 | Construction, Consulting, Experts, General | 2 Comments
Investigation Reveals Homebuilders Failed to Pay Taxes on Undocumented Workers
(PRWEB) June 20, 2007 — Americas Watchdog is one of Americas premier consumer groups. For over two years it has been conducting a nationwide investigation focused on homebuilders using a “coyote labor broker scheme” to avoid the payment of local, state or federal taxes. According to Americas Watchdog, “in the last six years we are [...]
22 June 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Experts, General, Litigation | No Comments
StructuredRisk Named Recipient of RIMS 2007 Arthur Quern Quality Award
As the construction industry transitioned from the realm of highly trained and apprenticed artisans to a more production line oriented process, many leaders in the industry failed to adopt some key principles of production utilized in other industries. Specifically the development of quality control procedures has lagged behind the other more-developed industries such as food [...]
4 June 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Experts, Technology | No Comments
It Makes Sense To Hire An Expert
Summer time is the season of vacations, fun and, for many Community Associations, construction. Most Managers are very thorough and knowledgeable, and have assisted Associations with construction projects. Some Board members have worked in the construction industry and have valuable insights. So why is it wise to involve an independent engineer, architect, or construction expert (here called [...]
3 June 2007 | Construction, Construction and Law, Experts | No Comments
How to Calculate Pi by Throwing Frozen Hot Dogs
Okay, so maybe this is a little strange on not entirely practical, but it seems fun and interesting. Most lay people associate construction work with a lot of banging, cutting, lifting and other tasks mostly involving more braun than brain. But in actuality, there is a lot of math and science that goes into construction. [...]
1 June 2007 | Construction, Experts, General | No Comments
ChangeThis - Executive Hubris
ChangeThis is a new media publishing firm. Every month they publish so-called manifestos that cover a variety of topics involving the creation and marketing of ideas. The authors are top-notch and the manifestos are beautifully typeset PDFs that look good on the screen and on paper. This month’s serving of ChangeThis features a reality check [...]
12 April 2007 | Business, Consulting, Experts, General | No Comments
Don’t Dismiss Fire-Resistive Construction In Defect Cases
Over at Construction Litigation Law Blog, Donald Brenner has posted on the issues involving fire-resistive construction. Admittedly, the myriad defects that relate to building code requirements regarding fire safety aren’t as “exciting” as other defect categories. Not like the typical window test in a defect investigation, with the precision calibration of the carefully placed spray [...]
19 March 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Consulting, Experts, Litigation | No Comments
Respect For Competition May Increase Market Share
Garr Reynolds, author of the always inspiring Presentation Zen, provides some insight this week into a subject that is definitely relevant in the construction defect litigation industry. In his somewhat lengthy post, he analyzes the nature of competition in business through the vantage point of an American consultant living in Japan. He cites some recent [...]
23 January 2007 | Business, Construction, Construction Defect, Consulting, Experts, Litigation, Technology | No Comments
New Roofing Law In California
Starting tomorrow (1/1/07), a new law takes effect in California that requires all roofing contractors to carry Worker’s Comp. Any contractor with an active C-39 license must comply with the new law “regardless of whether or not they have employees.”
Where this might really make an impact is on roofing consultants that are involved as experts [...]
31 December 2006 | Construction, Construction Defect, Consulting, Experts, Inspections, Litigation | No Comments
