Proposed Senate Bill 49 revises various sections of the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act (Act), including §33, the section that addresses the time frame by which MIOSHA must issue a citation after an inspection. Unfortunately, SB 49, does nothing to nail down the outside limits of when MIOSHA must issue a citation, only further muddying that question.
Learn about how the Michigan Builder’s Trust Fund Act influenced the ruling in the recent Driver v. Bordeaux legal case.
Last year, the cost of construction disputes totaled $42.8 million! This article explains their common causes and the best practices for construction dispute resolution.
Attorneys Mark Rysberg and Chris Nyenhuis will be presenting "Current Issues Involving Construction Contract Language" in an in-person session for the Construction Financial Management Association on Thursday, April 14, 2022, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., The presentation...
Aileen Leipprandt will serve as a panel member at the event Building Up Women, hosted by Windemuller, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. Leipprandt and other panel members will share stories on why mentorships are important and the role they play in the...
A Conundrum for Residential Builders House Bill No. 4668 (2021), introduced on April 20, 2021, would amend Section 114 of the Michigan Construction Lien Act to impose new requirements on residential builders and Registers of Deeds when it comes to recording a...
A lien is only as good as the property that it attaches to and that can be foreclosed on. So what happens when a tenant fails to pay for improvements to property that its landlord owns? In a May 2021 decision, the Court of Appeals held that the lien did not attach to...
It is no secret that the price of construction materials and equipment is increasing faster than bids are accepted, contracts awarded and projects built. Much has been written and debated about price escalation clauses, Force Majeure and other legal positions,...
In the ever-increasing race to protect against contract risk brought on as a result of the pandemic, some obvious contract clauses are negotiated while others are left untouched. Some of those untouched clauses can wreak havoc on contract risk. In addition, early...
Michigan courts have been wrestling with the boundaries of the Occupational Code and statutory requirements relating to residential builder’s licenses, mixed-use housing projects, and commercial construction