By Audrey Camp Reprinted by permission of the National Society of Professional Engineers, 2016. Original article appeared in the March 2015 issue of PE Magazine. Carefully selected and advantageously used, your broker can be as important to the management of your...
By Bo Sutton, Of Counsel, GrayRobinson, P.A. and Natalie Bunnell, Summer Associate, GrayRobinson, P.A. Florida’s Public Records Act (“Act”) was recently revised to make prior amendments to the Act easier to comply with for Public Agencies, as well as those acting on...
By Erin Kelley, JCJ Insurance Agency With a new year full of promise and pipelines once again full, it feels like spring is in the air for design firms for the first time in many years. Changing your organizational focus from growth to damage control is probably not...
by Colleen M. Palmer, Esq. The construction phase is a dynamic time of a project and a design professional’s involvement is significant from a risk management perspective since it allows the design professional the opportunity to provide input during the construction...
By James R. Case at Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC The design work has been completed (just in time), the contractor has been selected, and everyone is anxious for work to commence. Optimism abounds that the project will be performed on time, within budget and in...
By Mark E. Jackson, JCJ Insurance Agency There are two important contract clauses that design professionals should include with every client contract. The first clause provides protection to individuals and the second limits the firm’s liability. Individual Protection...
