Following up on their incredible feat of constructing a 30 story hotel in 15 days, Broad Sustainable Building ("BSB") reports it is planning construction of a 220 story building to be constructed in Changsha, in the Hunan Province.   The building will be called Sky City, and will be serviced by 104 elevators.

BSB claims its planned…

Solar construction is helping to buoy Hawaii's construction market.  Hawaii is expected to prove one of the leaders in solar photo voltaic construction. 

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KITV News reports the military is planning to relocate 2700 active duty marines from Okinawa to Hawaii.

The construction industry heaved another sigh of relief today when Circuit Court Judge Gary Chang granted, in part, summary judgment requesting that an insurer be forced to provide coverage for construction defects on an Owner Controlled Insurance Policy (OCIP) that include a wrap provision providing coverage for years after construction completion. 

The project is the…

Hot off the presses!  Anna Oshiro and Christi-Anne Kudo Chock co-authored a chapter in a book entitled Construction Defects that was just published by the American Bar Association and sponsored by the Forum on the Construction Industry.  Construction Defects delves into various legal aspects related to issues that commonly arise on construction projects. 

This chapter…

The Supreme Court of Kansas refused to extend the economic loss doctrine to homeowners suing their contractor for purely economic losses in Daid v. Hett, 270 P.3d 1102 (2011), a case decided in December of last year.  In the case, the plaintiffs were inexperienced in construction, and hired a general contractor to perform work…

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