The Georgia Supreme Court recently affirmed a trial court’s order requiring a city to pay a developer for the construction of a sewage pump station. The case involves issues of mandamus and the enforcement of ordinances.Read More »Supreme Court Upholds Mandamus Order Requiring City to Pay Developer For Construction of Pump Station
A bill before the Georgia General Assembly would revise the rules for contractors that are pre-qualified to perform energy savings performance contracts for state agencies… Read More »Update on Georgia Energy Savings Performance Contracting
AHC attorney David R. Cook will speak at the Association of Energy Engineers’ GlobalCon 2012 conference in Atlantic City. He will discuss issues related to… Read More »AHC Attorney David Cook to Present on Energy Savings Projects at GlobalCon 2012 Energy Conference
Public owners, such as state agencies, cities and counties, and school districts, are considering the advantages of energy efficiency projects. The advantages include goodwill in the community, environmental benefits, and utility cost savings. Such projects can involve an array of legal, engineering, technical, and financial issues. This article addresses a number of considerations that, if not addressed early on, can bring unwanted surprises. Read More »Considerations in Public Owner and Governmental Energy Efficiency Projects
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently held that claims against municipal governments by subcontractors are not covered by GIRMA’s risk management policy due to the exclusion for breach-of-contract claims.
Many vendors to state and local governments (such as contractors, subcontractors, and architects) market their services to public officials and governmental employees. But they rarely consider such marketing efforts to be lobbying, nor would they consider themselves to be lobbyists. Before the recent amendments to the Ethics in Government Act (the “Act”), they may have unwittingly qualified as lobbyists — and in violation of the Act.
In the 2011 Regular Session, the Georgia General Assembly enacted the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011. The purpose of the Act was to increase compliance — and punish non-compliance — with the federal E-Verify program. While the most notorious portion of the Act requires certain employers to confirm the legal immigration and employment status of employees, it specifically addresses public works construction.
A prior AHC Construction Law Alert discussed the 2010 and 2006 revisions to Georgia law governing employment verification. The Act clarifies existing rules and establishes new rules governing public contractors, and their subcontractors, that contract with public owners for the “physical performance of services.”
Owners’ energy costs are based on a variety of factors. One factor that is entirely within their control is energy consumption. As energy consumption decreases,… Read More »Energy Efficiency Initiatives of Construction Owners
In the 2011 Regular Session, the Georgia General Assembly enacted the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011. The purpose of the Act was to increase compliance — and punish non-compliance — with the federal E-Verify program. The Act specifically imposes obligations on state and local governmental units (“Public Owners”) that contract for the “physical performance of services.” The effective date for most of the provisions relevant to public owners is July 1, 2011.
A prior AHC Construction Law Alert discussed the 2010 and 2006 revisions to Georgia law governing employment verification. The Act imposes additional requirements on public owners and provides additional clarity to existing provisions.
Read More »Impact of the 2011 Illegal Immigration Law on Public Owners
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