Boston to Owners of the 1050 Biggest Buildings – Disclose Energy & H2O Use Annually
Boston now requires building owners to disclose annual energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions and the City will make that data public. The ordinance passed in 2013 applies to 1050 large buildings in 2014 with more buildings subject to the rules every year. An Energy Star website Portfolio Manager simplifies the owners’… Read More »Boston to Owners of the 1050 Biggest Buildings – Disclose Energy & H2O Use Annually
Where a lien bond has been posted to bond off a lien, a Complaint in the lien case need not be filed at the Registry of Deeds. City Electric Supply v Arch Insurance Company Massachusetts SJC 2019 FACTS When an unpaid supplier liened the owner’s project, the owner insisted that its construction manager either clear… Read More »Bond, Lien Bond
Attorney’s Fees Shifted by Value of Grader Services Recovery
If you sue on bond to get money due on a public works job in Massachusetts and win anything after a trial, you also get attorney’s fees the Appeals Court ruled. The case Aggregate Industries v Hugo Key is found here. The asphalt subcontractor on a public job wanted the agreement to include fees for… Read More »Attorney’s Fees Shifted by Value of Grader Services Recovery
Suffolk Construction was allowed to press its claims to get back some of the money kept by a bank whose borrower, a Suffolk subcontractor, went out of business. In the second case by Massachusetts’ top court over the same facts, Suffolk a large construction manager, made claims against money held by a bank – beyond… Read More »Anti-windfall rule allows reclaiming mistakenly sent, wrongly retained, money
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