According to Twincities.com, the Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota has planned for $986 million of state funding to be used for construction projects ranging from civic center upgrades to college campuses. Dayton proposed his wish list to the Legislature. The larger projects on the list are needed to pass because they involve the state borrowing […]
According to Yahoo Finance, the Minnesota Sports facilities Authority and Minnesota Vikings have come to an agreement with Mortenson Construction to begin construction of a new multi-purpose facility that will be located in Minnesota replacing the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome located in downtown Minneapolis. The new stadium will not only be the new home for […]
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled that an officer of a party may personally serve a mechanics’ lien statement. In Eclipse Architectural Group v. Lam, 814 N.W.2d 692 (Minn. 2012), the officer of a Minnesota mechanics’ lien claimant personally served a mechanics’ lien statement on the owner of the property. The property owner claimed that […]
The following article was written by Michael B. Lapicola and Hanna L. Terhaar of Faegre Baker Daniels. Beginning in July, 2012 and before September 15, 2012, most contractors and subcontractors in the building construction industry will be required to register with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry in the Contractor Registration Pilot Project (“Pilot Project”). It […]
An age old story in construction is as follows: the owner doesn’t pay the contractor, and a subcontractor, who has performed its work diligently and according to its contract, doesn’t get paid either. Most of these situations arise because the subcontract contains “pay when paid” or “pay-if-paid” clauses. These clauses shift the risk of nonpayment […]
