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Construction Attorney Warns, Developers need to Get off the Sidelines and do...
He’s the Cassandra of the construction industry, the rabble-rouser of rubble. Attorney Barry LePatner, founder of LePatner & Associates LLP and author of construction shock books Too Big to Fall:...
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Trial Begins for Operator Involved in Fatal Upper East Side Crane Collapse
The Manhattan District Attorney's office yesterday opened up its manslaughter trial against the owner of a construction crane involved in a 2008 accident that killed two workers, and prosecutors said...
View ArticleMythbusters: Exposing the False ‘Truths’ of Construction Pricing
Several myths about how the designs for projects are priced—myths that have been propagated by the construction industry in recent decades—must be dispelled if owners are to secure a true...
View ArticleOwners Beware: Standard Construction Contracts Include Wallet-Draining Risks
Corporate, commercial and institutional owners alike—even developers—all too often believe that if they have just one or two real estate projects under their belt, they fully understand how they are...
View ArticleSaving on Construction Costs Is Within Every Owner’s Grasp
As I have discussed in previous columns, owners, investors, and builders would be well served if they followed the following three steps for any and all construction projects: Avoid “Fast-track”...
View ArticleLeave the Stone Age, Part I: Pricing the Cost of Construction in the 21st...
The irony of today’s $1 trillion design and construction industry is that, while many new projects are glass and steel, we are operating, essentially, in the Stone Age. Technology is a prime example....
View ArticleLeave the Stone Age, Part II: Pricing the Cost of Construction in the 21st...
In my previous column, I discussed the failure of the design/construction industry to embrace technology, which restricts the much-needed evolution of this $1 trillion industry. In particular, the...
View ArticleDeveloping Luxury Retail Stores: What Matters, Part I
New York City’s luxury retail market is absolutely booming. And in today’s environment of social and sophisticated interactive online media, physical environments play a pivotal role in validating the...
View ArticleDeveloping Luxury Retail Stores: What Matters, Part II
In my last column I discussed the some of the challenges faced by luxury retailers as they try to expedite construction or expansion of brick and mortar stores in socially significant urban...
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