Writing

Articles

Legal Issues, Kansas City Chapter CSI Newsletter (1985 to 1990)

General Counsel’s Corner, regular column in The Zweig Letter (2010-2020)

Author, various magazine articles 1988-1998 including:

• “Checklist of Owner and Contractor Submittals,” CSI Specifier (1988)

• “Liability of Asbestos Producers,” Asbestos Issues (1989)

• “Lien Waivers Under Kansas and Missouri Law,” Modern Builder

• “Checklist of AIA General Conditions Requirements,” Modern Builder (1989)

• “Letters of Intent: Agreements to Agree,” Modern Builder

• “Bid Errors,” Modern Builder

• “Collecting Payment” (a 3 part series), Modern Builder

• “April Showers Bring . . . Weather Delay Claims,” Modern Builder

• “What Every Contractor Should Know About Bid Rigging Law,” Modern Builder

• “Stamp Lending,” AIA Exchange

• “Architects and Job Site Safety,” AIA Exchange

• “Professional Seals and Disclaimers,” AIA Exchange

• “Who Can Seal Drawings in Kansas and Missouri,” AIA Exchange

• “New Licensing Laws in Kansas,” AIA Exchange

• “New Interior Design Law in Missouri,” AIA Exchange

• “Limits of Immunity for A/E as Arbiter,” CSI Specifier (1992)

• “Architect/Engineer Liability for Use of Computer Technology,” Prof. Ethics Report (1990)

• “The Acceptance Rule:  Contractor Liability for Post-Construction Accidents,” Modern Builder (1994)

• “Avoiding the Copycat:  Copyright Protection for House Plans,” Kansas City Home & Garden, (1994)

• “The New AGC Subcontract,” Modern Builder, (1995)

• “Bidding Law Change,” Modern Builder, (1997)

• “What’s New? 1997 Changes to the AIA Documents,” Modern Builder (1998)

• “The New 1998 AGC Subcontracts,” Modern Builder (1998)

• “Prompt Payment Law in Missouri,” Missouri Merchants & Mfgrs. Assn. (1995)

• “When to Pay Time-and-a-Half,” CSI Specifier (1993)

• Design-Build Takes the Construction Industry By Storm, But is it Legal? Springfield (MO) Business Journal (Oct. 1, 1998)

• Design-Build Contracts: New Legal Challenges, Missouri Lawyers Weekly (Aug. 17, 1998)

• Design-Build: Is It Legal In Missouri?, Modern Builder (1999)

• Decade of ADA Reveals Achilles’ Heel for Firms, Design-Build Magazine (2000)

• What Every Architect Needs To Know About Design-Build, Colorado Architect (1999)

• Getting Paid For Your Work! What Architects and Their Clients Should Know, Missouri Architect Magazine (2000)

• Good Samaritan Laws: What Is My Liability When I Volunteer?, Modern Builder (2000)

• Getting Paid For Your Work! What Architects and Their Clients Should Know, Missouri Architect (2000)

• Computer-Aided Design and Electronic Documents: How to Better Manage Your Firm’s Liability, The Construction Specifier (2001)

• For Best Proposals, Owners Need to Pay Those Who Play, Design Build Magazine (Feb. 2001)

• Hiring Construction Managers for School Projects In Missouri, Missouri Architect (2002)

• Architect Selection Laws & the Brooks Act, AIA/KC Exchange (2002)

• 2004 Sets Record for Design-Build Legislation, DBIA Dateline (2004)

• Condominium Claims and Missouri’s Right-To-Cure Law, Modern Builder (2005)

• Condo-Mania Has Its Risks, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Newsletter (March 2006)

• Taking the Lead in Design-Build, American Institute of Architects newsletter (2006)

• Condominium Market – A Red Hot and Risky Business, A Law Day Supplement to the Kansas City Business Journal from the Missouri Bar (2006)

• Condo Market Is Booming, But Can Still Be Considered Risky, The Daily Record (May 19, 2006)

• Red-Hot Condominium Market Comes With Risk, Springfield (MO) Business Journal (July 24-30, 2006)

• Bid Shopping, Bid Peddling, and Bid Chiseling – Just as Dirty as They Sound, Design-Build DATELINE (July-August 2006)

• Some Missouri Licensing Board Changes … You Might Have Missed, AIA Legal Brief (Aug. 2006)

• False Claims and Fairy Tales on Design-Build Projects, Design-Build DATELINE (Sept. 2006)

• Update on Condominium Liability Laws: Which States Are “Safest” for Your Next Project, AIArchitect (Sept. 2006)

• The Hyatt Skywalk Disaster: 25 Years later, Engineering Industry Impacts, KC Counselor Magazine (KCMBA) (Oct. 2006)

• Changes in Legislation Affecting the Design-Build Community, DBIA Mid-America Chapter newsletter (Oct. 2006) 

• Getting Paid!  What Architects Should Know, AIA/KC Building Blocks (Oct. 2006)

• Design-Build Legislation Sweeps the Nation, The Angle (March 2007)

• Design-Build Legislation Sweeps the Nation, AIArchitect (March 2007)

• DBIA Teams with AIA on International Design-Build Conference, Design-Build DATELINE (June 2007)

• 2007 Changes in Law Have Architects Smiling, AIA/KC Building Blocks (Aug. 2007)

• “Peer Review Privilege,” Engineering News Record (Feb. 13, 2012)

• “Playing Defense,” Architect magazine (July 2012)

• Missouri Enacts First Peer Review Privilege for Design Professionals, Structure magazine (Aug. 2012)

• “A Look Back at Design Standard Shifts: ADA vs. COVID-19,” Building Design + Construction (June 23, 2020)

Podcast, Design-Build in the U.S. and U.K., American Institute of Architects (Sept. 2007)

Co-author, The Organized Design Team and Design-Build in Japan, AIA Design-Build (2007)

Co-author, AIA Members Strive to Be “Legally and Ethically” Green, AIArchitect,  (Jan. 2008)

Co-author, AIA Pushes Members to Be “Legally and Ethically” Green, Exchange, AIA/KC Newsletter (Jan. 2008)

Co-author, AIA Pushes Members to Be “Legally and Ethically” Green, AIA/ Kansas Newsletter (Feb. 2008)

Author, Pending Construction Legislation in Kansas and Missouri, AIA/Kansas City Newsletter (April 2008)

The Ethics Advisor; a monthly column in DBIA Design-Build Dateline (2005)

• “Conflicts of Interest” (July-Aug.)

• “Ethical Issues in the Interview Process” (Sept.)

• “Copying and Re-Use of Proposals and Designs” (Oct.)

• “When Unethical Conduct Becomes Criminal” (Nov.)

• “Ethical Issues for Project Owners” (Dec.)

The General Counsel’s Corner, a regular column in The Zweig Letter:

• “Design professionals and OSHA,” (Feb. 15, 2010)

• “The Law of Betterment,” (April 19, 2010)

• “Arbitrate or Litigate?” (June 21, 2010)

• “Offer and Acceptance: The Contract Essentials,” (Aug. 20, 2010);

• “Lessons Learned from Skywalk Collapse,” (Oct.18, 2010)

• “Screening Panels and Certificates of Merit,” (Feb. 14, 2010)

• “What is Alternative Dispute Resolution?” (May 16, 2011)

• “Waivers of Consequential Damages,” (Oct. 3, 2011)

• “Adhesion Contracts are a Sticky Issue,” (Nov. 14, 2011)

• “Peer Review Privilege,” (Feb. 20, 2012)

• “What’s My Liability as a Volunteer?” (Apr. 12, 2012)

• “Design-Build Contracts,” (Sept. 24, 2012)

• “Do You Read Your Contracts?” (Nov. 2012)

• “Acting as Owner’s Agent,” (Jan. 2, 2013)

• “Government Contracts,” (Apr. 22, 2013)

• “Potted Plants: Defending Company Employees at a Deposition,” (July 22, 2013)

• “Protecting Copyrights,”(Oct. 21, 2013)

• “U.S. Court System Explained,” (Jan. 27, 2014)

• “Watch for Hidden Warranties,” (May 5, 2014)

• “Are Drones Grounded for Now?” (Sept. 8, 2014)

• “The Beacon Condo Case,” (Dec. 1, 2014)

• “LFRT Study on Imperfection in Design and Construction,” (March 9, 2015)

• “DBIA’s New Surety Bonds,” (May 25, 2015)

• “Foul Ball! Who’s Liable If You Get Hit?” (Oct. 19, 2015)

• “Bridging the Gap,” (May 2, 2016)

• “Complying with the Building Code,” (June 27, 2016)

• “Toxic Content,” (Aug. 8, 2016)

• “Offers and Counteroffers,” (Nov. 14, 2016)

• “Crimes & Misdemeanors” (Jan. 23 & 30, 2017)

• “Volunteer Immunity,” (March 6, 2017)

• “Progressive Design-Build,” (April 3, 2017)

• “Recovering Unpaid Fees,” (July 30, 2017)

• “Final Decisions of Owners,” (Oct. 23, 2017)

• “Economic Loss Doctrine,” (Jan. 22, 2018)

• “Spearin Doctrine,” (April 9, 2018)

• “Work for Hire Doctrine,” (June 4, 2018)

• “Impossibility of Performance Doctrine,” (Oct. 22, 2018)

• “Accepted Work Doctrine,” (Dec. 10, 2018)

• “Say What?! The Doctrine of Contra Proferentum,” (April 22, 2019)

• “Supermen and Exact Sciences,” (June 24, 2019)

• “Prevention Through Design,” (Oct. 7, 2019)

• “Shop Drawing Liability,” (Jan. 6, 2020)

• “A Look Back at Design Standard Shift,”(Sept. 13, 2020)