EDITOR'S NOTES | Issue 3-17
publication date: Apr 24, 2005
The first case deals with a public owner who failed to require a contractor to furnish payment bonds. The owner, not the replacement contractor’s bonding company, was responsible for payments due to a subcontractor on the original contract in which the original, unbonded contractor defaulted. The second summary is an update on the Allglass appeal from September 2004. In what has to be one of the more important articles we have run to date, U.C. Berkeley professor William Ibbs gives an update on the evolving art and science of false claims. Federal and state false claims acts are being applied to a wide range of contractor indiscretions, from alleged bid irregularities to prevailing wage rates. Professor Ibbs goes one step further than merely bringing it to our attention; he presents well-crafted steps for contractors and construction managers to follow, which will guard against situations that could result in unsuspecting false claims.
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