1.0constructconnect.comDaily Commercial News/%site_branch%/author/edwardbayleyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0z8MqziDb0"><a href="/dcn/news/government/2021/12/legal-notes-future-claims-related-to-covid-distortions-lie-in-wait">Legal Notes: Future claims related to COVID distortions lie in wait</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/government/2021/12/legal-notes-future-claims-related-to-covid-distortions-lie-in-wait/embed#?secret=0z8MqziDb0" width="600" height="338" title="“Legal Notes: Future claims related to COVID distortions lie in wait” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="0z8MqziDb0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/09/BleasbyLegalNotes.jpg1024576A global review of the construction industry conducted by leading dispute resolution consultants HKA suggests a surge of COVID-related disputes may be waiting in the wings. The company’s fourth annual report, titled Operating in Uncertain Times, analyzed 1,400 projects in 94 countries. It concluded COVID has, “compounded underlying industry weaknesses, intensifying the risk of claims […]