Winter Park OKs $20M+ Redevelopment On 17/92

The city of Winter Park has given preliminary approval to a project slated to transform a decaying retail center along a major stretch in the posh city.

City Commission voted unanimously at the project’s first reading Feb. 24 to approve Oviedo-based developer Hill Gray Seven LLC’s plans to redevelop the Ranch Mall at 415 S. Orlando Ave. The final vote will be March 9.

Construction on the 25,000-square-foot, $20 million-plus project along U.S. Highway 17/92 may wrap up by mid-2021. A […]

By | March 12th, 2020 ||

Enforcement For Respirable Crystalline Silica In Construction Standard

For construction employers anxious over how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state plan states are enforcing the Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard, the last two calendar years of enforcement data provided by the agency offers some insight. In 2019, OSHA and state plan states issued 973 violations under 29 C.F.R. Section 1926.1153, the Respirable Crystalline Silica standard for construction. This represents a 15.4 percent increase from the 843 violations under Section 1926.1153 […]

By | March 12th, 2020 ||

LDM Construction Law Blog: A Very Bad Day Indeed

As a construction attorney, I am often tasked with confronting architects and engineers on the decisions they made in planning or monitoring construction projects.  The vast majority of times, the architect or engineer is well versed in the underlying regulations and codes on which he or she based their decisions.  But sometimes, the architect or engineer admits to having no knowledge of the underlying codes and to having no previous experience on that type […]

By | March 11th, 2020 ||