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A downstream contractor has no contractual relationship with a project owner; that relationship is between the general contractor (or, here, the construction manager, Hill) and the owner. Accordingly, parties downstream from the construction manager cannot sue the owner if they sustain money damages caused by the owner. In response to this lack of contractual privity, the downstream contractor and construction manager may enter into a liquidating agreement, or pass-through agreement, where the downstream contractor assigns its claim to the upstream contractor. Such a provision may also already be in place in the downstream contractor’s boilerplate contract.

ALBANY—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released a breakdown of how the Trump administration’s cuts to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program will impact critical infrastructure and community resilience projects in New York State. With the action, the federal Department of Homeland Security has revoked more than $325.5 million in funding for projects that have not yet begun construction.

WASHINGTON—Following years of seeking relief for an ailing multiemployer pension plan for union workers, New York’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 1783 Fund, which covers electrical workers in the Hudson Valley, will receive an approximately $45.9 million pension-fix, it was announced late last month.

Tariffs—long used as a government policy tool to protect domestic industries, generate revenue and influence international trade—also raise the economic concerns that they fuel inflation. This discussion point is complex because it involves direct and indirect effects on prices, consumer behavior, supply chains and economic growth.

TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY—The major construction project to upgrade State Route 17’s Exit 122 interchange here in Orange County will reconfigure the roadway to meet federal interstate standards. The $67.8-million project is now underway and will transform the eastern portion of the interchange to create a new roadway system that will enhance safety and improve traffic flow at this vital junction serving this fast-growing region of the state.

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Succession planning is a pivotal process for construction business owners that ensures their legacy endures, that wealth is preserved and that their company remains stable. Of the various options available and often favored is an internal transition—whether to family members, key employees, or even through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)for its potential to preserve company culture and continuity.

ALBANY—Work has begun in earnest on a $19.4-million New York State Thruway project to rehabilitate two aging bridges on the Thruway in the Village of Suffern in Rockland County.

The use of powered industrial trucks are a significant source of serious and fatal injuries to workers. Violations for the unsafe operation of powered industrial trucks (PITs), such as forklifts and lift trucks, are among the most cited by OSHA following work-site inspections. In fact, an average of 100 workers are killed each year and 20,000 workers are seriously injured by fork truck-related incidents. Half of the forklift fatalities occur in construction and manufacturing, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

ALBANY—New York State officials announced on April 7 the start of a $86.7-million pavement improvement project on a nearly five-mile stretch of the New England Thruway (I-95) in Westchester County.