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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 8, August 2024

Welcome to our eighth issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. Atlantech Decision Enforces Important Lessons About Avoiding Double-Payment Jeopardy in North Carolina...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights - Issue 6, June 2023

World’s Largest 3D Printed Building Erected in Florida - “With a total floor area of more than 10,100 sq ft or about 940 m2, the structure is apparently nearly 50% larger than the previous record-holder in the Middle East,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 6, 2022

Bridges, Natural Disasters and Liability - The Skanska Decision (Part 2) - In the last edition of The Site Report, we discussed the legal issues surrounding the damage caused by Skanska's construction barges to the new...more

J.S. Held

Builder’s Risk Claims & Renewable Energy: Wind & Solar

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Over the course of the last two decades renewable energy has been a subject that has found its way into discussion from the family dinner table to the top of global political initiatives and policies. It can at times be a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Quick (But Not Dirty) Issue No. 1: IRS Solar Construction Guidance

A Basic Guide to Renewable Energy Market and Energy Tax Basics - So What’s The Quick But Not Dirty? The IRS finally issued IRS Notice 2018-59 Beginning of Construction for the Investment Tax Credit under Section 48 on June...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Solar Start of Constructive Guidance, a Comprehensive Analysis

New Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance on what it takes to start construction of a solar project raises practical questions, but it is very helpful in keeping the industry humming along. Solar projects that are under...more

Mayer Brown

Beginning of Construction Guidance for Solar and Other ITC Technologies

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On June 22, 2018, the IRS released Notice 2018-59 (the “Guidance”). The Guidance provides rules to determine when construction begins with respect to investment tax credit (“ITC”) eligible property, such as solar projects. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Got ITCs? How to Start Construction on Your Solar Project (Pre-IRS Guidance)

Solar developers are getting antsy about what is needed to show that they started construction on their 2020 (or later) projects by the end of 2019. The answer is not clear in the absence of solar-specific guidance from...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Lesson on Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Solar Construction

Late last year, a federal trial court in New York awarded a solar development company $11.6 million in damages against Suffolk County arising out of a dispute on a multi-site carport solar construction project. The basis for...more

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Attention Home Improvement Contractors: CA Bill Singles Out Solar Contractors

California Assembly Bill 2699 (Gonzalez) is a bill to watch if you are a home improvement contractor that solarinstalls solar energy systems or, for that matter, a contractor in California. AB 2699 would, among other things,...more

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