NewsroomResources for the media About the Company SJCC is an elite group of professionals providing professional services to the heavy/civil construction sector. The firm identified the need for expertise in the contractual, financial, and technical complexities...
Publications, Newsletter, & PodcastsPublications, Presentations, and SME Work by Scott Jennings SJCC's principal, Scott Jennings, P.E., M.S., is published in ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), has given numerous presentations, and has been quoted in...
Executive Summary. A deposition is an event in the legal process. Although here I’m talking specifically about construction, this can happen in any legal case. Let’s start at ground zero: the legal process. In construction, the contract should lay out the process for...
Executive Summary. For underground contractors the differing site conditions (“DSC”) clause can be a savior, or a killer. Know what it says before you bid the job – it has a direct effect on your cost estimate. What is a differing site conditions clause? This is...
Executive Summary. Constructive acceleration is a common occurrence on job construction projects – especially a project with liquidated damages. Learn about what constructive acceleration is, and how to ensure your case against the Owner using this defense will...
Cost EstimatingCost Estimating Pre-construction budgetary, active project independent cost estimates, hard bids for Contractors, and quantum calculations for attorneys. After more than a quarter-century in the construction field, as you might expect, we’ve...