Practical, substantive articles on forensic investigation, expert witness practice, construction management and the state-specific law that shapes both, written by PCC's own team.
Mold in a newer California home is a water problem first. How an investigator traces the water to a window, deck, roof, shower pan, plumbing or slab, separates construction causes from occupant use and maintenance and documents it. Then how the Right to Repair Act treats the damage.
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The balcony inspection is done. Now what? How California boards and building owners read the report, handle an immediate threat, meet the SB 721 repair deadlines, fund the work and document completion so buyers and lenders can see it.
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What a structural integrity reserve study and milestone repair program involve on site, what Florida condo boards should keep on file and the deadlines and reserve rules now in place under HB 913 and a 2024 records law.
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California's Zone 0 rule is not yet in effect, but for a common interest development the five feet it would govern is often common area. Here is what a Zone 0 retrofit would do to the building envelope and what boards should document about their buildings now, before any crew touches the base of the wall.
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California's Zone 0 regulation was filed with OAL as an emergency regulation and withdrawn on September 8, 2026. It is not in effect. Here is what the Board's proposed five-foot ember-resistant zone would require and why a landscaping-only retrofit can cause more damage than it prevents.
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A patent defect is one a reasonable inspection would reveal. A latent defect is one it would not. In California that line separates the four-year limit in CCP 337.1 from the ten-year limit in CCP 337.15. How a forensic investigator documents what could be seen and when.
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When a worker falls from height or a load drops on a New York site, Labor Law 240(1) is part of the conversation. How it applies is for counsel. What the jobsite looked like is a construction question: the task, the device, its condition, who directed the work and the records that show it.
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FISP, still widely known as Local Law 11, requires NYC buildings over six stories to have facades inspected every five years. What the inspection and report document, what Safe, SWARMP and Unsafe mean for the wall and how to plan the repairs.
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Before a California construction defect claim goes forward, the forensic investigation should establish five things: what is physically wrong, when it was built and completed, whether it was observable on reasonable inspection, who built it and whether the evidence is preserved.
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