Construction Law

Our attorneys advise and represent a wide variety of clients in every aspect of the construction process. Representing public and private owners as well as private/public collaborations, design professionals, contractors and subcontractors, financiers, joint ventures/investors, tenants, suppliers, business and home owners, our attorneys work diligently to ensure that every step of the construction process go smoothly.

From the design stage to procurement through construction, we stand prepared to be your business partner in the successful completion of your project.

Clients who come to us with a problem can anticipate that, with the attorneys’ knowledge of the construction industry and processes as well as their keen negotiating skills, resolution will be their top priority. In the event litigation appears inevitable, our attorneys are experienced in prosecution and defense of all types of construction claims. A number of our construction law attorneys, members of the American Arbitration Association, act as mediators and arbitrators in numerous dispute resolution efforts.

Representative Matters:

• Argonne Bridge Litigation. Counsel to Central Pre-Mix Company with respect to $1,000,000 damage claim made by project subcontractor involving defective concrete pier. Spokane County project.
• Coeur d’Alene Wastewater Treatment Plant. Construction counsel to City of Coeur d’Alene with respect to City’s termination for default of a $6 million contract for an addition to its wastewater treatment plant including termination risk assessment, subsequent re-specification, competitive bidding for completion, and related litigation.
• Design Professional Liability. Counsel for Strata (formerly Howard Consultants, Inc.), a geotechnical engineering firm, in important construction litigation case in Washington which established that private property owners do not have the right to sue the developer’s consulting engineer for economic loss damages. Carlson v. Sharp, 99 Wn.App. 324, 994 P.2d 851 (1999), rev. denied (2000).
• Diesel Standby Generator, WPPSS No. 2 Nuclear Plant, Hanford, Washington. Representation of Portec, Inc., in suit brought by Washington Public Power Supply System against general contractor and generator manufacturer for damages arising out of claimed defects in design, fabrication, installation and operation of nuclear plant standby diesel generator.
• Representation of a construction supplier in state court litigation involving over 120 parties and construction lien claims in excess of $1 million.
• Counsel to a contractor in six-day trial in Seattle, Washington, with subcontractor over performance on community college project.
• Counsel regarding surety on bond claims at trial court and Court of Appeals.
• Representation of a contractor on owner claims of construction defects in construction of restaurant.
• Representation of an architect on owner claims of malpractice on design and budgeting for construction project.