Overview
Construction project owners, developers, construction managers, contractors, architects, engineers, and other construction and design professionals face a broad spectrum of issues at each phase of the design and construction process, and significant challenges when there are disputes while the project is ongoing or after completion.
A successful construction project requires the skillful navigation of these issues and challenges, which can include resolving financing and environmental issues, negotiating complex contracts, addressing insurance issues, handling mechanic’s liens and contractor claims, and dealing with contentious performance disputes and litigation.
The CSG Law Construction Team provides comprehensive legal services and solutions to address, efficiently and strategically, these and other challenges facing the construction industry and its stakeholders, including:
- Counseling clients on the appropriate contractual framework for achieving clients’ goals, including design-build or design-bid-build, lump sum, guaranteed maximum price, or cost-plus pricing
- Drafting and negotiating complex design and construction contracts
- Structuring and coordinating project financing with underwriters, institutional lenders, and public entities
- Providing insurance and surety coverage analysis and solutions
- Identifying and resolving environmental issues
- Counseling clients throughout the design and construction phases of a project – including resolution of disputes between and among owners, design professionals, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, and other key project participants
- Analyzing and resolving mechanic’s lien issues and litigating lien foreclosure actions
- Formulating, developing, prosecuting and defending construction claims
- Mediating and arbitrating construction disputes
- Litigating construction disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country
The CSG Law Construction Team is a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team of seasoned attorneys who come from a variety of backgrounds – from career construction litigators to in-house counsel responsible for managing corporate construction portfolios and construction project managers. The Construction Team takes a coordinated, proactive approach to keep projects on track, on budget, and on schedule, and to educating and advocating for our clients through every step of a project. We are at the forefront of breaking trends and developing issues through active involvement in construction and surety legal associations.
Construction Litigation and Dispute Resolution
While we work closely with our clients to cost-effectively resolve disputes, we also recognize that litigation sometimes is unavoidable. CSG Law clients benefit from the Construction Team’s decades of litigation and arbitration experience in federal, state and bankruptcy courts, as well as before local, regional and national tribunals.
Construction Contracting
In the area of construction contracting, CSG Law represents clients involved in a broad range of commercial, residential, and other projects, in both the public and private sectors. We negotiate architect and engineer agreements, construction management agreements and general contractor agreements, design/build contracts, subcontractor and supplier agreements, license agreements, and a wide variety of other construction agreements. We are well-versed in both public construction and the bid process for state-funded projects, as well as the construction and bid process for private development and projects.
Mechanic's Lien Claims and Lien Litigation
The CSG Law Construction Team is actively involved in counseling clients on the filing, defense, and prosecution of mechanic’s liens and lien claims in litigation. Mechanic’s liens affect almost every construction project and can present both a significant challenge for project owners and a significant protection for unpaid contractors and design professionals. The Construction Team has represented owners and project professionals in virtually every area of the lien law.
