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Our construction practice includes
partners and associates throughout the firm’s offices.
The group serves clients involved in all phases of private
and public construction projects – planning, design,
construction, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution.
Phelps Dunbar’s construction lawyers handle international,
national, regional and local design and construction contract
negotiation and drafting, bid protests, claims, litigation
and alternative dispute resolution for a diverse clientele.
Our construction clients include owners (individuals to
large corporate entities), design professionals, small to
national contractors, subcontractors, as well as major developers,
sureties, insurers, consulting and management firms.
Transcending the various facets of this practice, our construction
lawyers follow an approach of partnering with our clients
to help them avoid and, when necessary, resolve disputes
reasonably and efficiently. Regardless of the size of our
client, issue, or dispute, we are committed to bringing
an efficient and cost-effective solution to matters entrusted
to our care. To this end, we explore and employ creative
case management techniques.
We realize that proper project planning and contract preparations
are vital to a successful construction project and avoidance
of disputes. With this in mind, our construction lawyers
are experienced in establishing project procedures, including
drafting and reviewing design services, construction management,
and construction contracts. In that regard, we routinely
advise clients regarding the legal and practical advantages
of various bidding and construction scenarios, from more
traditional design/bid/build with a single prime contractor,
to fast-track design/build and multi-prime construction.
Our attorneys are experienced in drafting manuscript contracts,
as well as in modifying standard industry forms for specific
clients and projects.
Attempting to avoid unnecessary claims and disputes, we
also work with clients to establish protocols for dealing
with differing site conditions, changes, defective specifications
and other construction project occurrences.
Our extensive experience in this area reflects in the diversity
of the projects with which we have been involved. Ranging
from the new construction of residential dwellings to the
renovations of historic structures to projects
of high-rise office buildings, shopping malls and stadiums,
vast industrial plants, casinos, marine structures, and
interstate pipelines, our construction lawyers have been
involved with virtually every conceivable type of project.
On those occasions when claims or disputes cannot be avoided,
we provide counsel and representation to our clients in
the dispute resolution process. With extensive experience
at all levels of trial and appellate litigation practice,
as well as mediation and arbitration, we are particularly
adept at structuring and participating in creative dispute
resolution mechanisms to secure expedient, economical, and
just results for our clients. Furthermore, we advise clients
about the alternatives and advantages of litigation versus
other dispute resolution methods and aggressively but professionally
represent their interests in the resolution processes in
order to secure favorable results.
Given that our construction lawyers have experience representing
individuals as well as corporate entities (owners as well
as design professionals and contractors, sureties, and insurers),
the historic diversity of representation provides the firm
with a unique perspective in our construction practice.
Our attorneys anticipate and understand the positions of
the various interests in this field. Not surprisingly, our
construction practice lawyers have successfully litigated
or arbitrated a myriad of disputes.
With our construction attorneys’ experience, it is
not surprising that they have been asked to assist in matters
across the United States and the other side of the world.
We have developed contacts with litigation experts and consultants
around the globe. And, of course, when and as appropriate
we can call upon Phelps Dunbar’s lawyers with experience
and particular knowledge of environmental, tax, bankruptcy,
and admiralty law. As a consequence, Phelps Dunbar’s
construction practice provides a diverse but cohesive and
thorough service for our clients.
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