Construction-related disputes involve unique legal issues. Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. attorneys represent clients in all aspects of the construction process: owners and developers, architects and engineers, and general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers. They have been involved in a wide variety of matters, including large commercial, industrial, and public construction projects, in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings. Representative clients include individuals, businesses, universities, and insurance companies.
Our attorneys' experience allows them to handle design- and construction-related matters on an efficient basis. They bring responsive expertise to these disputes, and seek cost-effective means to resolve claims through mediation, facilitation, arbitration, or litigation. Expert witness resources provide the firm with rapid access to qualified experts who are specially suited to assist in effective representation on behalf of our clients. Our attorneys have extensive experience with standard contracts and clauses, such as AIA forms, as well as non-standard contracts and the impact they have on project disputes, including claims for indemnification.
Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. attorneys have applied our expertise to a number of different projects and claims involving disputes arising from:
- defective design
- differing site conditions
- change orders and directives
- personal injury and common area control issues
- project delays
- defective materials and workmanship
- liens
- termination and default
- contract administration
- bonding and insurance
- warranty issues
Our attorneys also represent architects, engineers, and geo-technical professionals in connection with errors and omissions claims and lawsuits. The clients that they have successfully represented include a major state university, national and regional architectural and engineering firms, individual landowners and developers, counties, municipal authorities, and both large and small general contractors and subcontractors. In addition, our attorneys have lectured and taught at various construction-related presentations and seminars. They have also been featured lecturers on construction defects issues at insurance law seminars, across the United States and abroad.
Our attorneys strive to solve our clients' problems expeditiously in a manner that seeks to avoid re-building the project in the courtroom. Our construction litigators, however, are experienced in successfully defending and prosecuting construction related claims through trial and appeal, if necessary.
