Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP regularly represents owners, engineers, architects, contractors, subcontractors, developers, tenants, governmental entities, sureties, and construction lenders in a wide variety of construction projects. These projects include large office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, golf courses, restaurants, retail stores, movie theaters, condominium projects, schools, warehouses, highways, apartment projects, public buildings and high-end residences. Our construction law client base is broad and diverse, and includes global engineering and environmental companies, national commercial general contractors, and local builders, among others.
Our lawyers provide legal advice on nearly all aspects of construction projects. Our practice involves advice, negotiations, and drafting during the planning, transaction, and building of various construction projects. Our attorneys have substantial experience in construction financing, performance bonds, bid bonds, payment bonds, stipulated sum and guaranteed maximum contracts, costs-plus contracts, fast-track arrangements, construction management, and design-build arrangements. We also have significant experience developing template agreements for clients who repeatedly use similar construction documents in their projects, enabling our clients to quickly create construction documents for their use at minimum expense.
In addition to assisting clients with their legal needs prior to and during the construction process, we have substantial experience handling sophisticated construction claims and disputes, including:
- Delay, Acceleration, Efficiency, Stacking and Scheduling
- Total Cost and Modified Total Cost Claims
- Design Liability
- Environmental Law
- Project Finance
- Government Project Disputes (Federal, State and Local)
- Surety and Insurance
- Mechanic's Liens and Foreclosures
- Payment and Performance Bond Claims and Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation/Defective Building Materials
- Class Action Litigation
- Contract Termination
- Bid Protests and Mistakes
- Changed Conditions
- Defective or Ambiguous Specification Claims
We have experience prosecuting and defending these claims in various state and federal courts, as well as in various mediation and arbitration forums.
The goal of our construction law and litigation practice is to enable our clients to complete construction projects in a timely and cost-effective manner, and to assist our clients in economically and successfully resolving claims.
ARTICLES AND ALERTS
Voters Beware – Publicly Financed Development is At Risk! (08/19/2010 )
2010 Colorado Legislation Overview: Update on Laws Affecting Real Estate Brokers (06/16/2010 )
Truth in Advertising: What is a Broker's Duty to Ensure that Marketing Materials are Acccurate? (06/16/2010 )
No More Free Lunch: Insurance Division Limits Handouts of Title Companies' Products and Services (06/16/2010 )
Colorado Adopts Broker Lien Law (06/16/2010 )
Perfection of Mechanic's Lien Rights: Deadlines & Pitfalls (04/09/2010 )
MMSEA Alert: Personal Injury Settlements & Medicare Compliance (02/12/2010 )
Compendium of Colorado Construction Law (10/01/2008 )
Protect Your AfBA (07/01/2007 )
National Trends Emerging in Construction Defect Statutes (05/02/2007 )
Construction Defect Claims - Notice and Opportunity to Repair (NOR) Statutes (03/17/2007 )
NEWSLETTERS
Real Estate, Construction & Land Update, Fall 2010 (08/19/2010 )
Real Estate Construction & Land: Broker Bulletin, Summer 2010 (06/16/2010 )
Real Estate, Construction & Land Update, Spring 2010 (04/09/2010 )