Practices | Municipal and Regulatory

Construction Contract Attorneys

The legal relationship in a construction project begins with the documents. A public entity typically enters a contract with an architect or an engineer, who then prepares the contract between the public entity and the contractor. All too often, these contracts are boilerplate, not tailored to the individual project, and not prepared to respect the differences between a public entity and a private entity as owner.

Our construction contract lawyers can assist public entities by reviewing and suggesting changes in the contract between the public entity and the engineer or architect and in the contract between the public entity and the contractor to assure that the public entity is properly protected in all contract documents. In addition, Bernstein Shur construction contract attorneys can advise and represent public entities on the inevitable questions that come up during a construction project, and in any mediation, arbitration or litigation that results if a construction project runs into difficulties.