ConstructionRisk, LLC – Contract Review Specialists
The personnel of ConstructionRisk, LLC have many years of experience as construction lawyers. Through the firm of ConstructionRisk, LLC, however, these attorneys provide services to our clients as “Consultants” rather than as attorneys. This enables us to set our fees significantly less than law firms typically charge for similar services, and permits us to review contracts for our clients in all states – with our reviews efficiently focused on risk allocation and insurability issues.
Although we are a small firm, we believe we probably review more contracts on an annual basis than most firms in America. Our personnel include: Kent Holland, J.D., Bill Chambers, J.D., Joanne Dekker, J.D, Julia Holland, Gail Kelley, P.E. and J.D, Tim Mains, J.D., Gary Prather, P.E, and Christine Hauswirth, J.D.
We review, redline and help negotiate for our clients several thousand contracts and subcontracts per year. These include design professional contracts, design-build contracts, and construction contracts. The size of the projects we work on ranges from two thousand dollars to over $12 billion. Our clients include insurance carriers and insurance brokers who retain us to review the contracts of their insured design professionals. We are also retained directly by design professionals and design-builders to review their contracts. Learn more about our practice and our personnel.
Construction Law and Risk Management Resource Center
This website by J. Kent Holland, principal of ConstructionRisk, LLC, is published as a free construction risk management resource. The top menu bar includes drop down menus with numerous articles, papers, and continuing education materials. The sidebar provides a Search box to research legal and risk management topics that have been discussed in our ConstructionRisk.com Report since 1999. The Topics covered include professional liability, indemnification clauses, duty to defend, standard of care, warranties, construction defects, site safety, payment provisions, design-build, construction management (CM) contracts, litigation lessons learned, and much more.
Design Professional Contracts: 1 Minute Construction Risk Management Video Series
Kent Holland created this series of short videos to provide risk management and contract drafting tips for design professional contracts. Each video is one to two minutes in length. At the conclusion of each video, the next one will start automatically. Or you can jump to a different clause of your choice.
Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel Preclude New Law Suit
A federal district court confirmed an arbitration award in favor of homeowners over disputes concerning a cabinet and closet job for a luxury home. The U.S. Court appeals affirmed the judgment. Res judicata and collateral estoppel figure prominently in the appeal. Dissatisfied with the arbitration result, the cabinet maker and its owners brought the case in federal court. They sued some of the...
Spearin Doctrine Applied to Design-Build Contract, so Government Held to Have Warranted the Plans it Provided
The GSA issued a solicitation for a Request for Proposals on a project. The Request for Qualifications specifiedthat GSA was using a design-build bridging project delivery method and that the bridging documents wereapproximately 30% complete. GSA awarded the contract to Balfour. Balfour alleged that it ran into a variety of issues with the government’sdesign, the site conditions, and various...
Construction Risk Reports
Continuing Education Video Courses
ConstructionRisk.com’s educational video courses include:
- Jobsite Safety Responsibility and Liability
- Contracts for Design Professionals
- Design-Build Lessons Learned
- Working on Purpose – Finding Purpose, Setting Goals, and Managing Time
You may also view the course videos on our Construction Risk Management YouTube video channel.
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