Construction projects live and die by contracts. The allocation of risks and responsibilities among project participants is determined by contracts. Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC attorneys have decades of experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating construction contracts, design contracts, supply agreements and purchase orders, equipment leases, loan agreements, security agreements, consulting agreements, bonds, surety indemnity agreements, takeover agreements, and project-specific insurance policies. We also advise clients when drafting and negotiating contract modifications, change orders, construction change directives, and other project-level transactions that keep a project moving forward.

Our firm has broad experience with public and private procurement regulations and statutes affecting project delivery methods on a variety of construction project types. We also regularly address how the professional and occupational licensing laws may affect project delivery. We have worked closely with many clients to draft the contracts for use on traditional single-prime design-bid-build projects, multi-prime projects (both with and without a construction manager), CM at risk projects, agent CM projects, integrated project delivery (IPD) projects, design-build projects, EPC projects, and public-private partnerships. Once the project delivery method is determined, our members have experience negotiating all of the project-level transactions needed to deliver a project.

Our attorneys are experienced using the construction-industry standard form contracts such as the AIA documents, ConsensusDocs, DBIA documents, and EJCDC documents. Our firm maintains licenses to all of the standard form contracts which allows our attorneys to be responsive to our clients’ needs across industry sectors. We work with clients to draft client-specific construction and design contracts that suit their individual policies, needs, and risk tolerances that may not be addressed sufficiently in the standard form contract documents. We are also able to integrate our clients’ manuscript or modified standard form contracts with ancillary documents such as payment applications, lien waivers, and insurance policies specific to the project. Because we are familiar with the forms and processes being used by our clients, we can respond quickly to requests for assistance on specific contracts for specific projects.