Construction

Armstrong Teasdale represents a wide range of clients involved in private and public construction projects worldwide, including: owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, construction managers, architects, engineers and other design professionals, material suppliers and insurers. Whether our clients are owners, contractors or design professionals, lawyers within the Construction Practice Group have found that our clients are increasingly concerned with the elimination or reduction of disputes during construction and have extensive experience in maintaining an active role throughout the construction process to interpret construction documents and resolve issues as they arise. Clients are counseled concerning construction bids and industry practices, including issues ranging from interpretation of bid documents to antitrust aspects of team bids and formation of joint ventures and have experience concerning compliance with minority and women business enterprises.

Nevertheless, the lawyers within the Construction Practice Group realize that sometimes claims and disputes are unavoidable. Our lawyers represent clients in all aspects of construction disputes including informal dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration and civil litigation. These disputes include the prosecution and defense of claims for defective specifications and drawings, extra work, acceleration, delay, disruption, loss of efficiency, differing site conditions, obstruction of site access, suspension of work, termination and inadequate or negligent project management. Lawyers have tried cases in various state and federal courts, the Board of Contract Appeals, and the Court of Claims, and have arbitrated and mediated before many alternative dispute resolution forums such as the American Arbitration Association. Our lawyers also have extensive experience in the filing, prosecution and defense of mechanic’s lien and bond claims.

Practice Highlights

• Defense of mechanic’s lien claims on behalf of owners and lenders in the largest homebuilder default in the history of Missouri.

• Representation of a major building products manufacturer in asbestos-related litigation involving numerous buildings, including those of an entire school system in the St. Louis area.

• Multi-million dollar recovery for large general contractor on large public project.

• Two attorneys in the group are listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2008 in Construction Law.

• Active Members of American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry, Missouri Bar Association Construction Law Committee, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Construction Law Committee, and numerous trade associations and organizations.

Representative Matters

Prosecution and defense of a variety of construction claims for the following clients:

Members of the Construction Practice Group