Construction Project Site Inspections: Plan Development, Regulatory Compliance, Contractual Issues, Dispute Resolution

Mr. Cahalan has substantial experience representing owners, contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects, suppliers, manufacturers and vendors in connection with construction, commercial and other business matters. His practice primarily consists of drafting and reviewing construction contracts, providing advice during construction and construction litigation, arbitration and mediation. Mr. Cahalan was the primary drafter of the Associated Owners and Developers’ AOD 2002 – Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor Where the Price Is Fixed or Lump Sum, and the Associated Owners and Developers’ AOD 2003 – Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for Work on a Cost Plus Fee Basis With a Guaranteed Maximum Price. He has also given numerous seminars throughout the U.S. and Europe concerning construction contracts, implied contract obligations, claims, green building, construction insurance, and mechanics lien law. Since 2010, Mr. Cahalan has been an instructor at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he teaches Design and Construction Law.

Mr. Sherman is an experienced construction attorney with significant construction transactional, consulting, and litigation experience. In this capacity, he assists construction project owners, developers, general contractors, construction management firms, subcontractors, and material suppliers with real-time project consulting, drafting and negotiating all manner of construction agreements and forms, and with prosecuting and defending construction disputes. Mr. Sherman is a frequent lecturer on insurance law matters.

Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of experience in construction, environmental and real estate litigation matters. He has first chair experience in over 30 jury trials, bench trials and complex arbitrations. Mr. Johnson’s construction law experience includes representing owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in private and public works construction litigation involving extra work claims, changed condition claims, delay claims, loss of productivity claims, defective work claims, products liability claims regarding defects in construction materials, insurance coverage for construction claims, and California contractor’s licensing laws. He has represented clients in arbitrations and lawsuits regarding an array of construction disputes in state and federal courts in several states as well as the federal Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the California Public Works Contract Arbitration program. Mr. Johnson is a frequent author and speaker on topics regarding the construction industry.