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For decades, Dickinson Wright has served the construction industry, advising clients on complex legal and business issues across all phases of development, construction, and dispute resolution. Our construction attorneys are known for delivering practical solutions in litigation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings.

We work closely with clients throughout the construction lifecycle, including matters involving construction law, real estate, land use and development, corporate, finance, bankruptcy, government contracts, and environmental law.

Additionally, our labor and employment lawyers regularly advise construction clients on union matters, ERISA compliance, minority business enterprises, and discrimination claims.

Our Clients

Our construction team serves clients across industries including healthcare, education, energy, manufacturing, transportation, and infrastructure. We represent owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, lenders, construction managers, and design professionals across the United States and Canada.

Our Team

Our construction attorneys are recognized for their deep industry involvement and thought leadership. Many are active in national construction organizations and are recognized by publications such as Best Lawyers in America® and Super Lawyers®.

Our experience extends beyond litigation. Many of our attorneys serve as arbitrators, mediators, and industry advisors, giving us practical insight into how construction disputes are resolved in real-world settings.

Our Services

Construction contract drafting and negotiation
Construction financing and lending matters
Public procurement and government construction projects
Commercial, residential, and infrastructure development projects
Mechanic’s liens, bond claims, and surety matters
Insurance coverage and bonding disputes
Disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) matters
Construction litigation and dispute resolution, including:
- Alternative dispute resolution (mediation and arbitration)
- Design and engineering defect claims
- Professional liability matters
- Delay, disruption, and acceleration claims
- Contractor and subcontractor disputes
- Termination disputes
- Bond, guarantee, and insurance claims

Representative Matters

Assisted a real estate development and management company in arranging a $450 million syndicated loan from a leading financial services company for the construction of a $1.1 billion, 40 story casino and hotel complex in downtown Las Vegas.
Assisted a developer in the $1.1 billion ground-up development of a new 1.25 million square foot casino, entertainment, spa, garage, and hotel facility in downtown Las Vegas. It is the first ground-up resort development in downtown Las Vegas since 1980.
Drafted and negotiated construction contracts for owners and general contractors, including luxury condos, apartment complexes, solar panel generation facilities, schools, and office building projects.
Retained by an architecture and interior design firm for assistance with the creation of a license agreement with a residential construction firm, as well as potentially handling a design patent.
Acted for the lender on an over $155 million construction loan for the construction of office buildings.
Provided counsel for a full-service construction company, including structuring transactions for compliance with historic tax credit, new markets tax credit, or Opportunity Zone financing; advising regarding general corporate governance; and providing financing counsel regarding local and state incentives, as well as serving as borrower’s counsel for project entities.
Representation of public healthcare provider in development of construction contract documentation for $1B multi-year construction program.
Preparation and negotiation of a design-build construction contract for owner to construct new state of the art glass manufacturing facility
Handled a dispute for a national construction company where the plaintiff was seeking to collect approximately $12 million for their subcontracting work in the U.S. Virgin Islands repairing hurricane damage through a FEMA disaster relief program.
Represented a pool construction company in a construction defect action related to the client’s construction of a custom three-tiered pool and spa at the plaintiffs’ hillside residence.
Represented a state university in a dispute involving the developer and the general contractor of student housing. The developer filed an action against the contractor and the contractor counterclaimed asserting claims against both the developer and the client.
Represented a commercial construction company in disputes with six different subcontractors, as well as assisting with claims against the client’s subcontractor default insurance carrier.

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