Kaplan Kirsch’s Construction and Alternative Delivery team advises clients on planning, procuring, contracting, and managing locally and federally funded projects. Our practice holds a national and regional ranking for Construction Law from Best Law Firms®, regional rankings from Best Lawyers in America®, and has been recognized by Law360® with a Practice Group of the Year award for Construction.
Contracting for Public Construction Projects
We regularly draft and negotiate contracts for construction, demolition, materials management, and construction management. Our attorneys also handle architectural and engineering consulting agreements and construction-related access agreements. We advise on compliance with federal and state contracting and procurement requirements and on construction-related change orders and claims.
Alternative Delivery Methods
Kaplan Kirsch counsels clients on choosing among, and then executing, the following traditional and alternative project delivery methods:
- Design-Bid-Build (DBB)
- Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR)
- Design-Build (DB) and Progressive Design-Build (PDB)
- Design-Build-Finance (DBF)
- Design-Build-Maintain (DBM)
- Design-Build-Operate-Maintain (DBOM)
Our experience also extends to various forms of public-private partnership (P3) delivery methods, including Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (DBFOM), concessions and leases, lease and development, transit-oriented and joint development structures, and progressive P3s and pre-development agreements for construction.
To help owners accelerate construction under any of these structures, we also draft task order contracts built around work orders or work packages. This allows specific scopes of work to begin sooner, rather than waiting on the full contract.
Recognized Experience on Complex Projects
Our Construction and Alternative Delivery team authored the Transit Cooperative Research Program’s 2023 Transit Mega Projects: Legal Issues. We regularly counsel clients on some of the largest and most complex projects in the country. We approach million-dollar projects with the same focus we bring to billion-dollar projects. That approach requires tailoring our advice each time to the parties, project, and context.