ConstructionRisk, LLC – Contract Review Specialists
The personnel of ConstructionRisk, LLC have many years of experience as construction lawyers. Through the firm of ConstructionRisk, LLC, however, these attorneys provide services to our clients as “Consultants” rather than as attorneys. This enables us to set our fees significantly less than law firms typically charge for similar services, and permits us to review contracts for our clients in all states – with our reviews efficiently focused on risk allocation and insurability issues.
Although we are a small firm (six personnel) we believe we probably review more contracts on an annual basis than most firms in America. Our personnel include: Kent Holland, J.D., Bill Chambers, J.D., Joanne Dekker, J.D, Julia Holland, Gail Kelley, P.E. and J.D, and Tim Mains, J.D.
We review, redline and help negotiate for our clients several thousand contracts and subcontracts per year. These include design professional contracts, design-build contracts, and construction contracts. The size of the projects we work on ranges from two thousand dollars to over $12 billion. Our clients include insurance carriers and insurance brokers who retain us to review the contracts of their insured design professionals. We are also retained directly by design professionals and design-builders to review their contracts. Learn more about our practice and our personnel.
Construction Law and Risk Management Resource Center
This website by J. Kent Holland, principal of ConstructionRisk, LLC, is published as a free construction risk management resource. The top menu bar includes drop down menus with numerous articles, papers, and continuing education materials. The sidebar provides a Search box to research legal and risk management topics that have been discussed in our ConstructionRisk.com Report since 1999. The Topics covered include professional liability, indemnification clauses, duty to defend, standard of care, warranties, construction defects, site safety, payment provisions, design-build, construction management (CM) contracts, litigation lessons learned, and much more.
Design Professional Contracts: 1 Minute Construction Risk Management Video Series
Kent Holland created this series of short videos to provide risk management and contract drafting tips for design professional contracts. Each video is one to two minutes in length. At the conclusion of each video, the next one will start automatically. Or you can jump to a different clause of your choice.
General Contractor Claim against Subcontractor Barred by Statute of Limitations applicable to Contract Claims, but Permitted under Negligence Statute of Limitations
A general contractor (GC) was sued by a homeowner because the house burned because of alleged deficiencies in a subcontractor’s masonry work on a fireplace. The GC lost a judgment of $1.2 million at arbitration. The subcontractor declined to join the arbitration proceedings. The GC subsequently filed suit against the subcontractor to recover damages. The trial court granted the...
CGL Policy not required to indemnify a judgment against a general contractor – Professional Liability Exclusion and the “Your Work” Exclusions Applied
Where a swimming pool construction contractor built a multi-million dollar “floating floor pool, it designed a system based on information found on YouTube. When completed, the pool floor wouldn’t raise evenly. It jammed inside the pool shell and each time it was moved it caused damage to the pool shell as well as to the expensive flooring. Additionally, 15,000 gallons of water were released...
Condo Owners Sue Condo Association for Breach of Contract for Failing to Repair Defective Foundations to their Units (6 year statute of limitations applied)
Where the foundations under several condominium style townhouses settled and caused damage, the unit owners sued the condo association for failing to do necessary repairs. The court dismissed the tort claim that asserted that the foundations were negligently constructed because the 3 year statute of limitations had lapsed. The breach of contract claim asserting the association had a...
Construction Risk Reports
Continuing Education Video Courses
ConstructionRisk.com’s educational video courses include:
- Jobsite Safety Responsibility and Liability
- Contracts for Design Professionals
- Design-Build Lessons Learned
- Working on Purpose – Finding Purpose, Setting Goals, and Managing Time
You may also view the course videos on our Construction Risk Management YouTube video channel.
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