Construction Law
Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing, P.C.'s construction law practice involves
all aspects of representing and advising developers, contractors and subcontractors
in planning and constructing projects and negotiating and drafting contracts. The
firm provides corporate, real estate and business legal services to its clients
and, where necessary, represents its clients with respect to their construction-related
disputes and litigation. The attorneys at the firm are well versed in applicable
legal and trade standards for construction and the means and methods of preparing, analyzing
and critiquing claims including the use of the critical path method of analysis.
Our attorneys have vast experience in representing clients in various types of both
private and public construction projects ranging from major office towers and complexes
such as the John Hancock Building, 111 Huntington Avenue and the 3Com Corporate
Campus, to major additions, renovations and modernizations such as the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts and the Massachusetts General Hospital's Charles River Complex. The
firm has been involved with large, multi-unit residential complexes such as The
Belvedere at The Prudential Center project, as well as projects constructed for
Massachusetts housing authorities and public works departments, such as road building,
utility installation and sewer construction and HUD-funded or financed projects
involving historic tax credits.
The firm has two basic goals in this area of practice. The first is to avoid conflicts
and disputes by proactive planning, contract drafting and negotiation. The second
is to quickly resolve the disputes and problems that inevitably arise. To this end,
the firm takes aggressive and immediate steps to resolve conflicts and disputes
to minimize or eliminate interference with our clients' business goals. Our goal
is to ensure that our clients are able to conduct their business operations without
costly delay and interference because of disputes and litigation.