Construction Practice Group

Using a winning strategy that's designed for success, Burns, White & Hickton's Construction Practice Group forges strategic partnerships with its clients to help them maximize their effectiveness as professionals while minimizing risk.

The Construction Practice Group represents and advises a diverse set of construction industry participants with a concentration in representing architects, engineers, landscape architects, surveyors, and other design professionals. The firm's expertise covers a wide range of industries in which its client partners work, such as health care and scientific facilities, educational facilities, transit and roadway projects, municipal and industrial infrastructure, environmental and waste management sites, residential and commercial developments, and entertainment complexes.

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base.

The firm's attorneys share a collective expertise and dedication to helping its client partners-regardless of organizational size-achieve their diverse strategic goals. A thorough knowledge of the common and not-so-common challenges and risks design professionals face in carrying out their work helps our attorneys provide legal counsel through all phases of the design and construction process, including:

• Organizational structure
• Professional licensure
• Contract review and negotiation
• Risk management and conflict avoidance
• Project claim review and counseling
• Alternative dispute resolution modalities such as mediation and arbitration
• Formal protests and interventions filed with state administrative agencies
• Litigation in Courts of Common Pleas, Federal Courts and the Pennsylvania Board of Claims
• Appeals in State and Federal courts

A network of legal support staff, as well as the participation of attorneys experienced in real estate law, finance, corporate transactions, and regulatory compliance at Burns, White & Hickton, creates a comprehensive legal team to meet the full-range of its client partners' legal needs. From design preconception through completion of the project, the Construction Practice Group can provide guidance and assistance at every step, including contract review and negotiation through post-project dispute resolution.

A "Better Bottom Line" Approach.

Regardless of the level of involvement needed, all work is performed with the goal of limiting liability and managing risk. We believe that early review and analysis is always beneficial in helping to avoid or minimize legal conflicts later on when they are nearly always more difficult and costly to resolve.

The Construction Practice Group represents clients in local Courts of Common Pleas, Federal Courts and the Pennsylvania Board of Claims and advocates for and engages in alternate modes of dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration as effective methods of avoiding costly litigation wherever possible.

For more information, please contact:
David J. Hickton
djhickton@bwhllc.com