Construction

We understand the construction industry inside and out, enabling us to match our clients’ capabilities and goals with the right project delivery methods and risk management tools. Whether utilizing a traditional approach, construction management, design-build or EPC, we provide strategic guidance tailored to each method’s unique benefits.

Our team drafts contracts that align with clients’ needs and the precise project delivery systems. We clearly convey the risks inherent in today’s construction landscape, crafting contracts designed to mitigate these risks while considering evolving legal principles, regulatory changes and key industry trends. More than just advisors, we seamlessly integrate into project teams—providing leadership when needed and steady support when operations run smoothly.

We have successfully served as project counsel on billions of dollars in infrastructure and vertical construction projects worldwide, leaving our mark on skylines across the globe.

Our construction litigators are known throughout the construction industry for their well-deserved and impressive reputations and depth, as well as their breadth of skills throughout the construction industry. Benesch represents a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including contractors, owners, design professionals, private equity investors, lenders and insurers—both in the U.S. and globally. 

We have extensive experience handling all types of construction disputes, including:

• Bid disputes
• Subsurface claims
• Constructive change orders
• Extra work claims
• Delay, disruption and interference claims
• Workmanship and product failure disputes

Our team has appeared in federal and state courts of claims, dispute review boards, boards of contract appeal and all recognized arbitration forums. Additionally, many of our attorneys serve as arbitrators, mediators and adjudicators, so we understand what it takes to effectively present and defend claims.

Once a project is underway, we prioritize preventive strategies to avoid disputes before they escalate. Drawing on our deep experience in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), we resolve conflicts quickly and successfully.

Our attorneys are seasoned advocates and facilitators in mediation, arbitration, dispute review boards and litigation. We guide clients toward the most practical and economical and creative solutions while ensuring their interests are fully protected. When formal litigation cannot be avoided, we are tenacious and strategic litigators, committed to vigorously pursuing our clients’ objectives.

Our construction team represents the entire spectrum of construction industry participants and has deep government contacts and experience in key jurisdictions. Our clients include public and private and range from Fortune 500 companies to middle-market and emerging businesses, as well as public entities, joint ventures, consortiums and project teams.

With firsthand experience in every conceivable building category—including tunnels, bridges, roads, buildings and industrial facilities—we bring the same level of intensity and dedication to each project. From power plants, data centers, dams and refineries to sports complexes, highways, and residential developments and high-rise to low-rise, we deliver proactive, strategic counsel to navigate even the most complex construction challenges. Our years of experience in large, complicated cases allow us to address our client’s interests at the highest levels.

By partnering with us, clients gain a legal team that collaborates seamlessly to oversee construction matters from start to finish—cooperatively and interactively.