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Construction Law

Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP was one of the first law firms to recognize the need for legal services focused on the construction industry and the construction process, and provides these services to clients throughout the United States and internationally.  In addition to our litigation practice, SCH's construction attorneys provide advice and counseling on a broad range of topics such as:

The Firm's knowledge and experience attract clients from the entire spectrum of the construction industry and process: contractors, subcontractors, construction managers, owners, architects, engineers, sureties, insurance companies, suppliers, construction trade associations, lending institutions, real estate developers, and others.  SCH's construction attorneys have had broad exposure to the construction industry; many also have engineering or construction management degrees and experience.  SCH's construction law desk book, Common Sense Construction Law-Third Edition, published by John Wiley & sons, Inc. is a recognized teaching tool in the course curriculum of numerous college construction management programs.

Articles

• Cutting the Knot on Concurrent Delay
  February 2008, Construction Briefings, Thomson West
• Contingent Payment Update
  Spring 2007, Common Sense Contracting, Volume 21, Number 1