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Construction Sector

Our team has acquired an excellent reputation with its clients. Regardless of the magnitude of the challenge, our team is able to accompany them and advise our clients at every stage of their projects.

Our team’s approach and experience allow it to intervene daily with its clients to find practical and effective solutions and help them achieve their goals.

More specifically, the lawyers working in construction law are involved in the following fields :

Organizational and corporate

• Evolution of the organization :
  constitution, development of the organization plan, partnership, financing, suretyship
• Internal operation :
  assistance in management of human resources and labour, Board of Directors, various investigations
• Compliance with standards :
  support and advice to ensure compliance with the standards of the Commission de la construction du Québec, occupational health and safety requirements, compliance with Building Code standards, etc.

Contracts

• Legal opinions :
  concerning the legality of the public or private call for tender process, selection of tenders, validity of suretyships and cancellation of contracts
• Assistance in negotiation and drafting of contracts :
  contracts with the owners, architects, contracts and subcontractors?

Activities during the project

• Assistance and support in the day-to-day management of activities and relations among the various stakeholders :
  oral and written advice, notices of default, special interventions with third parties, particularly surety companies, defence of the clients’ interest before judicial or administrative bodies

Claims

• Support for preparation, management and negotiation :
  claims for delays or poor workmanship
• Legal hypothecs :
  hypothecary recourses and interventions at any stage of management of claims

Liability

• Assistance, investigation and representation :
  in matters of owners’, contractual, architects’ and engineers’ liability

Dispute resolution

• Preparation, assistance and representation :
  before the courts, administrative or arbitration tribunals and in mediation

Publications and communication tools

Our team has offered numerous training sessions and conferences before broad forums dealing with every aspect related to construction projects. Our team also publishes newsletters on different topics of interest.