Construction Services

The Blakes Construction group advises on all aspects of construction, including project development and financing, drafting and structuring of construction contracts, insolvencies, insurance, risk management, and dispute resolution. We have represented clients on projects of all sizes, including energy, manufacturing, transportation and other infrastructure projects, from conception through completion in Canada, the United States and abroad.

Clients seek our advice on all types of public and private commercial, industrial and institutional construction projects, public-private partnerships, project finance, alternative financing arrangements, and procurement matters. We also assist clients with construction management, requests for proposal and tender processes, as well as risk identification, allocation, mitigation and avoidance. Employing a multidisciplinary team of transactional lawyers and litigators enables us to offer comprehensive, cost-effective representation, including advice at all stages of a project on the various issues that arise such as environmental, infrastructure, tax, employment and finance challenges, as well as provide dispute resolution services.

Our litigation lawyers have appeared before all levels of courts and in alternative dispute resolution forums representing owners, developers, contractors, trades and suppliers, as well as lenders on all types of construction-related claims. Clients retain Blakes construction lawyers on a wide range of complex construction issues involving design-build contracts, delay claims, claims for extras and claims for defective workmanship and supplies, employment and labour disputes, and claims regarding contaminated properties, regulated substances and use of allegedly defective materials. The group also acts on smaller matters that require the protection of lien rights and the efficient and effective collection of contract accounts.