Construction and Public Contracts

Contractor License Matters:

Counsel clients on matters relating to their contractor's state license, including obtaining, maintaining and avoiding licensing gaps.

Contract Documents:

Provide clients with analysis and drafting of contract documents and bid packages involving not only traditional project delivery relationships, but also alternative systems such as design-build, construction manager/multiple prime contractors, joint ventures, partnering, and continuously evolving variations fashioned by the industry to finance, design, and construct projects.

Claims Avoidance:

Counsel clients with respect to claims avoidance and resolution procedures, risk management, insurance, and bonding requirements.

Contract Matters:

Counsel clients with respect to contract acquisition matters, including debarment, suspensions, bid protests, and competitive negotiations.

Project Management:

Provide clients with project management assistance, including contract administration and interpretation during performance, documentation of disputes, informal negotiations with project management, and project close-out.

Construction Claims:

Counsel clients with respect to claims and change order documentation, preparation, and presentation.

ADR:

Represent and counsel clients in alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") in a variety of forums, including administrative boards and agencies, private mediations, arbitrations, and mini-trials.

Litigation:

Represent and counsel clients with respect to litigation before both federal and state courts and administrative agencies involving virtually every type of performance issue, including delay, impact and acceleration claims, construction defects, design errors, cost overruns, and regulatory compliance.

Complex vs.Streamlined Litigation:

Not all construction issues are of equal complexity or value. Therefore, GGLTS is structured to provide our clients with whatever level of service required, adding value at each level. For example, some of our attorneys have developed a streamlined practice to efficiently enforce statutory mechanic's lien, stop notice, and payment bond rights. Others are skilled in assembling a team of attorneys, paralegals, and consultants necessary to handle highly complex and document intensive construction disputes.

Delay and Disruption:

GGLTS has litigated numerous delay and disruption cases, including the construction of various Metro Rail Transit projects, the Port of Long Beach, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, San Francisco International Airport, John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Kaiser Riverside Medical Center, Los Angeles County Central Jail Expansion Project, Southeast Resource Recovery Facility in Long Beach, the Space Shuttle launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant in Los Angeles, Coso Geothermal Plant located near China Lake, and the Aladdin and Venetian Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bid Protests and Administrative Proceedings:

We have successfully represented numerous public agencies and contractors in bid protests, affirmative action issues, subcontractor listing law disputes, and other administrative proceedings.

Public Contracts:

GGLTS takes pride in handling all aspects of construction projects, from conception to completion. We assist many public agencies in proactively planning and managing their projects to ensure that they are delivered on time and within budget. These projects include the Diamond Valley Lake constructed by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the Alameda Corridor project running between the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles, and the expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center.

Consulting Relationships That Add Value:

In addition to the lawyers and paralegals in our firm,  we have developed relationships with outside consultants with construction, architectural, engineering, and accounting expertise who assist us in the evaluation of construction claims and the preparation of technical analysis. We have found that both our expertise and reputation have facilitated the resolution of disputes on every type of project at the earliest possible time with favorable outcomes for our clients.