Construction Defects

by Nikles, Roland; Reisman, Stephen H.; Mcsorley, Suzanne M.; Tyler, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9781614384397
• ISBN10: 1614384398
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-12-07
• Publisher: Amer Bar Assn

Summary

Construction Defects provides an analytical guide to the non-uniform construction defects law in the United States. Ten chapters cover the key issues that specialists in the field of construction law and construction defects have identified as most relevant to the subject to serve as a frame of reference for analysis of any construction defect issue.

Topics include:
•Understanding risk and consequence;
•Strategies for minimizing design defects;
•Managing risk of building defects during all phases of construction and post-construction; and
•Preparing and presenting a case;
•Alternative dispute resolution
•Tables and references to other publications to provide information on a state-by-state basis

Author Biography

Richard J. Tyler is a partner in the New Orleans office of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
Suzanne M. McSorley, a shareholder in the Princeton, New Jersey, office of Stevens & Lee, P.C.
Stephen H. Reisman is vice chairman of Peckar & Abramson, P.C., a national construction law firm, and is the firm's co-managing partner in Florida.
Roland Nikles is a shareholder of the law firm Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, with offices in San Francisco and Washington D.C.