Construction Law

These are the remains of a construction project gone bad.

– Presiding Judge Birdsong, Gainesville Asphalt, Inc. v.
Merritt Contracting, Inc., 223 Ga.App. 881 (1996).

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

– Albert Einstein

Our clients include owners, general and specialty contractors, and heavy equipment manufacturers. Our Firm’s practice is focused on the arbitration and litigation of significant construction contract disputes and UCC supply contract disputes.

Tim Toler has served as lead counsel in mediating, arbitrating or litigating major contract disputes arising out of a wide variety of commercial, energy, industrial and infrastructure projects, including each of the following:

Power generation plants in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Texas
Heavy road construction in Georgia and Florida
High rise and mixed use office buildings in Georgia
Hotels in Georgia

Condominium towers in Georgia and South Carolina
Segmental retaining wall failure in Georgia

Mr. Toler has extensive experience representing owners, contractors and equipment manufacturers in contract disputes and claims relating to:

Defective design and construction
Equipment performance guarantees
Breach of warranty
Delay and extra work
Actual and constructive acceleration
Lost productivity

Differing site conditions
Force majeure events
Contract defaults and terminations
Mechanic’s liens
Payment and performance bonds

Mr. Toler frequently writes and speaks on a wide range of construction law topics.