Construction Law Solutions from
Experienced Attorneys

Your Company’s Construction Counsel

We advise owners, builders, suppliers and designers on all phases of a construction project: planning, permitting, financing, licensing, negotiating, contract review and drafting, dispute avoidance, liens, mediation, arbitration and litigation. We focus on the legal, contractual and dispute-related issues which arise from each phase of a project’s development.

We advise on construction projects throughout Louisiana and along the entire Gulf Coast. We bear deep experience with the laws applicable to construction, including Louisiana’s Private Works Act, Public Works Act, Miller Act, and case law thereunder.

Graves Carley LLP has experience in handling all types of construction disputes, including delay, disruption and acceleration claims, concealed and latent conditions, construction defects, design and structural failures, insurance coverage, differing site conditions, surety bond claims, and all types of breach of contract. Our attorneys have broad exposure to the construction industry and possess the experience necessary to understand even the most complex issues that may arise.

Trusted Legal Counsel on a Broad Range of Topics

In addition to our litigation practice, our attorneys provide advice and counseling on a broad range of construction law topics, such as:

  • Contract negotiation

  • Contract drafting

  • Property damage

  • Commercial developing

  • Insurance coverage

  • Construction disputes/design changes/differing site conditions

  • Architect-Engineer malpractice

  • Alternative dispute resolution (mediation/arbitration)

  • Surety/bond issues

  • Project documentation

  • Delays, scheduling and acceleration

  • Project termination

  • RFP, proposal, prime contract, subcontract, and purchase order preparation and negotiation

  • Project finance documents

  • Private works act litigation

  • Public works act litigation

  • Public-Bid law

Whatever your construction law needs, our lawyers can provide you with sound counsel and advocacy.