Utilities, Transportation, and Infrastructure Projects
Consolidated Rental Car Facility
Guided the public owner through strategic planning, project delivery selection, and drafting and negotiation of design- and construction-related contracts for $139M, multiple building, mixed-use development. Multiple building, mixed-use development $139M +/-
HRT Asphalt Plant
Construction counsel to the owner for the construction of a high recycling technology asphalt-mixing plant.
Peaking Plants
Construction counsel to the owner of three RICE peaking plants with outputs of 30 megawatts, 50 megawatts, and 110 megawatts.
Solar Facilities
Construction counsel to the owner of four new solar facilities with outputs of .2 megawatts, 1.1 megawatts, 2.5 megawatts, and 20 megawatts.
Compressed Natural Gas Filling Stations
On behalf of a private developer, prepared form design-build contracts for the design and construction of new CNG filling stations.
Utility Savings Projects
Counsel to the owner for multiple energy and water retrofit projects at various locations.
New Solar Facility
Represented a private developer in the drafting and negotiation of an engineer-procure-construct contract for a new 1.5 megawatt solar photovoltaic facility.
Ohio Construction Reform
As Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General, served as the only private-practice attorney member of the multi-agency working group which drafted the administrative rules, contracts, and related documents to implement Ohio’s Construction Reform Law.
Meldahl Hydroelectric Power Project
Construction counsel to the owner for the design and construction of a new 105 megawatt hydro facility at the Meldahl Locks and Dam on the Ohio River.
Willow Island Hydroelectric Power Project
Construction counsel to the owner for the design and construction of a new 35 megawatt hydro facility at the Willow Island Locks and Dam on the Ohio River.
Smithland Hydroelectric Power Project
Construction counsel to the owner for the design and construction of a new 72 megawatt hydro facility at the Smithland Locks and Dam on the Ohio River.
Cannelton Hydroelectric Power Project
Construction counsel to the owner for the design and construction of a new 83 megawatt hydro facility at the Cannelton Locks and Dam on the Ohio River.
Columbus Regional Airport Authority, Form Contracts
On behalf of the Airport Authority, updated existing and prepared new form design, construction, construction management, and design-build contracts and front-end documents for various contracting arrangements.
State Architect of Ohio, Form Contracts
As Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General, drafted Ohio’s 2007 general conditions to the design-bid-build construction contract for use on public projects administered through the Ohio Department of Administrative Services.
St. Albans Township Firehouse, Licking County, Ohio
Represented the Township in the replacement of the defaulting general trades contractor and the associated re-start of the project without litigation. The negotiations involved the defaulting contractor and the defaulting contractor's performance surety. The re-start involved procurement of a replacement general trades contractor through an exception to public bidding requirements.
Chemical Manufacturing Facility
Represented a specialty design-build contractor in connection with the resolution of multiple claims from the project's owner and the project's primary subcontractor.
City of Green Sewer Improvements
On behalf of the Summit County Port Authority, prepared the publicly bid trade contracts including the front-end documents. Also negotiated and drafted a specialty consulting agreement whereby the Port Authority hired a private developer to serve as the Port Authority's representative to the project.
U.S. branch of an international hydropower-equipment company
On behalf of the private client, prepared standardized documents for subcontracting, purchasing materials and equipment, purchasing professional services, supplying materials and equipment, and providing professional services.
U.S. branch of an international hydropower-equipment company
On behalf of the private client, negotiated and drafted a $130-plus million design-build contract for the client's first U.S. installation of a new type of hydropower machinery at two different dams.
Columbus Regional Airport Authority, C Concourse Expansion
On behalf of the Airport Authority, designed a proprietary project-delivery system, which was a hybrid of the traditional design-bid-build, design-build, and agency construction management delivery systems. Also drafted the trade contracts, which contained a number of features designed to meet the Airport Authority's goal of fostering the successful participation of small and disadvantaged construction companies.
Belleville Hydroelectric Power Project
On behalf of the U.S. branch of an international hydropower-equipment company, planned and managed the client's discovery and trial preparation in connection with a $100 million lawsuit brought by the surety of the project's general contractor. Also participated in negotiating and drafting the multi-party settlement agreement that ended the dispute.
Columbus Regional Airport Authority, Terminal and Garage Expansion Project
On behalf of the Airport Authority, provided construction counsel in defense of a prime contractor's $5 million claim which was settled through mediation.
Summit County, Ohio
On behalf of the County, prepared new form design and construction contracts to fulfill the County's need for an updated and coordinated set of agreements flexible enough to be used on a wide-range of construction projects and with or without a design professional's involvement.
Specialty Subcontractor
Negotiated the subcontractor's continued performance on a public project after the default of an upper-tier prime contractor. The negotiations involved the replacement contractor and the defaulting contractor's performance and payment surety.