Defective Work
Envelope failure, water intrusion, poor repairs, systems defects, and work that does not match the asset’s needs.
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Services / Construction & Project Disputes
When Defective Work or Delay Threatens the Value of the Project.
We help owners, developers, and fiduciaries pursue recovery when construction problems, failed repairs, delay, or project disputes create serious financial exposure.
Contingency representation. No fee unless we recover money for you.
Common Construction Pressure Points
Delay / Disruption
Project slippage, sequencing failures, stalled repairs, and downtime that affect financing, occupancy, or revenue.
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Change Orders / Payment Disputes
Unapproved extras, disputed balances, and payment demands that need to be measured against the owner’s damages.
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Our Approach
We Tie the Project Problem to the Recovery Strategy.
Construction disputes become serious when the owner is carrying cost, timing, repair, and business consequences while responsibility remains contested.
- Identify the defect, delay, and responsibility story
- Preserve contract rights, notices, consultant proof, and expert record
- Connect repair scope to cost, timing, and project economics
- Evaluate insurance, contractor, consultant, and owner-side recovery paths
- Advance negotiation, arbitration, or litigation strategy with recovery in mind
Why It Matters
Defect
Physical condition and responsibility
Delay
Schedule, occupancy, and revenue pressure
Recovery
The owner-side financial objective
Contingency Representation
Aligned with recovery — not hourly billing.
When a property loss is already expensive, hourly legal spend can become another pressure point. Burnside Property & Project Claims handles accepted matters on a contingency basis. In plain terms, there is no fee unless we recover money for you.
No fee unless we recover money for you.
The fee is tied to recovery.
Built for serious disputes where the amount at stake justifies legal pressure.
Owners can pursue recovery without adding traditional hourly litigation spend to an already expensive problem.
Accepted matters receive focused recovery strategy, documentation review, and dispute presentation.
What We Review
We Review the Project, the Contract, and the Money.
The legal claim only works if the construction record and the project economics are built together.
Contracts & Change Orders
We review the contract structure, payment record, notice issues, and disputed extras.
Defect & Repair Scope
We connect physical problems to repair strategy, cost, responsibility, and proof.
Delay & Disruption
We evaluate schedule impact, sequencing, mitigation, occupancy, and owner-side consequences.
Consultant Responsibility
We review architect, engineer, construction manager, and design-professional involvement.
Insurance Overlap
We look for builder’s risk, property insurance, and contractor coverage issues that affect recovery.
Economic Impact
We tie the dispute to repair cost, rent loss, financing pressure, sale timing, and owner capital.
Representative Results
Construction disputes with asset-level consequences.
Representative matters only. Every case depends on its own facts, evidence, timing, coverage, contracts, and applicable law. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
$7M
Multifamily project dispute
Defective work, delay, change orders, and lost rental income on a Washington County project.
$6M
Structural failure dispute
Foundation reconstruction, stabilization, building lift, collateral repairs, and rent-loss issues.
Focused
Owner-side recovery strategy
For disputes where repair, delay, responsibility, and asset economics move together.
Next Step
Do not let the other side’s number become the baseline.
Send a short summary before repair decisions, claim positions, or project deadlines narrow your options.
Contingency representation. No fee unless we recover money for you.
Burnside Property & Project Claims is part of Burnside Law Firm. Representative matters are not guarantees. Accepted matters only.