Construction Litigation: Delays, Claims and Damages

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Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Corporate & Securities, Environmental Law, Insurance, Litigation, Other, Paralegal, Real Estate

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Large-scale construction projects involve stakeholders, including the general contractor, architects, engineers, and subcontractors. One participant's actions can significantly impact the others, often leading to claims for project delays. Whether you're new to construction law or an experienced practitioner, this course offers valuable insights for all.

This course addresses key issues related to delay claims, such as critical path, float, concurrency, and damage calculations. It also explores the intersection of essential delays of path and concurrent delays, along with their potential impacts.

This program is designed for attorneys at all experience levels, this program provides a comprehensive overview of construction litigation related to delays, claims, and damages.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Analyze the critical path of a construction schedule and how the delay is calculated.
  2. Investigate the issues of concurrency and how that may impact compensability.
  3. Evaluate how delay damages are calculated and other related damages that may be included.


Production Date: 8/27/2025 | Closed captioning (CC) available

About the Presenters

William “Casey” Vaughn, Esq.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP

Practice Area: Litigation (+ 1 other areas)

Casey Vaughn is an experienced construction attorney who represents contractors, owners, developers, and design professionals in a variety of disputes and construction related matters.  His experience includes representing an international airport authority in preparing and negotiating contract documents for capital improvement projects with an estimated value in excess of $500 million; negotiating contract documents for multiple design-build highway projects with project values in excess of $300 million; representing owners, contractors, and subcontractors in a variety of multiple-party construction disputes involving construction defect claims and delay and disruption claims; defending an engineering, procurement and construction joint venture against allegations of fraud ...

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Andrew Atkins, Esq.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP

Practice Area: Litigation (+ 4 other areas)

Andrew Atkins is a seasoned construction attorney with significant experience in litigation and contracting and is Co-Chair of Smith Anderson’s Construction Group. He regularly represents owners, contractors and developers in multi-party disputes involving public and private commercial projects. He is also regularly involved in other commercial, contract, and business-related disputes. Andrew has represented clients in some of the largest construction disputes in North Carolina including multi-million dollar claims related to the construction of state-owned psychiatric hospitals, a light rail system, and public highways.He regularly counsels clients on risk management issues and claim development during construction. Andrew has significant experience in ...

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