CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS
SJ Construction Consulting, LLC (SJCC) represents both owners and contractors.
We have been involved in many claims concerning matters of scope creep, design errors/omissions, extended performance, corporate office overhead, and production inefficiencies caused by overtime, acceleration, and cumulative impact.
We assist in any way possible in the dispute resolution process from time impact analysis to quantum calculation. Our goal is to prevent litigation if at all possible for our clients which is why we encourage our clients to contact us as soon as possible.
Some claims SJCC has been involved in include:
| Location | Public/Private | Our Client | Opposing | Project Value | Matter | Discipline |
| HI | Public | City | Very Large Contractor | $40,000,000 | Delay and extended performance due to subsurface changed conditions | Sewer line installation (open cut and bore) |
| HI | Private | Hospital | Very Large Contractor | $55,000,000 | Delay, extended performance, and labor inefficiencies due to poor design | Hospital |
| CA | Private | Developer | Medium Contractor | $8,000,000 | Delay due to contract dispute | Apartment complex site package |
| CA | Private | Subcontractor | Very Large Contractor | $90,000,000 | Constructive acceleration due to unrelated supplier’s failure impacting the schedule | 30-story residential condo building |
| HI | Private | Subcontractor | Very Large Contractor | $48,000,000 | Changed soil conditions resulted in additional excavation and haul off | 30-story residential assisted living condo building |
| CA | Public | General Contractor | Federal Government | $23,000,000 | Delay and cost overrun; abnormal groundwater levels delayed work into next construction season | Highway and bridge |
| NC | Public | General Contractor | Federal Government | $5,000,000 | Delay due to owner’s failure to timely respond to submittals | Airport |
| HI | Public | General Contractor | County | $4,500,000 | Owner’s redesign delayed project start resulting in inefficiencies and extended performance | Water line installation (open cut) |
| HI | Private | General Contractor | Developer | $100,000,000 | Labor inefficiencies due to constructive acceleration | Luxury hotel |
| Guam | Public | Owner | Contractor | $120,000,000 | Delays and various impacts due to Designer response time and errors/omission | Airport |
| WA | Public | Contractor | City | $22,000,000 | Delay due to third party utility untimely assistance | Highway and bridge |
| HI | Public | Contractor | Large Contractor for Federal Project | $60,000,000 | Contractor’s poor performance over-penalized by General Contractor | Military housing |
| CA | Public | Very Large Contractor | Designer | $1.3 billion | Designer’s poor performance impacted schedule and cost | Mass Transit |
| WA | Public | Small Contractor | Public Utility | $2,000,000 | Pre-bid traffic control agreement reneged upon during construction of the project costing time and money | Water line installation |
| HI | Public | Medium Contractor | City | $76,000,000 | Spearin Doctrine claim costing contractor time and extended performance | Sewage pump station |
| WA | Public | Medium Contractor | City | $13,000,000 | Unknown Artesian water condition cause cofferdam blow out resulting in pump station redesign | Sewage pump station |