Practice Area Details

Construction Law

Every decision on a construction project can have legal consequences. Dean & Fulkerson’s construction law practice provides legal services for clients engaged in commercial, industrial and residential building projects.

Firm attorneys represent clients in matters relating to, and arising out of or in connection with, building projects.  The firm’s clients are owners, developers of commercial, industrial and residential real estate, investors, lenders, architects, engineers, contractors and subcontractors.

Dean & Fulkerson’s Construction Law Group provides the following legal services to the building industry:

• Purchase, sale, zoning, land use and development of commercial, industrial and residential properties
• Actions on Bonds (public projects)
• Contract Negotiations
• Building Trust Fund Claims/Defenses
• Brownfield Redevelopment
• Breach of Contract Claims/Defenses
• Construction Lien Actions
• Environmental Law
• Removal and Disposal of Contaminated and Unsuitable Soils
• Defense of OSHA Citations and Suits
• Defense to Utility Claims for Damage to Underground Facilities
• Litigation/Arbitration of all Construction Disputes

Dean & Fulkerson is an associate member of the Building Industry Association of Southeastern Michigan (BIA).