Green Construction

Green Building Attorneys in New York and New Jersey

While the law firm of McLellan & Bialkowski, LLC assists scores of clients with land development, construction, and related matters, they emphasize the need for environmental responsibility in building.

At the forefront of green building, the attorneys at McLellan & Bialkowski promote sustainable design practices through their many speaking engagements, teaching positions, and involvement in the New York and New Jersey sections of the United States Green Building Counsel. Contact the firm to discuss your green building needs.

Green Building - Promoting an Efficient, Healthy, and Prosperous Future

The experienced construction lawyers of McLellan & Bialkowski offer advice and guidance to construction consultants, engineers, architects, and others involved in the development, construction, or sale of environmentally-sound green buildings. The firm provides full-service green construction legal counsel. Because green construction is a relatively new concept, it is important clients' interests are knowledgably represented. The firm evaluates risk and ensures the contract addresses important issues, such as:

Who is responsible for preparing, collecting, coordinating and compiling the documents for submission to the USGBC as a part of the LEED review process?

Who is responsible if LEED related design criteria reviewed by the designer and the contractor for constructibility and design integrity results in a construction failure?

Who is responsible for a failure to achieve a LEED certified goal?

Green building services: As with other construction projects, there are risks for those involved with building green. The law firm of McLellan & Bialkowski offers full-service legal representation, offering their knowledge and experience handling matters in the developmental stages, as well as resolving litigation matters when they arise, such as:

• counseling clients unfamiliar with high-performance building by providing insight into sustainable design criteria, and the laws mandating Green building, recycling and waste management;
• advising clients on the important considerations in the decision making process to 'Go Green";
• assisting clients with drafting and negotiating Green construction contracts which includes revising all standard form agreements to accommodate the unique character of Green projects; and
• participating in construction claims resolution by providing litigation support for claims arising out of Green projects, such as claims resulting from the failure to meet Green goals, and claims based on Green design defects and constructibility.

Green buildings offer energy-efficient light sources, reduced water usage, environmentally-friendly building materials, and many other things which improve the air quality in the building, reduce reliance upon environmentally- destructive resources, and provide cost savings to businesses and homeowners.

Consult an experienced and innovative green construction lawyer in New Jersey or New York by contacting McLellan & Bialkowski today.