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Historically, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP has maintained a strong reputation of service to the construction industry. In addition to providing counsel to a number of owners, design professionals and construction companies, we have served as counsel to several contractor associations, including the Mechanical Contractors Association and SMACNA of Western Pennsylvania, Inc., the Ironworkers Employers Association of Western Pennsylvania, the Boiler Maker Employers Association of Western Pennsylvania, and the Insulation Contractors Association of Pittsburgh.
Our representation of construction industry clients is both diversified and specialized. We have represented clients involved on projects for the construction of a major airport, a subway, a bridge, power plants, steel mills, manufacturing plants, sewage treatment plants and collection systems, various other commercial and industrial projects, hospitals and other medical facilities, schools, office buildings, warehouses, apartment buildings and public housing.
Moreover, our representation of clients has reached beyond major projects in Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania to other parts of Pennsylvania and to other states including New Jersey, New York, Ohio, West Virginia, Louisiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Alabama and Nevada. On an international basis, we have negotiated various industrial and commercial contracts, and we obtained a substantial recovery on claims we litigated on behalf of a Western Pennsylvania contractor in the United States-Iranian Tribunal in the Netherlands.
The services that Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP provides to those in the construction industry include:
- All aspects of construction law and construction litigation including:
- Bid protests;
- Review and negotiation of construction contracts and construction contract documents;
- Arbitration and litigation of construction claims;
- Change orders;
- Delay claims;
- Acceleration claims;
- Inefficiency and loss productivity claims;
- Home office overhead claims;
- Job site overhead claims;
- Differing site condition claims;
- Defective specifications claims;
- Construction bonds;
- Construction workouts;
- Federal and state government construction contracting;
- Mechanic's liens;
- All aspects of labor relations, employment law and employee benefits, as provided by the Firm's Employment Law & Employee Benefits Group and Employment Litigation Group, including:
- Strike and picketing issues;
- Jurisdictional disputes;
- Hiring hall issues, including alleged race or union-membership discrimination, Pittsburgh Plan and other affirmative action issues;
- Davis-Bacon and Prevailing Wage Act matters;
- Wage and hour audit matters;
- OSHA citations;
- Issues concerning multi-employer pension and welfare benefit plans;
- Issues arising under national agreements and/or maintenance contracts;
- OFCCP audits and investigations;
- Drug and alcohol testing;
- Matters involving alleged discrimination based on race, sex and handicap; and
- Representation in state and federal courts, and before the NLRB, EEOC, OSHA, DOL, OFCCP, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, and other agencies.
- Business and corporate formation, meeting minutes and resolution drafting, employment contract preparation, business purchases and sales, and other business structuring and planning services, as provided by the Firm's Business Transactions & Planning Group.
- Real estate acquisition and development, residential and commercial lending and loan preparation, title work, zoning issues and other commercial and residential real estate services, as provided by the Firm's Real Estate & Banking Group.
- Workouts, loan restructuring and all aspects of bankruptcy practice and litigation, as provided by the Firm's Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Group.
- Tax advice and personal estate planning, as provided by the Firm's Tax & Estate Planning Group.
- Counsel and representation regarding coverage issues and disputes under various insurance policies including commercial general liability insurance and errors and omissions insurance, as provided by the Firm's Insurance Coverage Litigation Group.
- Representation and counsel in cases involving the entire spectrum of tort claims, including products liability, toxic torts, errors and omissions, premises liability and general liability matters, as provided by the Firm's Tort Defense Group.
- Representation of injured employees with respect to their claims against third-party tortfeasors, as provided by the Firm's Personal Injury Litigation Group, in order to minimize workers' compensation costs.
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