Construction Law Letter - PDF

Harvey J. Kirsh is a recognized authority in construction law, and was the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association's Awards of Excellence in both Alternative Dispute Resolution (2015) and Construction and Infrastructure Law (2018). He was certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a “Specialist in Construction Law”, and, designated as a Chartered Arbitrator by the ADR Institute of Canada, has more than 45 years of experience in the arbitration, mediation and litigation of complex construction claims and disputes arising out of significant infrastructure, public-private partnership (P3), transportation, energy, resource, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential projects, both domestically and internationally. Harvey was the First President, a Founding Fellow and a Governor of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and is currently an Emeritus Fellow; is an Emeritus Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers; and is a Retired Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.

Harvey has authored numerous books and articles and has chaired many conferences and seminars in Canada and the United States on various aspects of construction law and alternative dispute resolution. He is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Construction Law Reports (published by Carswell), the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Kirsh’s Construction Lien Case Finder (published by LexisNexis), and the Founding Editor of the Construction Law Letter (published by LexisNexis). He has also been an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where he created and taught a course entitled "From Blueprints to Buildings: Legal Issues in the Construction Industry".

Howard Krupat is a Partner at DLA Piper. His practice is focussed exclusively on construction and infrastructure law and encompasses all sectors of that industry. He has extensive experience as lead counsel on complex construction disputes involving major infrastructure projects. He also routinely provides strategic project and contract administration advice with the objective of achieving the early resolution of disputes.

Howard represents a broad range of clients including public and private owners, participants in Public-Private Partnership projects, general contractors, lenders, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals. Howard’s dispute resolution practice entails the negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation of claims relating to all facets of construction law including contract disputes, tendering, delay, professional negligence, surety bonds and construction liens and trusts. Howard also routinely advises clients on the preparation and structuring of construction and project agreements.

Paul Sandori was a Senior Consultant with Revay and Associates Limited, Construction Consultants, and a Founding Editor of the Construction Law Letter. Paul practised architecture in Europe and Canada for more than 25 years. He authored a book on structural mechanics, as well as articles and papers on technical construction issues, and is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.