Lexington, KY - With 36 years of experience in construction law, Buckner Hinkle knows that when there are disputes in a large building project, things can get messy very quickly.
Some of the most important work a building contractor or subcontractor does happens before they start working on-site.
"The best thing I can do is help them on the front end," said Buckner Hinkle, who grew up in the road construction business and has more than 36 year of experience in construction law. "Because construction disputes can get really messy."
A dispute or the inability to live up to a contract will make hard times in the construction industry even tougher for everybody involved.
"If things don't go well, everybody gets burned," said Hinkle, who works in the law offices of Stites & Harbison in Lexington. And the bigger the project, the more important that becomes.
All that front-end work is necessary for the other parties involved as well. For project developers taking bids on construction work, that means considering the track record of: