From Scott Vivian, owner of Pacific Construction Management, Inc comes this interesting article

My Google alerts for construction defects yielded this great article from Scott Vivian...

by Scott Vivian

Owner
Pacific Construction Management Inc.
Riverside, Calif.

One-stop shopping for an effective defense strategy in construction defect cases: beating the lawyers at their own game.

Construction defect lawsuits are an unavoidable part of the building business. They are also a lucrative business for plaintiff's attorneys who have built up a lot of expertise and earned a lot of money in such cases. These cases can, however, pit well-funded attorneys against builders with little experience in defending themselves. Scott Vivian wanted to level the playing field a little.

The owner of construction defect litigation consulting firm Pacific Construction Management International, Vivian used his background as an expert witness in these cases to develop a rapid response and loss mitigation service for developers and subcontractors to help them limit losses, avoid errors in dealing with homeowners, take advantage of right-to-repair laws and fight back effectively in court.

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