Examples include substantial claims by general contractors and subcontractors at the Madigan Army Hospital in Seattle, Washington; the McKinley Climatic Test Chamber at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; the McWilliams Power Station Project in Gantt, Alabama; the Renovation of the U.S Federal Courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama; the Edwin Zorinsky Federal Building in Omaha, Nebraska; the U.S. Federal Courthouse in El Paso, Texas; the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico; the Kinston Regional Water Reclamation Facility in Kinston, North Carolina, and the Shelby County Water Treatment Plant in Shelby County, Alabama.Check back soon as we continue to roll out new features and information.Construction | Government Contracts | International and Cross Border | International Construction Contract Negotiation, Administration, Dispute Avoidance, and ResolutionWe've completely redesigned it so that it's easier to navigate, more functional, mobile-compatible, andif we say so ourselvesa lot better looking. Jim Archibald has been a construction lawyer with the firm for almost 22 years, serving as the Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Construction and Procurement Practice Group from 2009 to 2014, when he was elected to serve on the Firm’s Managing Board.Jim also advises owners and design builders on heavy industrial projects, and has handled multi-million-dollar performance disputes and defaults arising out of these projects.
James A. Rives Montgomery, Alabama Member Jim Rives is a partner in the Montgomery office. James F. Archibald III is an attorney in Birmingham, Alabama specializing in Arbitration, Construction Disputes, Construction Law, Contract Review and Negotiation, Contractors, and Litigation - Construction.
He has extensive experience prosecuting and defending differing site conditions, extra work, delay, acceleration, impact, and inefficiency claims on private and public jobs. Jim Archibald. Expertise. Aspects of this dispute were litigated in Federal Court in Detroit, Michigan, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit, Michigan. Partner. For example, he represented the EPC Contractor for the Blue Water Fiber Waste Water Treatment Plant in Port Huron, Michigan against claims by the owner and the bondholders who financed the project that the Plant failed to meet performance guarantees.Finally, he represented the contractor in performance disputes arising out of a Natural Gas Expander Plant in Philadelphia, defending against claims that the Plant failed to meet certain performance guarantees.Aspects of this dispute were litigated in Federal Court in Detroit, Michigan, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit, Michigan. Many of these claims have exceeded $10 million, and have included claims by the general contractor and pass-through claims by numerous subcontractors.Professional & Community Activities: