David Curtis is a litigation and dispute resolution Partner in the Vancouver office. His practice is focused exclusively on the construction industry. David is a Fellow with the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and is recognized as a leading construction lawyer by various ranking agencies.
David has extensive experience acting for construction owners, design-builders, general contractors, subcontractors, insurers and designers. He has advised clients on numerous types of projects in various industries including high rise residential, public infrastructure, energy and mining, hospitals, dams, transmission lines, water treatment facilities and pipelines. He provides advice on all ends of the construction spectrum, from helping clients with tendering disputes, to resolving disputes during construction, to post-construction litigation and arbitration. He has experience litigating cases in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, and extensive mediation and arbitration experience.
David has lectured and written extensively on various topics related to construction law. He is currently an adjunct professor with the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, and co-teaches construction law every fall.Expertise in construction matters
Clients seek David's advice on:
- construction contract management
- construction contract disputes
- delay and disruption claims
- change order disputes
- site condition claims
- tendering disputes
- bond and insurance coverage claims
- builders liens
- building defect, warranty and insurance claims
- construction related tort claims
David's experience includes:
- Counsel to Teck Coal limited in an arbitration involving significant claims and counterclaimsrelated to a water treatment facility in south-eastern British Columbia
- Counsel to the design-builder of the Broadway Subway Project
- Counsel to the project owner of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project regarding lien matters
- Counsel to Travelers Insurance Company of Canada in over 60 multi-party construction defect litigation cases in the Supreme Court of British Columbia
- Counsel to a Contractor in a change order dispute with respect to the Seymour-Capilano twin tunnel project
- Counsel to Thompson Creek Metals and Terrane Metals Corp. in disputes over the construction of the Mount Milligan Mine
- Counsel to Capital Regional Health District in respect of geotechnical claims
- Counsel to Vancouver International Airport Authority in a tendering dispute
- Counsel to a major utility company in a confidential arbitration relating to the construction of a transmission powerline
- Counsel to various clients in respect of tendering, requests for proposals, and tendering disputes and evaluation issues
