In the past years, the construction industry in Puerto Rico has grown at the highest rate in recent history. While understandingly public construction projects have continued to lead the way in total dollars, private construction is experiencing what can only be described as an explosion in total growth. And the future looks brighter still…

Nevertheless, the billions and billions of dollars spent and earned in this industry has led, in turn, to unprecedented tensions between Owners and Contractors, Contractors and Subcontractors, and often drawing Architects, Engineers, and Sureties into the fray. With the genuine increase in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, the tendency has been that none of the parties emerges completely satisfied from the process, for lack of experienced, timely and affordable counsel.

It is understood that construction projects in Puerto Rico, or anywhere else for that matter, are often sophisticated undertakings involving many parties with often opposing interests and goals. Coupled with uncontrollable and often unforeseen jobsite variables such as weather, availability of labor and materials, accidents, and so on, construction projects of any size and complexity are often breeding grounds for disputes. When a dispute arises, parties are best served by counsel who not only understands construction law and construction itself, but the practical bottom-line, real-world realities of the competitive construction business.

Since the construction industry functions in a landscape of complex regulatory, contractual and business operations issues, it's important to have a knowledgeable and dedicated resource early on. The CANDELARIO HERNANDEZ & ASSOCIATES 's Construction Practice Group or CV/CPG partners with clients upfront to anticipate problems, reduce risk, and set the foundation for successful projects and strategic growth. In the end, this proactive process saves the client time and money.

The CV/CPG is managed by its partner and is assisted by a group of engineers, architects, accountants and financial experts with a wide range of relevant skills. The group is committed to counsel and advice clients from the beginning of business deals and projects, to its successful completion and beyond. We partner with the client to ask the right questions, remove barriers, foresee issues and facilitate timely and efficient project completion; at the most competitive rates in the business.

CANDELARIO HERNANDEZ & ASSOCIATES 

^{attorneys and counselors at law}

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE GROUP 

CANDELARIO HERNANDEZ & ASSOCIATES P.S.C.’s Environmental and Land Use Practice CV/ELUP offers a proactive approach to environmental law, offering preventive counseling and management of environmental permit processes. The CV/ELUP offers the resources to handle a wide variety of large and complex environmental matters.

In addition, our attorneys help developers, municipalities, private citizens and public agencies navigate the complexities of local zoning, land use control laws and ordinances involving special use permits, site plan and subdivision approval, variance applications, “non-conforming use” determinations and requests for interpretations of zoning laws.