Vanessa S. Werden is an experienced construction lawyer that advises construction and infrastructure project participants during all phases of project procurement, contracting, and construction. Vanessa has experience reviewing and negotiating all forms of standard contracts, including CCDC contracts and supplementary conditions specific to various methods of project deliver. She has also guided clients through referee processes and interim dispute resolution. Vanessa regularly acts as counsel at mediations and arbitrations. Vanessa’s experience includes the arbitration of delay, extra work and deficiency claims following the construction of hydroelectric power facilities, telecommunications infrastructure, and stadium construction litigation. Proficient at managing lengthy and complex documentation, she incorporates the most current technology to maximize efficiency in the handling of construction disputes, which are inherently document intensive. Vanessa has significant experience in the complex area of surety bonds. In the past five years, Vanessa has successfully advanced claims on both labour and material payment bonds and performance bonds, achieving significant payments from sureties to her clients. Vanessa has successfully advanced claims by general contractors on performance bonds as a result of subcontractor defaults on municipal infrastructure.
