Vanessa S. Werden 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 delivery. She has guided clients through referee processes and interim dispute resolution, as well as post-project mediation and arbitration. Her experience includes municipal wastewater and stadium construction litigation and the arbitration of delay, extra work and deficiency claims following the construction of hydroelectric power facilities, telecommunications infrastructure, and commercial developments. Vanessa also has significant experience in the complex area of surety bonds, having successfully advanced claims on both labour and material payment bonds and performance bonds, achieving significant payments from sureties to her clients.
