Kevin F. Peartree

Kevin F. Peartree, Partner, represents clients in all areas relating to the construction industry, contract law and suretyship.  He handles construction litigation, counseling and contract negotiation for contractors, design-builders, construction managers, specialty contractors and sureties.Mr. Peartree has been very active in the Associated General Contractors of America (“AGC”) and has served as outside counsel for the Contract Documents Committee.  He was a principal participant in the drafting of the new ConsensusDOCS standard form contract documents published in 2007 by a group more than 20 construction industry-related associations.  He was one of the principal drafters of ConsensusDOCS 300, Standard Form of Tri-Party Agreement for Collaborative Project Delivery, an agreement signed by owner, designer and constructor promoting the integration of efforts and lean construction principles.  Mr. Peartree was involved in the drafting of the 1999 edition of the AGC design-build standard form contract documents as well as the revision and drafting of the AGC’s standard form owner-contractor agreements, joint venture agreement, owner’s representative agreement and various other administrative forms.Mr. Peartree is the editor of the ConsensusDocs Contract Documents Handbook published in 2012 by Aspen Publishing with annual updates, for which he contributed several chapters.  Previously, Mr. Peartree co-edited the AGC Contract Documents published in 2003 by Aspen Publishing.  He has written for and given presentations around the country on the topics of risk management, contract documents, ConsensusDOCS, the AIA contracts, project delivery systems, design-build, insurance, surety topics, and the New York Lien Law.  He has spoken before a number of industry groups including the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, the International Risk Management Institute, The Associated General Contractors of America, the Design-Build Institute of America, the Construction Super Conference, and the Construction Specifications Institute.