Professional Background

Tim Sportschuetz is an Associate in our Construction and Infrastructure Group. His practice focuses on construction law and builders liens, and he has acted for owners, developers, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers during various stages of project development and execution.

He drafts and advises on the negotiation of construction contracts, including Canadian Construction Documents Committee (“CCDC”) and Canadian Construction Association (“CCA”) standard form contracts and supplementary conditions.

Tim acts for various construction industry participants during negotiation, mediation and litigation, and he advises on strategic dispute management prior to the commencement of costly legal proceedings. Tim has appeared before the Provincial and Supreme Courts of British Columbia.

Prior to his legal career, Tim was the Chief Operating Officer of a contractor specializing in earthworks and civil infrastructure, overseeing projects that involved the removal and replacement of municipal and private sanitary, water, and storm systems. His on-site experience provides him with an understanding of the operational and financial aspects of heavy equipment and construction projects, ranging from procurement and costing matters, to out-of-scope work, as well as payment bond, performance bond, and lien bond matters.

Tim also consulted for a leading British Columbia rock and slope stabilization and directional drilling contractor.

He is fluent in German.

Education

  • Called to the Bar of British Columbia, 2018
  • Juris Doctorate, Business Law Concentration, Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, 2017
  • Dual Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude), Accounting/Finance and Real Estate, Florida State University, School of Business, 2009

Memberships

  • Executive Member, Canadian Bar Association, Construction Law Subsection
  • Member, Law Society of British Columbia
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association, Real Estate and Young Lawyers Subsections
  • Member, Southern Interior Construction Association
  • Member, Vancouver Regional Construction Association
  • Member, Advocates’ Society

Publications

  • BC Ferry Agreement – Achieving finality for parties who want out, September 6, 2018
  • The Impacts of Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on Construction Industry Participants, September 4, 2018

Presentations

  • Recently implemented steel and aluminum tariffs and their potential claimable cost impacts with specific reference to CCA and CCDC standard-form agreements provisions, CBA Construction Law Subsection, October 19, 2018

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