GlobeSt.com: In your book, you state that lawyerscan be part of the process of making construction jobs moreefficient. What role do lawyers play?
LePatner: Lawyers should approach this as much asthe owner's business adviser as legal adviser. We pay closeattention at the outset of every project to a client's businessobjects, and we tailor the approach to structuring contracts basedon those objectives. We don't use form agreements. We do not acceptthe construction and design industry's statements that this is theway business has always been done and always will be.
Clients often come to us who in the past have experiencedterrible problems with cost overruns. And we help them change thatexperience and make sure their new projects do not have costoverruns.
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