About Norm
For nearly three decades, Norm has been a leader in British Columbia’s construction industry. During this time, Norm has been engaged in many of the largest construction projects undertaken in Western Canada and has helped resolve many of the industry’s most complex disputes.Norm practiced construction, infrastructure, and engineering law for over a decade at a major Vancouver law firm where he served as Partner and Construction & Engineering Practice Group Leader. He then took an executive position in the industry, serving as President and Co-Principal of one of Western Canada’s largest construction companies with over 1,200 employees and up to 400 active construction sites across Western Canada and the U.S. He also spent time as a senior executive with an innovative, modular, sustainable building systems company with operations across Canada and the U.S., served as President of British Columbia’s largest producer of pre-cast concrete products, and currently sits on the Advisory Committee of a major North American producer of mass timber products.Norm’s industry experience provides him with a unique insight and understanding of his clients’ issues. As a result, he has established a reputation for thinking like a business partner and providing straight-forward, business-focused advice.Active in the community, Norm has served as Director and Chair of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, Director of the British Columbia Construction Association, and has contributed regular articles on construction law issues to Business in Vancouver, the Journal of Commerce, and Construction Business for over two decades.Norm co-authored the Annotated Builders Lien Act of British Columbia published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLE) and since 2000 has annually updated a chapter he co-authors in CLE’s British Columbia Builders Lien Practice Manual.
For nearly three decades, Norm has been a leader in British Columbia’s construction industry. During this time, Norm has been engaged in many of the largest construction projects undertaken in Western Canada and has helped resolve many of the industry’s most complex disputes.Norm practiced construction, infrastructure, and engineering law for over a decade at a major Vancouver law firm where he served as Partner and Construction & Engineering Practice Group Leader. He then took an executive position in the industry, serving as President and Co-Principal of one of Western Canada’s largest construction companies with over 1,200 employees and up to 400 active construction sites across Western Canada and the U.S. He also spent time as a senior executive with an innovative, modular, sustainable building systems company with operations across Canada and the U.S., served as President of British Columbia’s largest producer of pre-cast concrete products, and currently sits on the Advisory Committee of a major North American producer of mass timber products.Norm’s industry experience provides him with a unique insight and understanding of his clients’ issues. As a result, he has established a reputation for thinking like a business partner and providing straight-forward, business-focused advice.Active in the community, Norm has served as Director and Chair of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, Director of the British Columbia Construction Association, and has contributed regular articles on construction law issues to Business in Vancouver, the Journal of Commerce, and Construction Business for over two decades.Norm co-authored the Annotated Builders Lien Act of British Columbia published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLE) and since 2000 has annually updated a chapter he co-authors in CLE’s British Columbia Builders Lien Practice Manual.
For nearly three decades, Norm has been a leader in British Columbia’s construction industry. During this time, Norm has been engaged in many of the largest construction projects undertaken in Western Canada and has helped resolve many of the industry’s most complex disputes.
Norm practiced construction, infrastructure, and engineering law for over a decade at a major Vancouver law firm where he served as Partner and Construction & Engineering Practice Group Leader. He then took an executive position in the industry, serving as President and Co-Principal of one of Western Canada’s largest construction companies with over 1,200 employees and up to 400 active construction sites across Western Canada and the U.S. He also spent time as a senior executive with an innovative, modular, sustainable building systems company with operations across Canada and the U.S., served as President of British Columbia’s largest producer of pre-cast concrete products, and currently sits on the Advisory Committee of a major North American producer of mass timber products.
Norm’s industry experience provides him with a unique insight and understanding of his clients’ issues. As a result, he has established a reputation for thinking like a business partner and providing straight-forward, business-focused advice.
Active in the community, Norm has served as Director and Chair of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, Director of the British Columbia Construction Association, and has contributed regular articles on construction law issues to Business in Vancouver, the Journal of Commerce, and Construction Business for over two decades.
Norm co-authored the Annotated Builders Lien Act of British Columbia published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLE) and since 2000 has annually updated a chapter he co-authors in CLE’s British Columbia Builders Lien Practice Manual.
