Harry Z. “Zack” Rippeon III

• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, 2022-2026
• Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide – Rising Star, Construction Law, 2015

• Represented a design-build joint venture contractor on highway/infrastructure projects in pursuing design and engineering claims.
• Representing a state government against contractor claims on a convention center project for differing site conditions, delay, and cost overruns.
• Represent a cold storage design-build contractor on multiple projects throughout the southeast pursuing claims against subcontractors and defending claims from owners.
• Represent a general contractor in licensing and state regulatory requirements for projects throughout the U.S.
• Representing a sitework contractor on a federal remediation project in California pursuing unpaid emergency work for state conservation agency utilizing federal funding.

Government Facility Projects:

• Representing EPC design/build contractor against O&M prime contractor on federal ammunition processing facility in pursuing and defending delay claim and claims related to performance requirements.
• Representing 8(a) contractor against federal government in recovering delay and inefficiency claims on Air Force base in South Carolina.
• Represented a contractor in successfully resolving claims against federal government for design deficiencies in life-safety systems on Army bases in Georgia and California.
• Represented a contractor in successfully defending against subcontractor claims for delay and inefficiencies and wrongful termination on government sustainability center.
• Represented a contractor in successfully resolving defective design claims against federal government arising from unsuitable soils at Army Reserve Center.
• Represented a contractor in a full recovery against sitework and utility subcontractor arising from subcontractor default and termination at Army Depot in Texas.
• Successfully completed construction of a state college science and nursing facility, including development and management of CPM schedule and all owner/subcontractor matters.
• Successfully completed construction of multiple federal law enforcement training centers and firing ranges.
• Successfully completed construction of multiple K-12 facilities ranging from $2M to $60M, including development and management of CPM schedule and all owner/subcontractor matters.

Manufacturing Industry Projects:

• Represented a brewery regarding design and construction of processing systems for plant expansion in Georgia.
• Successfully completed construction of a dairy processing plant in South Carolina.
• Successfully completed construction of a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant upgrades in South Carolina.

Federal Hospital Projects:

• Represented a contractor in successfully defending against $20+ million Miller Act lawsuit relating to delay, inefficiency, and change order claims on a hospital facility for the federal government. Summary judgment was entered in favor of contractor as to subcontractor’s claims.
• Represented a contractor in recovery of scope and delay claims exceeding $200 million on a hospital replacement.
• Represented a facility for the federal government before the Board of Contract Appeals and Dispute Review Board.
• Represented a contractor in successfully resolving multiple claims for delay and scope on a federal psychiatric facility in California.
• Represented a contractor in successfully resolving multiple subcontractor claims for wrongful termination, Miller Act, and additional scope and delay.

Highway & Infrastructure Projects:

• Representing a Spanish infrastructure contractor in construction of a highway interchange project in Georgia.

General Contractor Projects:

• Successfully completed an extensive renovation and restoration of a church and chapel at HBCU in Georgia, including development and management of CPM schedule and all owner/subcontractor matters.
• Successfully completed the development and construction of an integrated parking facility and twin office towers in DC
• Successfully completed hospital replacement and new central utility plant in Fort Hood, Texas Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas
• Successfully completed a VA Medical Center, 80-Bed Psychiatric Facility, Palo Alto, California

• Is the Alternative Really Greener? CFMA Building Profits, October 2022
• Professional Liability Coverage for Design-Build Contractors – Is There Any Protection? Construction Executive, September 2022
• Organizing the Design-Build Team Design-Build, Public-Private Partnerships, and Collaboration Handbook, Third Edition, 2021

Presentations & Seminars

• Doing Business with GDOT, Presentation for the Georgia Highway Contractors Association, March 2025
• Tariffs – What’s Going On?, Presentation for the Peer Advisory Board, March 2025
• Project Management Contract Training, Presentations for Various Groups, 2022-2025
• Scheduling 101, Associate Training, November 2023
• The Price is Still Wrong: What the Construction Industry is Really Doing About Supply Chain Issues, Webinar, April 2023
• Why are you Sinking Costs in Bad Project Documentation?  How to Turn a Game of Chance into a Litigation Budgeting Dream Come True,” AGC/CFMA National Conference, November 2022
• Ensuring Adequate Liability Protection from Design Professionals, Atlanta, August 2022
• Legal Trends Impacting the Construction Industry's Bottom Line, Webinar, November 2020
• Understanding and Drafting Construction Subcontracts (Claims, Dispute Resolution and Termination), Presentation in San Francisco, November 2019
• Legal Trends Impacting the Construction Industry’s Bottom Line, Las Vegas, October 2019
• Understanding and Drafting Construction Subcontracts, San Francisco, September 2019
• Contracts, Claims, and Dispute Resolution, Atlanta, August 2019