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Darold Pieper has provided primary legal counsel on public construction projects valued at over $1 billion including, among others:
Beverly Hills Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant
Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District Regional Headquarters
Hawthorne Police Headquarters
Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line
Los Angeles Unified School District Belmont High School Recovery Project
Palos Verdes Library District Library Renovation
Pasadena City Hall Seismic Retrofit
Pasadena Convention Center Expansion
Vista Civic Center
Vista Fire Stations 5 & 6
Vista Moonlight Amphitheater
Vista Sports Park
He has also assisted in construction project dispute resolution for many public agencies, including:
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
City of Agoura Hills
City of Barstow
City of Beverly Hills
City of Buena Park
City of Carson
City of Mill Valley
City of Norwalk
City of Rancho Cucamonga
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
City of Temecula
Foothill Transit
Darold recently represented the City of Pasadena in the renovation of
its historic City Hall and continues to represent the city in the
expansion of its convention center. From 1984 through 1993 he was
Special Counsel to the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
(now the Los Angeles County MTA) and oversaw all legal matters relating
to the successful development, construction and completion of the Metro
Blue Line rail transit project between downtown Los Angeles and Long
Beach. He negotiated and purchased the rights-of-way for the Metro Blue
Line from Southern Pacific Transportation Company and was in charge of
the two major construction accident investigations involving the
Commission's projects: the collapse of a Metro Blue Line bridge span
and falsework over Firestone Boulevard and the noted Metro Red Line
tunnel fire under the Hollywood Freeway. He has also advised on issues
concerning the Metro Green Line and the Metro Gold Line.
As a member of the League of California Citys Transportation,
Communication and Public Works Policy Committee since 1995, he actively
assists California cities in formulating their policies on public works
matters. He has lectured at the annual Public Works Officers Institute
since 1999 on developments in the California laws affecting public
works. He was also the original co-author of the public works chapter
of the California Municipal Law Handbook published by the City
Attorneys Department of the League of California Cities.
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