Daniel T. Brailsford Receives Honorary Lifetime Member Award from the Mechanical Contractors Association of SC

February 20, 2015

COLUMBIA, SC – Robinson McFadden announced that attorney, Daniel T. Brailsford, has received an Honorary Lifetime Member Award from the Mechanical Contractors Association of South Carolina for his many years of service to the organization as general counsel.

Dan became interested in the construction industry early in his career, and became general counsel to the Mechanical Contractors Association of South Carolina. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Dan served as a lobbyist for a consortium of construction specialty trade associations and wrote a great deal of legislation affecting the payment rights of subcontractors and suppliers. Payment litigation on behalf of trade contractors plays a dominant role in his current practice.

In addition to the two related practice areas of construction law and procurement, Mr. Brailsford is also active in alternative dispute resolution. After having served as an AAA arbitration panelist for fifteen years, he attended mediation training at the Duke University Private Adjudication Center in 1995. Mr. Brailsford has since been active as a mediator in civil cases, primarily construction disputes. He founded and serves as president of Construction Resolution Affiliates (CRA), an informal association of construction law neutrals in the Carolinas and Georgia.

The Mechanical Contractors Association of South Carolina has represented Mechanical Contractors & Suppliers in the Construction Industry since 1912. The Mechanical Contractors Association of South Carolina (MCASC) is the leading construction contractor association in South Carolina for specialty contractors and suppliers in the electrical contractor, mechanical (HVAC) contractor, and plumbing contractor fields. The Mechanical Contractors Association of South Carolina (MCASC) serves its membership, the mechanical trade subcontractor industry and the community to enhance the future of the construction industry in South Carolina.

Dan Brailsford can be reached directly at 803.227.1107 or [email protected].

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