Elliot Adam Smith

Elliot is one of Canada’s leading front-end projects lawyers, advising clients on all aspects of construction and infrastructure projects, including project development, structuring, procurement, contract negotiation and administration. Elliot’s practice has a strong emphasis on the development and execution of mission-critical projects.

He regularly advises clients on all areas of construction law, including project delivery models; procurement; contract terms and conditions; lien holdback; prompt payment and other legislative obligations; design and consulting contracts; major equipment supply agreements for all types of industrial equipment; and O&M and long-term services agreements. Elliot is also a professional engineer.

Elliot is the author of The Canadian Construction Contracts Guidebook , the leading Canadian text on construction contracts. The second edition of the book was published in 2025.

The consultation period is now open for British Columbia’s Construction Prompt Payment Act.

Amendments include modifications to the provisions on prompt payment, adjudication and the payment of holdback.

Osler’s Construction and Infrastructure team discusses project delivery, as well as claims and adjudication strategies.