Construction Lawyers Darwin

About Construction Lawyers Darwin

Construction Lawyers Darwin are the Darwin branch of Baker Merz Construction Lawyers, an expert Legal, Engineering, Project Management and Construction Claims firm that provides commercial management support to clients participated in projects across the Infrastructure, Building, Rail and Bus transportation, Telecommunications, Renewable Energy, Mining and Oil and Gas industries.

We use dual-qualified engineers-lawyers with first-hand project experience that have likely handled a matter on their projects in similar scenarios to what brought you to this website.

Our offering consists of Contract testimonial and formation services, strategy and administration, Planning, Scheduling, EoT, Prolongation, Disruption and Acceleration Claims, Payment Claims and Schedules - Adjudication Applications & Responses, Dispute management: Expert determination, arbitration and litigation

Why engage Law office that requires to be assisted by a "group of experts" when you have access to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects prior to entering the law.

We can help you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering expertise and on-site construction experience permits us to interpret, analyse and provide contract referrals throughout different areas such as rights, liabilities, duties, and scope under Australian Standard Contracts (AS4000 and AS2124 Series), Australian Building Industry Contracts (ABIC), Master Builders Association (MBA), NT Security of Payments Act compliance along with FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.

We provide pre-contract audits to identify standard conditions and recommend amendments that transfer or re-assign high or unneeded risks.

A well-written contract minimises risks. Prior to you authorize any kind of arrangement, we will certainly see to it that it is in your best interests which you understand your exposure.

BIFA, QBCC Adjudication Dispute Management, NT Adjudication and Dispute Management, We conduct a comprehensive contract analysis identifying the crucial terms in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to establish the cause, result and merit of any type of claim.

Our written claims contain plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Prior to we refer the matter to adjudication, we will also establish the requirement for affidavits and expert records to make certain that claims have the ability to withstand any kind of scrutiny. We are skilled acting for our clients in formal and casual dispute process, and regularly short counsels and barristers. We will assist you via the legal process, and work in the direction of a resolution of your dispute in the shortest possible time.

Delay, Disruption, Acceleration Critical Path Delay Analysis, We offer internal planning and scheduling services. When delays do happen, we analyse the standard schedule and development updates to develop prospective and retrospective windows and time-impact analysis. We establish delays, simultaneous delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and productivity prices using earned values or measured mile methods to determine the exact quantum of disruption claims. Our claim documents existing delay and disruption information in particularised and auditable layout.

We also prepare acceleration claims, evaluate merit, quantum and entitlement to an EoT claim and provide Third Party Independent Reports to assist our clients understand the staminas and weakness of their position. Contract Management and Financial Recovery. It prevails understanding that the root causes of troubled projects plagued by delays and cost overruns tend to be centred in insufficient project planning, inadequate schedule tracking and bad contract and financial control.

We combine our legal, engineering, planning and quantity surveying abilities to help our clients devise all-encompassing project development procurement and having strategies to significantly de-risk any type of project. We commonly manage the resolution of claims independently. This frees up the hands and allows the Contracts Management and Construction Teams to concentrate on their main objective of delivering the project. The benefits of this approach is a positive cashflow from the start and lower overall project administration expenditure. Every one of our lawyers are construction experts in their own right, no time at all is lost in understanding the issues impacting cost schedule or scope issues internally with the Project Group and connecting them to the Client.

Project Development Strategies International Experience. We help developers identify appropriate companions that result in teaming agreements and the setting up of effective joint ventures. We prepared winning proposals developing economic instances required by Financial Institutions that allowed our clients to obtain money for their projects in Australia and Overseas and helped with project structuring begining from early Desktop studies to PFS, FS helping select the right sort of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, etc).

We after that help run the ECI phase (if called for), acquire planning and authority authorizations and prepare the required Teaming Arrangements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, consisting of head contracts, subcontracts, consulting contracts and vendor arrangements. We also help with contract evaluations, consisting of preparing tender credentials, bargaining final contracts and drafting any called for modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a path of problems, some deep underground where they are difficult to correct. We provide technical and legal advise on the therapy of rectifiable and un-rectifiable defects, insurance, owner or contractor self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted on significant insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the varied abilities called for to cover all elements of insurance recommendations and insurance claims management.

Our proficiency includes policy interpretation and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery activity and representing clients in front of insurance firms.

Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of expert procurement and contract administration sources to specialists during the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for purchase of long-lead products, fabrication and modularization, transport and installment.

Identify counterclaims and apply liquidated problems. Insurance claims for layout liability, efficiency listed below specification, incomplete jobs and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow up in the adjudication process.