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 engaged in projects throughout the Infrastructure, Building, Rail and Bus transportation, Telecommunications, Renewable Energy, Mining and Oil and Gas industries.
We employ dual-qualified engineers-lawyers with first-hand project experience that have likely handled an issue on their projects in similar scenarios to what brought you to this website.
Our offering includes Contract review and development 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 accessibility to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects prior to entering into the law.
We can assist you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering expertise and on-site construction experience allows us to interpret, analyse and provide contract referrals throughout various 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 conformity as well as FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.
We provide pre-contract audits to identify standard terms and conditions and recommend modifications that transfer or re-assign high or unnecessary risks.
A well-written contract reduces risks. Before you sign any type of agreement, we will certainly make certain that it is in your best interests which you understand your direct exposure.
BIFA, QBCC Adjudication Dispute Management, NT Adjudication and Dispute Management, We conduct a complete contract analysis identifying the vital conditions in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to determine the cause, impact and merit of any type of claim.
Our created claims contain plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Before we refer the matter to adjudication, we will also determine the need for affidavits and expert records to ensure that claims have the ability to withstand any type of scrutiny. We are knowledgeable substituting our clients in formal and casual dispute proceedings, and regularly quick counsels and barristers. We will lead you with the legal process, and work towards a resolution of your dispute in the fastest possible time.
Delay, Disruption, Acceleration Critical Path Delay Analysis, We provide in-house planning and scheduling services. When delays do occur, we analyse the baseline schedule and progress updates to develop prospective and retrospective windows and time-impact analysis. We determine delays, simultaneous delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and productivity prices making use of earned values or measured mile approaches to identify the exact quantum of disruption claims. Our claim documents existing delay and disruption information in particularised and auditable format.
We also prepare acceleration claims, evaluate merit, quantum and entitlement to an EoT claim and provide Third Party Independent Reports to help our clients understand the toughness and weakness of their position. Contract Management and Financial Recovery. It prevails knowledge that the source of troubled projects plagued by delays and cost overruns tend to be centred in incomplete project planning, inadequate schedule tracking and bad contract and financial control.
We combine our legal, engineering, planning and quantity evaluating abilities to help our clients devise all-inclusive project development procurement and having strategies to significantly de-risk any project. We commonly manage the resolution of claims separately. This frees up the hands and permits the Contracts Management and Construction Teams to focus on their key goal of delivering the project. The advantages of this technique is a positive cashflow from the start and lower overall project administration expenditure. Every one of our lawyers are construction experts in their very own right, no time at all is shed in understanding the issues affecting cost schedule or scope issues internally with the Project Team and interacting them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We assist developers identify ideal partners that lead to teaming arrangements and the establishing of effective joint endeavors. We prepared winning propositions developing economic cases required by Financial Institutions that enabled our clients to obtain financing for their projects in Australia and Overseas and assisted with project structuring begining from early Desktop studies to PFS, FS assisting select the ideal kind of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, etc).
We after that assist run the ECI phase (if needed), get planning and authority approvals and prepare the needed Teaming Contracts, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, including head contracts, subcontracts, getting in touch with contracts and provider agreements. We also aid with contract testimonials, consisting of preparing tender qualifications, working out last contracts and drafting any type of called for amendments. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a path of problems, some deep underground where they are difficult to fix. We provide technical and legal advise on the treatment of rectifiable and un-rectifiable problems, insurance, proprietor or professional self-insurance, and even decennial insurance. We acted upon significant insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, federal government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the diverse abilities needed to cover all aspects of insurance advice and insurance claims management.
Our expertise includes policy analysis and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery action and representing clients in front of insurance providers.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of expert procurement and contract administration resources to specialists during the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for procurement of long-lead things, fabrication and modularization, transport and installation.
Identify counterclaims and use sold off problems. Insurance claims for style liability, performance below specification, insufficient jobs and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow up in the adjudication process.