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 business management support to clients participated in projects throughout 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 who have likely handled a matter on their projects in comparable conditions to what brought you to this website.

Our offering includes Contract evaluation 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 involve Law office that requires to be helped by a "group of experts" when you have accessibility to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects prior to entering the law.

We can assist you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering experience and on-site construction experience permits us to interpret, analyse and provide contract suggestions 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 conformity in addition to FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.

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

A well-written contract minimises risks. Prior to you authorize any arrangement, we will certainly make sure that it remains in your benefits which you understand your exposure.
BIFA, QBCC Adjudication Dispute Management, NT Adjudication and Dispute Management, We conduct a thorough contract analysis identifying the vital conditions in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to identify the cause, result and merit of any claim.

Our created claims include plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Before we refer the issue to adjudication, we will certainly also establish the demand for affidavits and expert reports to ensure that claims are able to withstand any scrutiny. We are knowledgeable substituting our clients in formal and informal dispute process, and regularly quick counsels and barristers. We will certainly direct 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 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 identify the exact quantum of disruption claims. Our claim documents present delay and disruption data 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 strengths and weakness of their position. Contract Management and Financial Recovery. It prevails knowledge that the root causes of troubled projects plagued by delays and cost overruns often tend to be centred in insufficient project planning, inadequate schedule tracking and bad contract and financial control.

We combine our legal, engineering, planning and amount checking capacities to help our clients devise all-inclusive project development purchase and having strategies to significantly de-risk any type of project. We commonly manage the resolution of claims separately. This liberates the hands and enables the Contracts Management and Construction Teams to concentrate on their primary 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 own right, no time at all is lost in understanding the issues affecting cost schedule or scope issues inside with the Project Team and interacting them to the Client.

Project Development Strategies International Experience. We assist developers identify suitable companions that lead to teaming agreements and the establishing of effective joint ventures. We prepared winning propositions developing economic situations called for by Financial Institutions that enabled our clients to obtain finance for their projects in Australia and Overseas and helped with project structuring begining from very early Desktop studies to PFS, FS assisting select the ideal sort of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, etc).

We after that help run the ECI phase (if required), obtain planning and authority authorizations and prepare the called for Teaming Arrangements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, consisting of head contracts, subcontracts, speaking with contracts and provider agreements. We also assist with contract testimonials, including preparing tender qualifications, bargaining last contracts and drafting any kind of required modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a path of flaws, 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, proprietor or contractor self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted upon major insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the diverse skills required to cover all elements of insurance suggestions and insurance claims management.

Our expertise includes policy interpretation and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery activity and representing clients before insurers.

Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of expert purchase and contract administration sources to professionals throughout the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for purchase of long-lead things, fabrication and modularization, transport and installment.
Identify counterclaims and apply liquidated problems. Insurance claims for design liability, performance listed below specification, insufficient jobs and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow up in the adjudication process.