Construction Lawyers Darwin are the Darwin branch of Baker Merz Construction Lawyers, an expert Legal, Engineering, Project Management and Construction Claims firm that provides industrial 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 employ dual-qualified engineers-lawyers with first-hand project experience who have likely handled a matter on their projects in comparable scenarios to what brought you to this website.
Our offering consists of Contract evaluation 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 Firm that requires to be assisted by a "team of experts" when you have accessibility to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects prior to coming into 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 across 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 modifications that transfer or re-assign high or unnecessary risks.
A well-written contract minimises risks. Before you authorize any contract, we will certainly see to it that it remains in your best interests which you understand your direct exposure.
BIFA, QBCC Adjudication Dispute Management, NT Adjudication and Dispute Management, We conduct a thorough contract analysis identifying the crucial conditions in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to figure out the cause, effect and merit of any kind of claim.
Our composed claims consist of plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Prior to we refer the matter to adjudication, we will certainly also figure out the requirement for affidavits and expert records to guarantee that claims have the ability to withstand any type of scrutiny. We are knowledgeable acting for our clients in formal and casual dispute process, and regularly quick counsels and barristers. We will lead you with the legal process, and job in the direction of a resolution of your dispute in the fastest possible time.
Delay, Disruption, Acceleration Critical Path Delay Analysis, We offer internal planning and scheduling services. When delays do take place, we analyse the standard schedule and progression updates to develop prospective and retrospective windows and time-impact analysis. We identify delays, concurrent delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and productivity rates making use of made values or measured mile techniques to determine the exact quantum of disruption claims. Our claim documents existing delay and disruption data in particularised and auditable style.
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 origin of troubled projects plagued by delays and cost overruns often 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 surveying abilities to help our clients devise all-inclusive project development purchase and having strategies to significantly de-risk any type of project. We usually manage the resolution of claims independently. This frees up the hands and allows the Contracts Management and Construction Teams to focus on their key purpose of delivering the project. The benefits of this strategy 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 shed in understanding the issues affecting cost schedule or scope issues internally with the Project Team and connecting them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We help developers identify suitable companions that lead to teaming arrangements and the setting up of successful joint ventures. We prepared winning proposals developing economic situations required by Financial Institutions that enabled our clients to acquire money for their projects in Australia and Overseas and assisted with project structuring begining from very early Desktop studies to PFS, FS assisting choose the best type of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, and so on).
We after that assist run the ECI phase (if called for), acquire planning and authority authorizations and prepare the called for Teaming Arrangements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, consisting of head contracts, subcontracts, consulting contracts and vendor arrangements. We also assist with contract evaluations, consisting of preparing tender qualifications, negotiating final contracts and drafting any type of needed amendments. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a trail of problems, some deep underground where they are impossible to rectify. We provide technical and legal advise on the therapy of rectifiable and un-rectifiable defects, insurance, proprietor or professional self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted upon major insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, federal government bodies and statutory authorities. Our team developed the varied abilities required to cover all aspects of insurance advice 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 insurance companies.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of specialist procurement and contract administration resources to specialists during the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for purchase of long-lead items, fabrication and modularization, transport and setup.
Identify counterclaims and use liquidated damages. Insurance claims for layout liability, performance listed below specification, insufficient works and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow up in the adjudication procedure.