Construction Lawyers Darwin are the Darwin branch of Baker Merz Construction Lawyers, a specialist Legal, Engineering, Project Management and Construction Claims firm that provides commercial management assistance 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 a matter on their projects in comparable situations to what brought you to this website.
Our offering includes 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 involve Law Firm that needs to be assisted by a "group of experts" when you have accessibility to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects before entering the law.
We can help you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering experience and on-site construction experience permits us to interpret, analyse and provide contract recommendations 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 along with 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 unneeded risks.
A well-written contract reduces risks. Before you sign any kind of contract, we will ensure that it is 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 key terms in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to identify the cause, effect and merit of any type of claim.
Our written claims consist of plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Prior to we refer the issue to adjudication, we will also establish the requirement for affidavits and expert records to guarantee that claims have the ability to withstand any type of scrutiny. We are skilled substituting our clients in formal and casual dispute procedures, and regularly short counsels and barristers. We will certainly assist you through the legal process, and job 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 happen, we analyse the baseline schedule and progress updates to develop prospective and retrospective windows and time-impact analysis. We establish delays, concurrent delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and performance rates using earned values or measured mile approaches 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 assist our clients understand the toughness and weakness of their position. Contract Management and Financial Recovery. It is common understanding that the source 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 checking abilities to assist our clients devise all-encompassing project development purchase and having strategies to significantly de-risk any type of project. We normally manage the resolution of claims individually. This maximizes the hands and enables the Contracts Management and Construction Groups to focus on their primary objective of delivering the project. The benefits of this method 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 inside with the Project Team and connecting them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We help developers identify ideal companions that result in teaming arrangements and the establishing of effective joint ventures. We prepared winning proposals developing economic instances called for 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 right type of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, etc).
We after that assist run the ECI phase (if needed), obtain planning and authority approvals and prepare the called for Teaming Arrangements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, including head contracts, subcontracts, consulting contracts and provider agreements. We also assist with contract reviews, consisting of preparing tender certifications, bargaining final contracts and drafting any needed modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a trail of issues, some deep underground where they are impossible to fix. We provide technical and legal advise on the therapy of rectifiable and un-rectifiable flaws, insurance, owner or specialist self-insurance, and even decennial insurance. We acted on significant insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the diverse skills called for to cover all facets of insurance guidance and insurance claims management.
Our experience includes policy interpretation and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery action and representing clients before insurers.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of expert purchase and contract administration resources to professionals throughout the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for procurement of long-lead things, fabrication and modularization, transport and setup.
Identify counterclaims and apply liquidated damages. Insurance claims for layout liability, efficiency below specification, insufficient jobs and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow up in the adjudication process.