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 throughout the Infrastructure, Building, Rail and Bus transportation, Telecommunications, Renewable Energy, Mining and Oil and Gas industries.

We utilize 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 contains 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 help you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering experience and on-site construction experience allows 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 conformity as well as FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.

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

A well-written contract minimises risks. Before you authorize any kind of arrangement, we will make sure that it remains in your benefits and that you understand your direct exposure.

BIFA, QBCC Adjudication Dispute Management, NT Adjudication and Dispute Management, We conduct an extensive contract analysis identifying the key terms and conditions in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to figure out the cause, impact and merit of any type of claim.

Our created claims consist of plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Before we refer the matter to adjudication, we will certainly also identify the demand for affidavits and expert reports to ensure that claims are able to withstand any scrutiny. We are experienced substituting our clients in formal and informal dispute procedures, and regularly quick counsels and barristers. We will certainly lead you with the legal process, and work in the direction of 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 standard schedule and progress updates to develop prospective and retrospective windows and time-impact analysis. We identify delays, simultaneous delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and performance rates making use of gained values or measured mile approaches to figure out the exact quantum of disruption claims. Our claim documents existing 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 toughness and weakness of their position. Contract Management and Financial Recovery. It prevails understanding that the source of troubled projects plagued by delays and cost overruns have a tendency to be centred in insufficient project planning, inadequate schedule tracking and inadequate contract and financial control.

We combine our legal, engineering, planning and quantity evaluating capacities to help our clients devise all-inclusive project development procurement and having strategies to significantly de-risk any project. We normally manage the resolution of claims separately. This frees up the hands and enables the Contracts Management and Construction Groups to concentrate on their primary purpose of delivering the project. The advantages 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 lost in understanding the issues impacting cost schedule or scope issues inside with the Project Group and communicating them to the Client.

Project Development Strategies International Experience. We assist developers identify suitable partners that lead to teaming agreements and the establishing of successful joint endeavors. We prepared winning propositions developing economic situations required by Financial Institutions that enabled our clients to get money for their projects in Australia and Overseas and helped with project structuring begining from very early Desktop studies to PFS, FS helping select the right sort of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, and so on).

We then help run the ECI phase (if needed), obtain planning and authority approvals and prepare the called for Teaming Agreements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, consisting of head contracts, subcontracts, seeking advice from contracts and distributor arrangements. We also assist with contract evaluations, including preparing tender certifications, working out final contracts and drafting any needed modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a trail of flaws, 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 also decennial insurance. We acted on major insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, government bodies and statutory authorities. Our team developed the diverse skills required to cover all elements of insurance guidance and insurance claims management.

Our proficiency consists of policy interpretation and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery action and representing clients in front of insurance companies.

Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of expert procurement and contract administration sources to service providers throughout the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for procurement of long-lead items, fabrication and modularization, transport and installation.

Identify counterclaims and use liquidated damages. Insurance claims for style liability, performance listed below specification, insufficient jobs and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow through in the adjudication procedure.