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 that have likely handled an issue on their projects in comparable conditions to what brought you to this website.
Our offering contains 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 office that needs to be helped by a "group of experts" when you have accessibility to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects before entering 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 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 compliance along with FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.
We provide pre-contract audits to identify standard terms and conditions and suggest modifications that transfer or re-assign high or unnecessary risks.
A well-written contract reduces risks. Prior to you authorize any agreement, we will make sure that it is in your benefits 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 terms in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to establish the cause, result and merit of any type of claim.
Our written claims include plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Prior to we refer the issue to adjudication, we will also identify the requirement for affidavits and expert records to guarantee that claims have the ability to withstand any kind of scrutiny. We are knowledgeable representing our clients in formal and casual dispute proceedings, and regularly short counsels and barristers. We will guide 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 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 efficiency prices using gained 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 layout.
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 expertise 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 evaluating abilities to assist our clients devise all-inclusive project development procurement and contracting strategies to significantly de-risk any project. We commonly manage the resolution of claims independently. This maximizes the hands and enables the Contracts Management and Construction Teams to concentrate on their key goal 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 is lost in understanding the issues affecting cost schedule or scope issues inside with the Project Group and connecting them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We assist developers identify suitable partners that result in teaming arrangements and the establishing of effective joint ventures. We prepared winning proposals developing economic situations required by Financial Institutions that enabled our clients to get financing for their projects in Australia and Overseas and helped with project structuring begining from very early Desktop studies to PFS, FS helping select the best type of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, and so on).
We then help run the ECI phase (if required), get planning and authority approvals and prepare the required Teaming Contracts, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, including head contracts, subcontracts, consulting contracts and vendor agreements. We also assist with contract evaluations, including preparing tender qualifications, bargaining final contracts and drafting any required modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a route of problems, some deep underground where they are difficult to correct. We provide technical and legal advise on the treatment of rectifiable and un-rectifiable flaws, insurance, proprietor or contractor self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted on major insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, federal government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the varied skills needed to cover all aspects of insurance suggestions and insurance claims management.
Our proficiency includes policy analysis and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery action and standing for clients before insurers.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of specialist purchase and contract administration resources to contractors during the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for purchase of long-lead things, fabrication and modularization, transport and installation.
Identify counterclaims and apply sold off problems. Insurance claims for layout liability, performance listed below specification, insufficient works and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow through in the adjudication process.