Construction Lawyers Darwin are the Darwin branch of Baker Merz Construction Lawyers, a specialist Legal, Engineering, Project Management and Construction Claims firm that provides industrial management assistance to clients taken part 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 similar situations 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 involve Law Firm that requires to be helped by a "group of experts" when you have access to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects prior to entering into the law.
We can help you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering proficiency and on-site construction experience enables us to interpret, analyse and provide contract recommendations across various 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 as well as 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. Before you authorize any type of agreement, we will certainly make sure that it remains in your best interests and that you understand your exposure.
BIFA, QBCC Adjudication Dispute Management, NT Adjudication and Dispute Management, We conduct a detailed contract analysis identifying the key conditions in the contract. We review the drawings, technical specifications and site records to identify the cause, impact and merit of any claim.
Our composed 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 determine the need for affidavits and expert records to make sure that claims have the ability to withstand any scrutiny. We are experienced acting for our clients in formal and casual dispute procedures, and regularly quick counsels and barristers. We will direct you with the legal process, and work towards a resolution of your dispute in the shortest possible time.
Delay, Disruption, Acceleration Critical Path Delay Analysis, We provide internal planning and scheduling services. When delays do take place, 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 efficiency prices utilizing earned values or measured mile approaches to figure out 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 staminas 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 tend to be centred in incomplete project planning, inadequate schedule tracking and bad contract and financial control.
We combine our legal, engineering, planning and amount surveying capabilities to assist our clients devise all-inclusive project development procurement and contracting strategies to significantly de-risk any project. We generally manage the resolution of claims independently. This frees up the hands and permits the Contracts Management and Construction Groups to focus on their key objective of delivering the project. The benefits 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 very own right, no time at all is shed in understanding the issues influencing cost schedule or scope issues inside with the Project Team and communicating them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We assist developers identify suitable partners that result in teaming arrangements and the establishing of successful joint endeavors. We prepared winning proposals developing economic instances called for by Financial Institutions that allowed our clients to obtain money for their projects in Australia and Overseas and helped with project structuring begining from very early Desktop studies to PFS, FS assisting choose the best kind of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, and so on).
We then assist run the ECI phase (if needed), get planning and authority authorizations and prepare the called for Teaming Contracts, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, including head contracts, subcontracts, speaking with contracts and supplier contracts. We also assist with contract reviews, including preparing tender qualifications, working out final contracts and drafting any type of needed modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a path of flaws, some deep underground where they are difficult to rectify. We provide technical and legal advise on the therapy of rectifiable and un-rectifiable issues, insurance, proprietor or service provider self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted upon significant insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, federal government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the varied skills needed to cover all facets of insurance recommendations and insurance claims management.
Our proficiency includes policy analysis and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery action and representing clients before insurance companies.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of specialist purchase and contract administration sources to specialists during the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for procurement of long-lead items, fabrication and modularization, transport and installation.
Identify counterclaims and apply sold off problems. Insurance claims for layout liability, efficiency below specification, insufficient works and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow up in the adjudication process.