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 support to clients participated in projects across 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 conditions 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 office that requires to be assisted by a "group of experts" when you have accessibility to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects prior to entering into the law.
We can assist you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering proficiency and on-site construction experience enables us to interpret, analyse and provide contract referrals 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 conformity along with FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.
We provide pre-contract audits to identify standard terms and conditions and suggest amendments that transfer or re-assign high or unnecessary risks.
A well-written contract minimises risks. Prior to you sign any type of 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 comprehensive contract analysis identifying the key terms and conditions 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 consist of plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Before we refer the issue to adjudication, we will certainly also identify the requirement for affidavits and expert records to guarantee that claims are able to withstand any scrutiny. We are skilled acting for our clients in formal and casual dispute process, and regularly short counsels and barristers. We will lead you through 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 internal planning and scheduling services. When delays do take place, we analyse the baseline schedule and progression updates to develop prospective and retrospective windows and time-impact analysis. We determine delays, concurrent delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and performance prices using gained values or measured mile methods to establish 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 help our clients understand the strengths 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 have a tendency 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 capacities to help our clients devise all-encompassing project development purchase and contracting strategies to significantly de-risk any project. We usually manage the resolution of claims independently. This frees up the hands and enables the Contracts Management and Construction Groups to focus on their primary goal of delivering the project. The benefits of this approach is a positive cashflow from the start and lower overall project administration expenditure. All of our lawyers are construction experts in their own right, no time is shed in understanding the issues influencing cost schedule or scope issues inside with the Project Group and interacting them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We help developers identify suitable partners that lead to teaming contracts and the setting up of effective joint endeavors. We prepared winning proposals developing economic situations needed by Financial Institutions that allowed our clients to acquire money for their projects in Australia and Overseas and assisted with project structuring begining from early Desktop studies to PFS, FS assisting select the best kind of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, and so on).
We then assist run the ECI phase (if called for), obtain planning and authority approvals and prepare the required Teaming Arrangements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, consisting of head contracts, subcontracts, speaking with contracts and supplier agreements. We also help with contract reviews, including preparing tender certifications, negotiating last contracts and drafting any type of needed amendments. 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 issues, insurance, owner or contractor self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted upon major insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, federal government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the diverse abilities needed to cover all aspects of insurance suggestions and insurance claims management.
Our experience includes policy interpretation and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery action and standing for clients before insurance firms.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of specialist procurement and contract administration sources to professionals during the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for purchase of long-lead things, fabrication and modularization, transport and installment.
Identify counterclaims and use liquidated problems. Insurance claims for layout liability, performance listed below specification, insufficient jobs and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow through in the adjudication process.