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 support to clients engaged 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 an issue on their projects in similar scenarios 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 requires to be assisted by a "team of experts" when you have access 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 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 in addition to FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.
We provide pre-contract audits to identify standard terms and suggest amendments that transfer or re-assign high or unneeded risks.
A well-written contract reduces risks. Before you sign any kind of arrangement, we will see to it that it remains in your benefits which you understand your 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 determine the cause, effect and merit of any kind of claim.
Our created claims contain plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Prior to we refer the matter to adjudication, we will certainly also identify the requirement for affidavits and expert reports to guarantee that claims are able to withstand any scrutiny. We are skilled acting for our clients in formal and informal dispute procedures, and regularly quick counsels and barristers. We will certainly lead you through the legal process, and work in the direction of a resolution of your dispute in the shortest possible time.
Delay, Disruption, Acceleration Critical Path Delay Analysis, We offer in-house planning and scheduling services. When delays do happen, we analyse the baseline schedule and development updates to develop prospective and retrospective windows and time-impact analysis. We identify delays, simultaneous delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and productivity rates using earned values or measured mile techniques to establish the exact quantum of disruption claims. Our claim documents present delay and disruption data in particularised and auditable style.
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 expertise that the origin of troubled projects plagued by delays and cost overruns have a tendency to be centred in incomplete project planning, inadequate schedule tracking and inadequate contract and financial control.
We combine our legal, engineering, planning and quantity surveying capabilities to help our clients devise all-encompassing project development procurement and having strategies to significantly de-risk any type of project. We commonly manage the resolution of claims individually. This frees up the hands and enables the Contracts Management and Construction Teams to concentrate on their primary purpose of delivering the project. The advantages of this method is a positive cashflow from the start and lower overall project administration expenditure. All of our lawyers are construction experts in their very own right, no time is lost in understanding the issues influencing cost schedule or scope issues inside with the Project Group and connecting them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We help developers identify appropriate partners that lead to teaming arrangements and the establishing of successful joint ventures. We prepared winning proposals developing economic situations needed by Financial Institutions that enabled 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 helping choose the right type of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, and so on).
We after that assist run the ECI phase (if called for), acquire planning and authority authorizations and prepare the needed Teaming Agreements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, consisting of head contracts, subcontracts, seeking advice from contracts and vendor arrangements. We also aid with contract evaluations, consisting of preparing tender certifications, bargaining last contracts and drafting any type of required amendments. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a route of problems, some deep underground where they are difficult to remedy. We provide technical and legal advise on the therapy of rectifiable and un-rectifiable issues, insurance, proprietor or specialist self-insurance, and even decennial insurance. We acted upon major insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the varied skills called for to cover all elements of insurance suggestions and insurance claims management.
Our proficiency consists of policy analysis and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery activity and standing for clients before insurance firms.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of specialist purchase and contract administration sources to contractors during the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for procurement of long-lead products, fabrication and modularization, transport and installment.
Identify counterclaims and apply sold off problems. Insurance claims for layout liability, performance listed below specification, incomplete works and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow through in the adjudication process.