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 assistance to clients participated in projects throughout the Infrastructure, Building, Rail and Bus transportation, Telecommunications, Renewable Energy, Mining and Oil and Gas industries.
We use dual-qualified engineers-lawyers with first-hand project experience that have likely handled an issue on their projects in comparable scenarios to what brought you to this website.
Our offering consists of Contract testimonial 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 needs to be assisted by a "team of experts" when you have accessibility to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects before coming 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 suggestions 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 in addition to FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.
We provide pre-contract audits to identify standard conditions and recommend modifications that transfer or re-assign high or unneeded risks.
A well-written contract minimises risks. Prior to you authorize any type of arrangement, we will certainly 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 figure out the cause, effect and merit of any type of claim.
Our created claims contain plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Before we refer the issue to adjudication, we will also establish the requirement for affidavits and expert reports to guarantee that claims are able to withstand any type of scrutiny. We are skilled substituting our clients in formal and informal dispute procedures, and regularly quick counsels and barristers. We will direct you through the legal process, and work towards a resolution of your dispute in the shortest possible time.
Delay, Disruption, Acceleration Critical Path Delay Analysis, We offer 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 figure out delays, concurrent delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and performance rates utilizing earned values or measured mile approaches to determine the exact quantum of disruption claims. Our claim documents existing delay and disruption data 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 is common 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 inadequate contract and financial control.
We combine our legal, engineering, planning and quantity checking capacities to assist our clients devise comprehensive project development purchase and contracting strategies to significantly de-risk any kind of project. We commonly manage the resolution of claims individually. This liberates the hands and permits the Contracts Management and Construction Teams to focus on their main goal of delivering the project. The benefits of this approach 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 impacting cost schedule or scope issues internally with the Project Group and interacting them to the Client.
Project Development Strategies International Experience. We help developers identify ideal companions that lead to teaming contracts and the establishing of successful joint endeavors. We prepared winning propositions developing economic situations called for by Financial Institutions that enabled our clients to obtain finance for their projects in Australia and Overseas and assisted with project structuring begining from very early Desktop studies to PFS, FS assisting select the ideal type of contract (D&C, EPC, EPCM, Turnley, and so on).
We then assist run the ECI phase (if called for), obtain planning and authority authorizations and prepare the called for Teaming Arrangements, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, including head contracts, subcontracts, seeking advice from contracts and provider arrangements. We also assist with contract reviews, including preparing tender certifications, negotiating final contracts and drafting any called for modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a trail of defects, some deep underground where they are difficult to rectify. We provide technical and legal advise on the treatment of rectifiable and un-rectifiable flaws, insurance, owner or service provider self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted on significant insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, government bodies and statutory authorities. Our team developed the varied abilities required to cover all aspects of insurance suggestions and insurance claims management.
Our experience includes policy analysis and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery activity and representing clients in front of insurance providers.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of specialist purchase and contract administration resources to service providers throughout the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for procurement of long-lead things, fabrication and modularization, transport and installment.
Identify counterclaims and apply sold off problems. 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.