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 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 conditions to what brought you to this website.
Our offering consists of Contract evaluation 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 Firm that needs to be helped by a "team of experts" when you have access to our Construction Experts that developed 100s of projects before entering into the law.
We can help you with, Contract Reviews and Contract Analysis. Our engineering experience and on-site construction experience enables 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 in addition to FIDIC, JCT & NEC4 standard contracts.
We provide pre-contract audits to identify standard terms and suggest modifications that transfer or re-assign high or unnecessary risks.
A well-written contract minimises risks. Prior to you authorize any contract, we will make certain that it is in your benefits and that you understand your direct exposure.
BIFA, QBCC Adjudication Dispute Management, NT Adjudication and Dispute Management, We conduct a comprehensive contract analysis identifying the essential conditions 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 written claims contain plain English narratives, relevant cost and CPM delay analyses and referenced evidence files. Before we refer the matter to adjudication, we will certainly also identify the requirement for affidavits and expert reports to ensure that claims have the ability to withstand any scrutiny. We are knowledgeable substituting our clients in formal and casual dispute process, and regularly brief counsels and barristers. We will certainly lead you through the legal process, and job towards a resolution of your dispute in the quickest possible time.
Delay, Disruption, Acceleration Critical Path Delay Analysis, We provide 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 figure out delays, simultaneous delays, apportionment, and liability. We calculate labor and performance rates utilizing made values or measured mile approaches to determine 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 toughness and weakness of their position. Contract Management and Financial Recovery. It is common knowledge that the source of troubled projects plagued by delays and cost overruns have a tendency to be centred in insufficient project planning, inadequate schedule tracking and bad contract and financial control.
We combine our legal, engineering, planning and amount checking abilities to assist our clients devise comprehensive project development procurement and contracting strategies to significantly de-risk any type of project. We typically manage the resolution of claims independently. This liberates the hands and permits the Contracts Management and Construction Groups to focus on their main goal of delivering the project. The advantages 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 own right, no time is lost 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 partners that cause teaming agreements and the setting up of effective joint ventures. We prepared winning proposals developing economic cases called for by Financial Institutions that enabled our clients to get financing 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, etc).
We after that help run the ECI phase (if needed), acquire planning and authority authorizations and prepare the required Teaming Contracts, NDAs, EOIs, RFTs and drafting of contracts, consisting of head contracts, subcontracts, speaking with contracts and supplier agreements. We also help with contract testimonials, consisting of preparing tender credentials, working out final contracts and drafting any type of called for modifications. Insurance claims, Fast-track projects leave a path of issues, some deep underground where they are impossible to correct. We provide technical and legal advise on the treatment of rectifiable and un-rectifiable defects, insurance, owner or professional self-insurance, and also decennial insurance. We acted on significant insurance claims, advised self-insured clients, government bodies and statutory authorities. Our group developed the diverse skills needed to cover all aspects of insurance guidance and insurance claims management.
Our experience consists of policy interpretation and drafting, advising on policy, indemnity and subrogation issues, conducting recovery action and representing clients in front of insurance firms.
Our Services Include, Schedule analysis, prepare variations/claims for Cost & EoTs. Provision of specialist procurement and contract administration sources to contractors throughout the delivery phase. Contracts and Ts and Cs for procurement of long-lead items, fabrication and modularization, transport and installment.
Identify counterclaims and use sold off damages. Insurance claims for design liability, efficiency listed below specification, insufficient works and re-work. Draft payment claims or payment schedules and follow up in the adjudication procedure.