Commercial Construction & Litigation
Work with a Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Lawyer who has engineering know-how
We provide legal advice for:
Builders/Developers
- Contract drafting & negotiation
- Restructuring and insolvency assistance
- Issuing payment schedules and managing subcontractors and supplier claims
- Payment claim disputes
- Defective workmanship
- Insurance claims
- Variations, latent conditions and EOT claims
Subcontractors
- Contract drafting & negotiation
- Restructuring and insolvency assistance
- Issuing payment schedules and managing subcontractors and supplier claims
- Payment claim disputes
- Defective workmanship
- Insurance claims
- Variations, latent conditions and EOT claims
We work with the following contracts:
- Australian Standards
- Master Builders Association (MBA)
- Housing Industry Association (HIA)
- Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC)
- Australian Building Industry Contracts (ABIC)
Are you a builder or developer?
You’re involved with commercial construction but the building project isn’t going according to plan. Next thing you know you’re facing a building dispute. These disputes generally involve construction delays, price increases, variations, and defective workmanship.
Are you dealing with one of the following issues?
- There have been changes to site conditions/scope requiring contract variations
- The superintendent is failing in their obligations or acting unfairly
- Defective work is affecting other trades or your project
- Your project is being delayed affecting deliverables, other agreements, and critical path items/stages of construction
Are you a subcontractor?
You’re in the business of building commercial structures, priding yourself on great workmanship. However, the project isn’t progressing the way you’d anticipated and you find yourself in a building dispute, causing you stress and anxiety.
Are you dealing with one of the following issues?
- A builder has delayed your work but is now blaming you
- You’re delayed by suppliers or other subcontractors
- You’re blamed for delays which were outside your control
- Builder refuses to pay or has set off amounts which you think are unreasonable
A different approach
Dealing with commercial building disputes can be stressful, costly, and time consuming. You want to ensure your rights are protected, no matter which side of the fence you’re on. It is important to seek legal advice because the law governing building and construction is complicated.
We’re experienced construction dispute lawyers who’ll take the time to get to the bottom of your particular issue before giving any legal advice. We focus on the ‘why’ to figure out how you ended up in this particular situation. We’ll look at the issues from different angles to come up with a solution that might not seem obvious at first. Litigation is certainly not the only option.
Here’s our 5-step process:
Research
Get the facts
Understand
Explain what's gone wrong
