The range of services includes:
- Contractual / legal appraisal of Contract documents
- Devising Contract specific strategy for preserving and realisation of contractual / legal rights and entitlements.
The services offered include legal advice and drafting with respect to:
- Bid study, Bid protests,
- Standard form conditions of contract
- Conditions of tender/special terms
- Tender qualifications and limiting liability
- Risk assessments
- Contract insurances, bonds and sureties
- PPP/BOT and related contracts
- Joint venture formulation and drafting/settling pre bid JVs, Consortium Agreements, Supplementary Agreements
- Nominated/selected/domestic subcontracts
- Challenge to Bids, qualification issues
The range of services includes:
- Contractual / legal appraisal of Contract documents
- Devising Contract specific strategy for preserving and realisation of contractual / legal rights and entitlements.
The services at this stage demand constant involvement and include:
- Advising on setting up specific Contract Administration Procedures.
- Drafting and dealing with contractual correspondence
- Identification of potential dispute situation and steps to be taken during course of execution
- Advice on options available when faced with contractual difficulties (e.g. Unforeseen conditions/ variations/ delay/ disruption/ acceleration/ scheduled rates / subcontracts)
- Advice on payment issues (e.g. late payment or certification/ under-certifying/deductions from certificates etc.)
- Claims formulation and resolution (e.g. extensions of time/additional compensation/ damages)
- Demands for performance
- Advice on delay damages/penalty deductions
- Advice on project programming issues (e.g. critical paths/ concurrency/ delay analyses)
- Advice on project close-outs (e.g. Tests and commissioning/ taking-over certification/sectional completion issues/snagging/guarantee issues)
- Advice on Termination/Repudiation/Rescission of Contract
Construction Dispute Resolution is a complex process requiring command not only in subject matter but also the relevant areas of Law. Subject matter expertise sits at the centre of any dispute, and for many forms of ADR (e.g. arbitration), is essential prerequisite for representing a party. We combine skills required for resolution of construction disputes. Our services include:
- Negotiation strategies, advice and representation
- Mediation forums
- Adjudication/DAB tribunals
- Domestic and international arbitration
- Litigation
Participation and involvement of key construction officials is essential for realisation of contractual rights / entitlements and mitigation of losses. This requires awareness on major contractual/ legal aspects involved in Construction Contracts. We conduct seminars / interactive programmes to emphasize these key aspects for different levels:
- Programme for Higher Level Management– The need for enforcement of mechanism to preserve contractual / legal rights.
- Programme for Key Construction Officials – Awareness Programme for contractual / legal aspects in Construction Contracts.
- Programme for Contract Engineers / Managers – On specific topics – Contracts/ ADR/ Change Order Claims/ Delay disruptions/ Extension of Time/Guarantees and Bonds.
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