Construction & Infrastructure

Our Construction and Infrastructure Group works closely with clients to effectively manage contractual and commercial risk and to avoid, minimise and resolve disputes. Understanding clients’ objectives within the broader commercial and political context of their operations is a priority.

Expertise

we specialise in all aspects of construction and infrastructure law with particular expertise in documenting and advising on complex projects
we act for principals, developers, contractors, facilities managers, consultants and other industry participants
our clients range from major institutions to specialist consultants and subcontractors
we deliver front and back end services including tenders and project documentation; claims preparation and review; security of payment advice and claims- contract administration, risk management and strategic project planning; alternative dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration; and residential building disputes (NSW).

Experience

Advising and acting on behalf of clients in relation to construction disputes (substantive litigation in all superior courts, arbitration, expert determination and mediation) in a number of sectors including major commercial construction, civil works projects, infrastructure projects, water, energy and resources projects, PPP’s, LNG projects and mining projects.

This includes advising on some significant projects

Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal
GLNG Project
Abbott Point Coal Terminal
Riverside Walk
advising NSW Housing on a major social housing project in Glebe
advising the Northern Territory Government on the development of the Marine Industry Park (a 160 hectare development in Darwin)
advising a consortium on all aspects of its bid for Sydney International Convention, Exhibition and Entertainment Centre PPP
advising a consortium on its bid for the Sunshine Coast University Hospital PPP
advising financiers in relation to the O&M contracts for Lane Cove Tunnel project
advising financiers in relation to the widening and refinancing of the M5 toll road in New South Wales
acting in a major arbitration involving the construction of electricity and steam generation facilities at six Victorian hospitals involving companies from Australia, New Zealand, France and America (the Victorian Hospitals Cogeneration Project – VHCP)
advising an engineering company in relation to claims arising from the construction of an underground liquefied petroleum gas facility.