Construction and Engineering
If you’re delving into a new construction project, you need to be sure you’ve got the right legal backing from the outset. Our team of specialists have decades of experience in the sector, and can advise across all aspects of your project’s lifecycle.
Meet the team
Our experience
Our team includes legal specialists, non-lawyer consultant quantity surveyors, adjudicators and arbitrators. The team is ranked highly in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners directories of leading law firms, and described as “flexible, knowledgeable and extremely helpful” by clients.
We also sit on national committees such as the Technology and Construction Solicitors’ Association and are closely involved in construction sector bodies. Our considerable experience in the construction industry, combined with our responsive and professional nature, delivers results for our clients.
Who we work with
We act for a wide range of clients involved in construction and engineering in the public and private sectors. These include developers, contractors, consultants, manufacturers and funders. We regularly advise on insurance, insolvency and dispute resolution issues relevant to the construction sector. Our clients are UK-wide and we also have international reach via our membership of LawExchange International.
Including in our work for key economic sectors such as education, energy, banking and real estate development and covering health and safety and other construction related regulatory matters, we work with you as trusted advisors throughout.
Dealing with construction and engineering disputes
Management of construction-related disputes on your project requires expert advice. Our team of construction and engineering lawyers and professionals can help resolve all forms of construction-related disputes through litigation and alternative forms of dispute resolution such as arbitration, adjudication and mediation. We also advise on negligence claims involving construction professionals.
Construction and engineering contracts
Whether you’re a developer or a specialist sub-contractor, lender or supplier, having the right contracts in place is crucial.
Our team includes solicitors, quantity surveyors and other construction professionals able to support you; whether that’s preparing and negotiating construction contracts or through related terms such as a development agreement, construction product supplier terms or consultant appointments.
Expert construction and engineering lawyers
Our experience in the industry means we can advise you across the full scope of construction and engineering contracts, from procurement contracts to making sure the right terms apply in regard to construction developments and guiding you through security documentation such as bonds, guarantees and warranties.
Members of our varied team sit on national committees and are closely involved in construction sector bodies. Our considerable experience in the construction industry, combined with our responsive and professional nature, delivers results for our clients.
Added value
The team’s added-value approach is given to each and every one of our clients, whether they’re an occupier, developer, funder, construction consultant, or public or private sector organisation.
Our multi-disciplinary team is very much involved in, and part of, the industry. We’re there to advise you throughout the development process, from supporting you to get the right contract in place to checking payment terms and following the correct contractual procedures. We’ll also work with you to thoroughly check contracts for indemnities and other onerous provisions which could invalidate your insurance.
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