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High-profile builder insolvencies in 2022 underline the benefits of understanding the fundamentals of insolvency law. When a builder runs into financial difficulties, repercussions for consultants come in many forms. For anyone working as a consultant to a builder who becomes…
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Construction is one of the most litigious industries to work in, with claims often encompassing many parties and complexities (no matter how small or large the project). Changes to legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as rising costs, continue to…
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Your contract is more than simply the consultancy agreement, but goes past the signing page to all those various ancillary documents which form part of your contract and are also legally binding. These can take the form of certificates, novation…
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Our September webinar is an important update for consultants who work on cladding rectification projects, or who have exposure to historical cladding claims, as well as an illustration of how the courts’ interpretation and application of the non-combustibility requirements in…
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Long and complex contracts can lead to payment delays and disagreements that impact your business’ cash flows. To find out how you can minimise fee disputes and recover payments sooner, join us for our next webinar where James Turnbull, Principal…
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Are you a recent graduate or just looking to refresh your memory on the fundamentals of your duty of care as a consultant, the importance of contracts and good record keeping? Or are you a manager looking to build your…
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The Design and Building Practitioners Act (NSW) 2020 introduced fundamental changes for designers of class 2 buildings (or buildings with a class 2 part) in NSW. It has been almost one year since the regulation of design and building work,…
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The National Construction Code is a unique hybrid of technical detail and legal styling that contains over 2000 pages of requirements. Australian Standards called up in the Code add thousands of pages of extra length. Many investigations into defective apartment…
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Before taking on a project, negotiating a clear scope of services is critical for consultants. As a baseline, consultants need to satisfy themselves that they have the knowledge, expertise and resources to perform the services that fall within their scope.…
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Regardless of the size of a project, a very real and paramount concern for clients is cost. For this reason, government and commercial clients routinely engage a quantity surveyor, and there may also be a benefit to involving a quantity…
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