What we do

We provide advice to participants right across the building and construction sector, including principals, head-contractors, and sub-contractors on a broad range of building and construction issues.

How we can help

Our focus is on assisting our clients to work through the issues and disputes in an effective and efficient manner. Our advice centres around our client’s ultimate objectives, and we provide pragmatic and practical advice on achieving those goals.

Disputes within the construction and building sector cover a wide range including disputes in relation to payment claims and payment schedules, building defects and non-compliance with the Building Code, extensions of time and disruption claims, liquidated damages, disputed variations, and many others.

We are experienced in all forms of dispute resolution processes in this sector and are ready to provide advice in order to meet the often short deadlines which are a particular feature of construction disputes.

We are familiar and experienced with all of the usual construction contract forms used throughout New Zealand, the payment claim, payment schedule, and adjudication processes set out in the Construction Contracts Act 2002, expert determinations, arbitration, engineer’s reviews and binding decisions, and court proceedings.

What we have done

• Acted for body corporates and owners in multi-unit leaky building litigation

• Acted for developers, builders, and owners in relation to defective building claims

• Acted for developers faced with disputed variation claims, late delivery and liquidated damages issues

• Acted for home owners faced with long and unreasonable delays in completing residential building projects

• Acted on a wide range of adjudications under the Construction Contracts Act 2002

• Acted for a large primary production entity over significant disputed variation claims and late delivery of a major plant upgrade

• Acted for a wide range of head contractors and principals as they work through resolving variation claims

• Advised a range of industry participants on the most common contracts used within the Building and Construction Industry including NZS3910:2013; NZS 3910:2023; NZS3915:2005 ACENZ conditions of contract for consultant services; and many others.