Construction lawyers deal with services related to a construction project, from planning to completion. The building lawyers in Melbourne can represent owners, designers, architects, raw material suppliers, contractors or sub-contractors.
Most of the solicitors will guide and assist their clients with a case like compulsory land acquisition, scheduling, budgeting, fulfilling regulatory guidelines, submitting claims, terminations and many more. These professionals keep themselves actively involved in the construction process to avoid litigations, arbitration and other legal conflicts.
These lawyers have a thorough knowledge of construction and law related to that field. They are aware of all the stages, tasks, machinery and other fine details that are involved in construction. They even have definite knowledge about different stages of a project (planning, execution, and completion). These lawyers are very helpful to the contractors. The ways in which the lawyers help the contractors are:
- Drafting and negotiation construction contracts: A company or owner retaining contracting services would be entering into a binding contract with the contractor. The lawyer would ensure that the contract is legally correct, reasonable expectations and job site conditions. The lawyer can help in revising the present contracts as well.
- Assistance in contract proposals: The professionals can help in requesting for proposals and in the bidding process as well. They can help in protesting about proposals that are not awarded.
- Payment protection: A construction lawyer takes care that the contractor receives all the payments in time if the contract is completed on time. They can also help in protecting their clients against a claim made against a payment made.
- Submission of construction claims: A construction lawyer can submit a claim for added compensation and added time. They represent the claimant throughout dispute resolution procedure and negotiations. The claims can be regarding job-site conditions, defects are designs, delays, disruptions or any interference.
An experienced lawyer can help in making the process smooth without much hiccups and at a very low cost.
