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Our specialist team of construction solicitors, comprising lawyers, adjudicators, arbitrators and mediators, have extensive experience advising on contentious and non-contentious construction matters, from construction contracts and procurement to various methods of dispute resolution, whether through litigation or alternative dispute resolution.
We understand the challenges and opportunities businesses face in the construction and engineering industry, allowing us to give you the best possible advice from our specialist Construction & Engineering and Contentious Construction teams.
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Our legal construction and engineering services
We provide a range of legal construction and engineering services, including:
Building contracts
We provide construction legal support to builders, developers and occupiers on all forms of building contracts, such as:
- JCT 16/24
- NEC3/4
- ICC
- PPC.
We also support on ancillary documents like performance bonds, guarantees, escrow security deeds and warranties / third party rights notices. Whether it’s partnering, full risk transfer, design control or commissioning a series of works under a framework, we know what to do.
Managing contract risk
Our construction lawyers have a wide variety of experience in the construction of waste, leisure, defence, schools, industrial, office, and hospitals. Whether it is a single review or an ongoing negotiation, we can help you manage contract risk in a way that helps win the job.
Our construction legal support covers all parts of the supply chain on contractual risk, often created by a chain of contracts being passed down by reference to each other, with a series of additional terms appended that can repeat or conflict. We can write those contracts, review them or challenge them.
Construction and engineering disputes
Our construction and engineering solicitors are the preferred choice for many purchasers of legal services involved with construction and engineering projects.
Learn more about our construction and engineering disputes services today.
Engineering contracts
Our engineering lawyers advise on engineering contracts and any associated disputes, particularly civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, chemical, highways and infrastructure engineering – under NEC3/4, MF/1, ICC contracts and more.
Furthermore, statutory adjudication does not just apply to buildings, meaning we can obtain quick decisions for seemingly intractable disputes.
Industry experience
Our lawyers work closely with professionals in the industry ensuring we understand the latest news and can recommend technical advisors. In fact, we offer a fixed price service for advising surveyors, architects and engineers on proposed professional appointment agreements, whether you have received a bespoke agreement from another lawyer or the standard RIBA / RICS / ACE / NEC3/4 PSC documents have been amended.
That construction legal advice exceeds standard “free” insurance bolt-ons offered to professionals, thereby giving you the tools to protect your business from a commercial, legal and insurance perspective.
Why choose Wright Hassall?
In a changing market, our construction and engineering solicitors can provide you with a reassuring presence. Whether you want light-touch advice or strong action, we have the knowledge and experience to help you in the best and most cost-effective way.
Get in touch with us today to see how we can help you.
Michael Hiscock
Michael is a specialist in construction and engineering procurement, advising on a wide variety of works contracts.
The Construction team are knowledgeable, agile and excellent at coming up with ideas to solve problems. Their communication is quick, decisive and accurate. I cannot fault it.
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