BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION

Harwood Andrews’ building and construction team offers comprehensive advice and solutions to building industry clients. 

Drawing on the depth of experience from the commercial, litigation, and the planning & environment teams, the passionate team advise clients from the pre-planning to post-development stages of a construction project in the areas of: 

• Contract negotiation 

• Project documentation 

• Contract administration 

• Occupational health and safety issues 

• Assessing and minimising risks 

• Dispute minimisation and resolution, including litigation and arbitration 

We advise the commercial and domestic building sector where our team works closely with builders, developers, contractors, sub-contractors, home owners and consultants and are actively involved in: 

• Pre-contract advice and negotiation 

• Building contract advice 

• Risk management 

• Insurance claims advice 

• Legislation and regulation compliance 

• Making and defending claims under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 

• Dispute resolution including resolution of domestic building disputes through Domestic Building Dispute Resolution Victoria (DBDRV) 

Our team regularly present updates and work closely with HIA and MBA industry bodies.

BUILDERS DISPUTE ENQUIRY:

Our builder's dispute enquiry is a direct avenue to submit a dispute query through to our building and construction disputes team. Simply complete some basic details by clicking the button below and one of the team will contact you to discuss your options further.