Agreements have to withstand the realities of the building and civil works project. We help make liability, risks and decisions fit together throughout the project.
When you are responsible for a building or civil works project, you have to get many trades, parties and interests to work together. The choice of contract model and contractual basis affects the collaboration, the finances and the schedule. A decision in one part of the project can change the conditions in another.
The contractual basis sets the framework from tendering and contract award through execution and handover. AB 18, ABT 18 and ABR 18 are often part of it. What matters is whether liability, services and interfaces are clearly described. Unclear terms can create disagreement about everything from extra work and payment to delay and liability.
We start from what the project needs to achieve. That is why we look at the agreements together with the technical conditions and the organization of the project. Documentation helps establish what was agreed and what actually happened. That makes opportunities and risks clearer and gives a better basis for decisions that move the project forward.
