Construction

Our construction team provides a full range of services from our offices in London, Manchester, Madrid and Mexico City. We also have close associations with law firms in North and South America and the Middle-East. 

We work with clients on the transactional and procurement aspects of construction projects. Our construction solicitors draft sensible and commercial contracts that achieve our clients' aims.

We are experts in all forms of dispute resolution: litigation, adjudication, mediation and domestic and cross-border arbitration. We resolve disputes as economically and expeditiously as possible.

We represent clients in the full range of disputes in the UK Technology and Construction Court and appellate courts. Typical disputes we have been involved in include claims for delay and disruption, extensions of time, loss and expense and the cost of remedying defects. We also deal with disputes arising out of claims in relation to performance bonds, collateral warranties and design and build obligations.

We also advise our clients on all elements of international and domestic regulatory compliance in related areas, such as Health & Safety.

We act for major national and international contractors, developers, employers, funders, consultants, governments, multinational agencies and insurers.

Our experience

We have advised on projects in the UK and Spain and around the world including the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Far East and Australia. Our experience includes major civil engineering projects: water treatment plants, power generation, oil and gas, dams and reservoirs, hospitals, schools, hotels, bridges, airports and railways.

Some of the recent work we have been involved with includes:
In the UK:

• Advising on all aspects of the construction of the Pinnacle, which will be the City of London's tallest building,
• Advising a contractor on a combined cycle co-generation project,
• Advising on a number of UK waste water treatment plants,
• Acting for a contractor against a Local Council in relation to a high profile public building,
• A successful defence of a manufacturer in relation to a satellite failure, and
• Acting for a contractor in a major claim arising out of the construction of manufacturing plant.
  
  Worldwide
• Acting for a contractor in relation to a dispute concerning a European power plant, under the UNICTRAL rules
• Acting for a main contractor in relation to a dispute concerning a water treatment plant, under the LCIA Rules,
•  Acting for a contractor in relation to a dispute concerning a prestige skyscraper that includes offices, restaurants, hotels and luxury flats, under the ICC Rules,
• Acting for a contractor in relation to a dispute bought by a piping sub-contractor on a chemical plant, and
• Advising on all aspects of a waste water treatment plant.

Examples of our significant reported cases include:

• Henry Boot Construction Limited v Alstom Combined Cycles Limited [2005]
• Midland Expressway Limited & Secretary of State for Transport -v- Carillion Construction Limited & Others [2006]
• Associated British Ports v Hydro Soils NV & Ors [2006] EWHC 1187 (TCC)
• Tate Gallery (Board of Trustees of) v Duffy Construction Limited [2007] EWHC 361 (TCC)
• Tate Gallery (Board of Trustees of) v Duffy Construction Limited (No.2) [2007] EWHC 912 (TCC)
• Kajimi UK Engineering Limited v The Underwriter Insurance Company Limited [2008] EWHC 83 (TCC)
• T&T Fabrications Limited & Anor v Hubbard Architectural Metal Work Limited [2008] EWHC B7 (TCC)
• Hiscox Syndicates & Anor v Pinnacle Limited & Ors [2008] EWHC 1386 (TCC)
• Jacobs UK Limited v Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP [2008] EWHC 2847 (TCC)
• PT Building Services Limited v ROK Build Limited [2008] EWHC 3434 (TCC) 
• Allied P&L Limited v Paradigm Housing Group Limited [2009] EWHC 2890 (TCC)