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Our construction team has advised on energy and resources projects including mine developments and operations, and water and energy infrastructure. Our construction lawyers can assist with: procurement strategies; tender preparation and negotiation; contract developments and negotiations; consortium and joint venture arrangements; maritime and subsea; outsourcing; mine construction, development and expansion; processing facilities and mining equipment procurement.
Over the past three years we have assisted clients in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Africa to implement more than 70 engineer-procure-construct (EPC) and engineer-procure-construction-management (EPCM) contracts and 50 operations and maintenance agreements for mining operations. Complementing our extensive mining expertise is our skill in the energy sector. We advise clients on the development, construction and ongoing operation and maintenance of power stations; electricity and gas infrastructure including pipelines and powerlines; and water infrastructure including pipelines, dams, treatment plants and sewerage works.
The Christmas period is seen by many in the construction industry as an opportunity to serve payment claims or have claims for payment of construction work adjudicated under the security of payment legislation — in the hope those claims or applications will go unanswered or the other party will be ill-prepared to defend them.