Construction law and building contracts are highly specialised areas of law. Our team has extensive experience working in local authorities and are available to assist on all non-contentious construction contract matters.

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We are adapt at dealing with the political sensitivities of public sector working and policy and how this can impact on project delivery. We can help you to devise risk strategies and effectively navigate the public procurement rules to deliver your business objectives, whilst mitigating time consuming and costly procurement challenges. We can advise you at all stages of your construction project through to project completion. 

Our team is used to dealing with sizeable, high value and complex construction contracts which are critical to an organisation's capital programme. When acting for public bodies, we like to consider ourselves an extension of their in-house legal teams. Our team's experience includes:

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• ​​a suite of 4 new build Academy contracts (value c£120m);

• a speculative house building venture for a local authority;

• a commercial re-development for a local authority with Competitive Dialogue (value c£200m);

• construction contracts (value c£100m) relating to 'One Public Estate' – the national construction programme delivered in partnership by the Office of Government Property and the Local Government Association;

• a Highways Framework Contract for a local authority and associated call-off contracts: major road re-alignment and improvement schemes;

• a Highways Term Maintenance Contract for a local authority (value c£35m);

• a Multi-Disciplinary Construction Consultancy Contract (value c£30m); and

• energy related contracts – 'Green Deal' energy initiative and related agreements e.g. Power Purchase Agreements, Demand Side Response Agreements, PV Operation and Maintenance Contracts & Consultancy Agreements, together with LED and PV installation works contracts.

 

Whether you are a private client or a public body, we have a balance of technical and commercial skills to meet your requirements and provide comprehensive professional advice and support in respect of:

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• review of JCT/NEC standard form contracts (including drafting and advising on amendments to the standard form);

• Pre-Construction Agreements;

• Construction Consultancy Agreements;

• limited instructions;

• negotiating collateral warranties;

• novation agreements;

• bonds/Parent Company Guarantees; and

• letters of tender acceptance.