At Sivananthan, you can look to us for:-
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pre-contract choice of standard forms most suited to your needs and the necessary advise on amendments to the standard form terms and conditions to suit the risk allocation intended; |
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strategic advise in relation to on going risk management and project claims' management whether you are on the issuing end or the receiving end with an aim to avoid or limit potential disputes and to increase negotiation strengths; |
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advise on the most expedient and cost effective resolution methods and forums if the claims prolong and develop into disputes; |
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representation either in prosecuting or defending against claims at various local and foreign dispute resolution forums including forums such as mediation, adjudication, arbitration including limited time or structured arbitrations and court proceedings; |
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additional services during a dispute resolution process such as large scale document management for the arbitration process using trained paralegals and software technology, which allows access to documents in a categorized and organized fashion via computer. |
Our aim is to understand and reduce the contractual risks involved in construction projects and resolve contractual issues and disputes in a manner consistent with our client's requirements and objectives. In this regard, our team comprises not only lawyers, but also support staff with engineering backgrounds.
Pre-contract advice extends to working with your personnel to create risk assessments including monte carlo type simulations for risk planning thus leading to advice on the appropriate terms and conditions that would fit well with the choice of standard forms or alternatively strategic advice where the client cannot dictate the risk allocations or the terms and conditions.
The firm's construction and engineering team have been involved in complex disputes involving design disputes for both sub-structure and superstructure elements, time based claims with issues relating to critical path analysis and floats involving the use of computer generated work programmes such as Primavera and disruption to productivity or efficiency claims involving issues of learning curves and resource leveling. The team's exposure has extended to a variety of construction and engineering industries and projects including building projects, infrastructure projects such as highways and bridges, reclamation works and oil and gas projects.
The team also has experience in disputes arising from most types of standard forms of construction contracts utilized locally and internationally. These types of contracts include the BOT, BOOT or Turnkey forms of contracts and even sub-contracts, both in the domestic and nominated forms.
Additionally and in order to manage a successful arbitration process, the firm also provides large scale document management services using trained support staff and software technology, which allows access to the documents in a categorized and organized fashion. |
