Brunel Contracts

At Brunel Contracts, we understand that at the heart of every project is a maze of complex commercial, technical and legal issues which are tightly intertwined. The ability to make sound technical/commercial decisions will therefore require careful understanding of and regard to the underlying contractual and regulatory issues.

We recognise that important contractual rights or entitlements can be lost because of a single unconsidered amendment,concession, decision, stance or sentence. Independent advice or assistance is often required urgently and it may not be readily available or even if available, accessible because of various constraints.

Brunel Contracts stands ready to provide our clients with “as and when needed” access to personnel who is able to immediately advise on a wide range of issues arising in the course of IT, engineering or construction projects. Our services can be provided in a variety of ways to suit our clients’ convenience: on-site, off-site, secondment, project or piecemeal basis.

And our cost structure is very competitive and particularly suited to provide “in-house” type services where:

– due to the structure or size of a corporation, full-time in-house advisory personnel is either not called for or budgeted;
– there is an anticipated short term or temporary demand for experienced project personnel (for example, to tide through a particularly busy period or challenging project development)
– a particular project or projects place demands upon a business that cannot adequately be met from its permanent resources.

Why Brunel Contracts?

At Brunel Contracts, we have highly qualified and experienced professionals who are able to
provide immediate assistance with excellent commercial awareness to corporations by offering reasoned perspectives in a variety of matters facing project personnel.

Our personnel is familiar with all forms of project procurement and is able to:

 

• Review and advise on contract documents including the ambit, risks and implications of key contract/tender terms and “red flag” issues
• Review, update and prepare in-house project and contract templates
• Engage in or devise strategies for tender and contract negotiations and preparation of tender or contract documents
• Work with project personnel (as and when needed) on important contract administration decisions
• Assist behind the scenes by “ghost writing” particularly important or key project correspondence or site documents
• Assist and advise project personnel in “paper trailing” exercises to achieve defensive objectives or rights enhancement or preservation
• Assist in the preparation of claims/defences in adjudication proceedings under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act
• Advise on strategies for settlement negotiations and implementing dispute avoidance strategies
• Understand, evaluate and advise on the management of claims
• Understand delay issues and prepare delay analysis support and evidence
• Assist in document management and formal discovery exercises
• Collate evidence (including statements) for review, evaluation and where needed, use in legal proceedings
• Carry out key aspects of work in preparation for mediation, litigation and/or alternative dispute resolution proceedings
• Advise on legal issues arising upon commencement of arbitration proceedings
• Assist in the management of external solicitors, experts and other counsel
• Advise and assist in the management of professional fees for professionals engaged for formal dispute resolution proceedings

 

Our personnel has experience advising developers and contractors on numerous projects regionally.
Notable ones include:

• Singapore Circle Line
• Changi International Airport (Singapore)
• Hong Kong International Airport
• The Tsing Ma Bridge (Hong Kong)
• The Ting Kau Bridge (Hong Kong)
• Shell petrochemical facilities in an ASEAN country
• BASF chemical facilities in an ASEAN country
• Bakun Dam in Malaysia
• Kowloon Canton Railway Corp’s railway development projects (Hong Kong)
• Deep Tunnel Sewage System (Hong Kong)
• Hong Kong Housing Authority projects
• Major commercial and residential building projects in Singapore and Hong Kong
• World renowned engineering facility (for tourism industry) in ASEAN country
• Mobile telephony network infrastructure project in Malaysia
• Mobile telephony network infrastructure project in Sydney, Australia

 

For enquiries about our services, please email infolegal@brunel.com.sg or
call us at +65 6532 2480


Our personnel will be on hand to address your queries or arrange a meeting to
discuss your needs.