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Construction Expert Witness Service: Building A Strong Case with CPR35 Reports

Arbicon provide premier construction Expert Witness services, including production of CPR35 reports, to support and strengthen your legal arguments in your construction dispute weather in court arbitration or adjudication proceedings.

Building Defects in Construction

The construction industry is no stranger to building defects, which can be a headache for property owners and Contractors. Defects can be anything from minor cosmetic issues to significant structural defects that compromise the safety of a building. In any case, building defects are breaches of contract and they can result in costly repairs, delayed projects and payment disputes.

NEC4 ECSS Subcontractors Need To Follow Payment Provisions Carefully To Ensure They Get Paid

John Elven, Senior Consultant at Arbicon, discusses how subcontractors should follow payment provisions carefully in order to get paid.

Top 10 Tips To Avoid Cowboy Clients & Contractors

As a Contractor engaging with a Building Employer or another Contractor in a Construction Contract carries risk, reducing that risk is important. The construction industry has by far the greatest number of disputes than any other industry, 95% of dispute consultants are construction related. Arbicon discuss what could go wrong in a Construction Contract and explain how to minimise these risks.

10 Onerous Or Incompetent Contract Clause Types That Typically Arise & How To Deal With Them.

Jonathan Nugent, Managing Director of Arbicon, the leading construction contract claims consultant gives an insight and tips into 10 examples of typical onerous clauses that often appear in construction contracts. Jonathan considers the legal and practical consequences of their negative effect for the payee. Do you know what you have signed up to?

New Arbicon Office in Leeds

Arbicon are pleased to announce, as part of the firms expansion, the opening of a new office in Leeds.   The new office will serve as a hub for our team in the northern region and will allow us to better serve our clients in the area. Our new office overlooks St. Paul’s Square in Leeds and is based in the historic St Pauls House.

The Building Safety Act 2022 – Defective High Rise Cladded Buildings built after 1992… Prosecution is on its way for all involved…

The new Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) came into force on 28th June 2022, it is aimed at liability for defects in “dwellings” and in the context of making buildings safe. In theory it aims at prosecuting those persons associated including designers, suppliers, contractors, regardless of any bankruptcy defence associated with the supply and installation of defective and/or dangerous building products and buildings. The legislation is born out of the Grenfell Tower Fire in 2017 targeting “high risk” buildings such as those over 11m high and constructed in cladding as well as all other buildings. The main point to note is that the BSA amends the limitation Act to 15 years for defects in buildings and in the case of the “high risk” buildings and those falling under Section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 claims can be made going back to 28th June 1992 over 30 years ago. What does it all mean?

The NEC 4 ECC Contract: Notifying Compensation Events and Early Warnings – Caution Needed?

The NEC 4 ECC contract clearly defines compensation events and how these are to be notified. This article considers a particular aspect of notifying compensation events which relates to another NEC provision, namely, the giving of early warnings.

NEC Contracts - Maintaining Good Communications - Part 2

In Part 2 of our series covering communications in NEC Contracts, John Elven, Senior Consultant at Arbicon, discusses the importance of maintaining good communications in accordance with the requirements of NEC Contracts as a means of promoting dispute avoidance, focussing on NEC 4 clause 13.