Construction Contract Consultancy

Construction contracts usually comprise either an amended standard form, a client standard form or a one off bespoke contract specifically drafted for a particular project.

Castle Co. has extensive experience of the wide variety of contracts used throughout the construction and engineering sectors.

Castle can assist with :

Contract Drafting and Auditing

• Drafting, interpretation and selection of appropriate standard or non-standard forms of contract or sub-contract; terms of professional engagement; warranties; bonds; guarantees; contracts for suppliers.
• Advising and checking of tender and contract documents including contract conditions , specifications, bills of quantities and reporting upon commercial risks within tender documentation; negotiation of revised conditions of contract or sub-contract.

Contractual Advice throughout Construction

• Advice on the interpretation of contract documentation where it is either silent or ambiguous on a particular issue.
• Investigation of live projects and provision of an independent report on performance, cost and time overruns and consequential risks.
• Strategic advice for the resolution of issues between two contracting parties.