Construction and Projects
The construction industry operates within a highly regulated environment, with stringent legal requirements governing various aspects of project planning, design, construction, and operation. Non-compliance can lead to costly litigation, disputes with stakeholders, and potential project shutdowns.
We have represented a diverse range of stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of construction projects, from inception to completion. Our clients include owners/developers, financiers, main-contractors, specialist sub-contractors and consultants such as Architects and Professional Engineers, amongst others.
We offer expertise in contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, risk management, and dispute resolution helping our clients achieve their project objectives while minimizing legal risks. Our services include:
- Reviewing and drafting of construction and/or supply contracts between the different stakeholders;
- Advice on compliance with construction and/or supply contracts. We are familiar with the major industry standard forms of contract (e.g. the most commonly adopted FIDIC, PSSCOC, REDAS and SIA standard forms) and can provide the best advice and solutions when faced with any challenges and problems with compliance;
- Legal representation and strategic advice for managing issues such as suspensions, delays, claims for extensions of time, variation works, defective works, termination or breaches of contractual obligations. We strive to craft practical solutions to protect your legal rights and obligations, while preventing the escalation of potential disputes; and
- Legal representation in domestic and international arbitrations, legal suits filed in Court and SOPA adjudications.
Notable Briefs
We assisted the client to craft and achieve amicable resolutions for potential force majeure and delay claims during the COVID-19 pandemic, which enabled preservation of the parties’ business relationships and long term interests.
Assisted the specialist sub-contractor (one of Asia-Pacific’s leading oil and gas infrastructure services companies) in their claim against the main contractor for engineering, procurement and construction works performed at a key shipping facility in Singapore’s Jurong Port, worth almost SGD 20 million.
The client is a Singapore-based sub-contractor (specialising in instrumentation and electrical engineering works) who performed works worth nearly SGD 6 million for the main contractor in their construction of CapitaSpring Building (a 51-storey integrated development in Singapore’s Central Business District). The counterparty eventually entered liquidation, where our client was one of the largest unsecured creditors.
The proceedings were commenced in the Singapore High Court, and led to several appeals before the Singapore Courts which were all ruled in our client’s favour (with the claim being struck out and the defence to counterclaim also being struck out). The appeals include a published Grounds of Decision in The Living Age Pte Ltd v Wee Boon Hock Winston and another [2024] SGDC 165.
Our client (specialising in air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation and electrical works) was engaged by the main contractor for their construction of a migrant worker medical centre in Singapore (commissioned by the St. Andrews Mission Hospital). The main contractor raised multiple claims against our client under Singapore Building and Construction Industry’s Security of Payment Act (“SOPA”), which we successfully defended against.
