Macrossans Lawyers Brisbane law firm

Macrossans Lawyers construction team acts for builders, developers, architects and engineers in the resolution of construction and engineering disputes. Our experience has included all forms of dispute resolution including arbitration, litigation and mediation.

Our Partners Bill Hickey and Tony Mylne and Senior Associate Jeanenne Wilkinson are specialists in advising in the enforcement and/or resisting of the subcontractor's charges under the Subcontractor's Charges Act 1974 and using the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004. Please click here for our guide on the BCIPA.

We advise on the breadth of issues affecting the construction industry including:

• Work performance issues, including non-payment for work performed, extra work, suspension of work, acceleration of work and disruption of work method or sequence
• Contractor default and bankruptcy
• Payment bond surety obligations and performance bond surety obligations
• Inferior workmanship or materials
• Inter-governmental negotiations for the construction and use of public facilities

Our experience

• Acting for interstate developer in recovery actions of a contractual nature, including construction, litigation, insurance litigation and Trade Practices litigation
• Acting for consulting engineer firm in relation to the construction of the Osborne Co-generation plant
• Acting for a Japanese developer in a range of disputes over the construction of the Grand Marina apartment building at Paradise Waters
• Acting for consulting engineers involving contractual and professional negligence claims in connection with the construction of the Rotowaro Coal Handling Facility - negotiating a settlement
• Acting for a major property developer in a Supreme Court action over the design and construction of flood mitigation structures
• Acting for Australia Post in numerous engineering contracts and disputes
• Claims under the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act including:
  - Acting in Supreme Court reviews of adjudicators decisions
  - Acting in responding to and making applications ranging from small contractors to large steel frame suppliers
  - Acting in Supreme Court applications for a contractor involved in various Western Queensland development projects

For further information please contact Tony Mylne and Bill Hickey.