“Security of Payment” we have heard of it, but what is it exactly? And how does it impact on you as consultants? The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (“SOP Act”) is the legislation that makes sure that any person who carries out construction work or supplies related goods and services (such […]

Poor old “set-off”! Thought by many of us to be such an obvious or even obscure concept, we rarely give it a second thought, let alone investigate it in any detail at all. Yet perhaps set-off is not as straightforward and therefore as boring as one might think?! We seek in this article to:

This week I had the opportunity to present at a MelBIM forum. If you’ve been to an event by MelBIM, or its sister groups interstate, you’ll know what a fantastic atmosphere it is when you put two hundred or more BIM specialists in a room and talk about the latest leaps being made by this […]

In a poll conducted during our recent webinar, 53% of participants responded that they are retained to provide “partial” services on more than half of their current projects, and 79% responded that they considered providing partial services on a project was riskier than providing full services. Assuming that the trend to “partial services” is to […]

When it comes to supervising employees or the like in the performance of professional services on a project, it is imperative to consider what obligations you have in supervising that employee’s work.

Our risk managers field a lot of questions about “safe design” obligations when we’re delivering seminars. That’s not surprising. Designers naturally strive to produce good designs that protect workers as much as possible. On top of that, work health and safety law imposes alarmingly high maximum penalties, as a serious deterrent. The very worst breaches […]

TIn addition to our professional development products, informed provides a contract review service to help consultants understand the insurance and risk implications of professional services agreements. Reviewing over 1300 contracts each year puts us in a unique position to observe changes in client-drafted contracts, and gives us a general snapshot of the construction industry. In […]

The informed team, with some third party experts, have packaged two hours of web-based seminars covering the key aspects for consultants. We’ve called these two modules “Starting Out” …where we keep it straightforward for each topic – in each case asking:  (1) What are these issues? (2) What are the specific risks involved for you?

On 16 January 2017, the Building Appeals Board (BAB) in Victoria rejected builder LU Simon’s alternative solution for managing the risks associated with the external cladding on the Lacrosse Building. What does this mean for consultants?

Disputing parties will typically have access to the Australian court system[1] to seek resolution of disputes under a consultancy agreement; however there are other forms of dispute resolution which can be contemplated in the consultancy agreement.