MPH acts for contractors, principals, developers and other stakeholders across domestic, commercial and major infrastructure projects. Our clients operate in the mining and resources, oil and gas, road construction and maintenance, rail, engineering, tunnelling, residential building and commercial development sectors.
Our construction team provides practical, plain-language advice from project inception through to completion. We assist with contract preparation and negotiation, administration, compliance and risk management. When disputes arise, we offer clear, strategic advice on resolution options, costs and likely outcomes, and act in all courts, tribunals and arbitration proceedings.
We act in proceedings in the Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrate’s Court and the State Administrative Tribunal as well as in arbitration proceedings.
Areas of expertise include:
Front-end advisory
- Bespoke and Australian standard design and construction contracts
- Settling head contracts and drafting back-to-back subcontracts
- Contract administration including EOT and variation claims, compliance and risk management practices
Dispute resolution
- Rapid adjudication pursuant to the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021
- Mediation and arbitration
- Judicial review
- District, Supreme and Federal Court proceedings
- Management of liquidated damages, delay, disruption and prolongation claims
- Defects claims
- Payment disputes
- Joint venture disputes
- Shut down and demobilisation disputes
- Residential property disputes