NZS 3910 – the standard is changing
Paul Buetow (partner) and James France (solicitor) in Dentons Kensington Swan’s Major Projects and Construction team. The NZS 3910:2013 standard is the most widely used...
Tag : Construction Contracts Act 2002
Retentions and the lessons learnt from Ebert
Brendan Cash, Partner, and Isaac Nicholson, Summer Clerk, Kensington Swan’s Construction and Major Projects Team. In March last year, the law governing retentions was changed...
Harnessing the Construction Contracts Act 2002
BRETT MARTELLI, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, HEANEY & PARTNERS CONTRACTORS ARE WELL aware that under the CCA, if a payment claim is not paid or disputed by...
CCA update: Demonstrating ‘reasonable value’
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. By Kate Henderson, Solicitor, and Helen Brown, Special Counsel, Kensington Swan’s Construction and Infrastructure team. WHILE WRITTEN...
Who’s heard of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979?
This article was written by Stuart Robertson and Sam McCutcheon. Stuart is a partner and Sam is a solicitor in Kensington Swan’s construction team. The...
Infrastructure contracts – the debate continues
A recent workshop for NEC3 contracts project managers in Christchurch, and organised by NEC in the UK, rekindled an old industry debate and dilemma over...
Right to suspend left dangling
This article was written by Stuart Robertson and Sam McCutcheon. Stuart is a partner and Sam is a solicitor in Kensington Swan’s construction team. The...
Kensington Swan commentary: harsh lesson with non-payment
A Civil Contractors NZ member has just endured an 18-month struggle chasing just over $1 million owed it by a developer of a lifestyle...
Contract retention provisions
MALCOLM ABERNETHY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CIVIL CONTRACTORS NZ. RETENTIONS ARE A HOT TOPIC at the present time with the Minister for Building and Housing, Dr...