By Paul Buetow, partner, and Sonia Ginders, solicitor, Kensington Swan’s Construction and Major Projects Team.
Our construction industry has been plagued with issues in recent years, with solvency failures leading to the liquidation of several large contractors.
In response to these woes, a common theme has emerged in the buzzwords...
In January we will send out the 2019 edition of Contractor Perspectives, our annual publication made up of commentary written by industry peers from government level to those associations representing every sector involved in making civil contracting in this country a success. By managing editor ALAN TITCHALL
As they have done for the...
By Charlotte Henley, Partner and Ruvini Rendle, Associate, Kensington Swan
When a giant in the construction industry, like Ebert, fails it affects a large part of the sector and leaves much to deal with and be concerned about.
Will subcontractors be paid? Who will complete the unfinished construction project? But also of potential...
A report card review of 2017, with general comment on the industry and a look into the crystal ball for 2018. Brendan Cash, Partner, and Arie Moore, senior associate, Kensington Swan.
THE 2017 YEAR came and went in a flash. In this article we take a look at notable industry events over the past 12 months and then turn our...
By Arie Moore and Sam McCutcheon who are members of Kensington Swan’s Major Projects and Construction Team and who worked with CCNZ to develop the CCNZ Subcontract.
Civil Contractors has recently published the CCNZ Subcontract, a new standard form subcontract for use by its members. Kensington Swan was proud to assist CCNZ in...
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 content of this article is not legal advice.
In last month’s edition (October) we looked at Custom Street Hotel Limited v Plus Construction Limited NZHC 2011 and a contractor’s...
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 content of this article is not legal advice.
This is the first of two articles that will look at the case of Custom Street, which was an appeal from an arbitral award....
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 subdivision. This article is a sanitised version of the contractor’s extraordinary story, edited by CCNZ executive officer Malcolm Abernethy and CCNZ’s solicitors Kensington Swan (Stuart...
ARIE MOORE, ASSOCIATE, AND KATE HENDERSON, SOLICITOR, KENSINGTON SWAN’S CONSTRUCTION TEAM
OFTEN NEW ZEALAND contractors operate on little more than a handshake. Recent liquidations, such as Mainzeal Property and Construction and roading company Infracon, serve to highlight the risks with that approach and the importance of...
