OUR EXPERTISE

Precision in law.
Fluency in complexity.

Specialist legal and commercial advice for projects, transactions and disputes where the detail is decisive.

Engineering drawings and a legal contract under review

Engineering & construction law

Legal clarity for the realities of delivery.

From the first procurement decision to project completion, CRA advises on the contractual and commercial issues that shape engineering and construction projects.

Construction and professional appointment agreements
Contract administration, risk allocation and governance
Change, delay, disruption and performance
Defects, completion and contractual remedies

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Major-project contracts arranged on a legal strategy table

Major projects & bespoke contracts

Structure that supports the ambition.

We advise on the contractual architecture of complex projects, aligning commercial intent with project responsibilities and the allocation of risk.

Project structuring and procurement strategy
EPC, EPCM, operation and maintenance agreements
Joint ventures, consortia and concession arrangements
Bespoke contracts and commercial negotiations

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A private arbitration table prepared for dispute resolution

Dispute resolution & arbitration

Measured strategy when positions diverge.

CRA assists parties in managing disputes with a clear view of commercial consequence, procedural choices and the relationships at stake.

Mediation, adjudication and arbitration
Claims preparation, responses and defence
Dispute avoidance and settlement strategy
Expert advisory and litigation support

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Contract documents and project evidence under forensic review

Legal & contractual forensic services

Turn project disorder into legal control.

MAJOR PROJECTS. INFRASTRUCTURE. ENERGY.

DIRECTOR-LED | DISCREET | PROJECT-LITERATE

Turn project disorder
into legal control.

High-consequence construction, engineering, infrastructure and energy disputes are not won by volume. They are won by disciplined contract analysis, chronology, contemporaneous evidence and strategic timing.

FORENSIC CONTROL MAP

FORENSIC RECORDRisk x entitlement x evidence quality

WHAT CRA DOES

CRA reconstructs the factual and contractual position so that decision-makers can see the route, the risk and the next move before the dispute path becomes expensive, emotional or irreversible.

CONTRACT ROUTE

Clause architecture, authority, notices, change, payment, time and dispute mechanisms.

EVIDENCE POSITION

Chronology, correspondence, instructions, minutes, payment records, programmes and admissions.

ENTITLEMENT / EXPOSURE

Strengths, weaknesses, time-bars, prescription risk, causation, breach, defences and recovery routes.

STRATEGIC OPTIONS

Settlement posture, correspondence plan, claim refinement, dispute avoidance or adjudication/arbitration readiness.

CLIENT-GRADE OUTPUTS

Forensic chronology and missing-records list
Contract architecture and clause-route matrix
Legal issue matrix with risk ratings
Entitlement, exposure and defence assessment
Expert interface scoping: delay, quantum, engineering, QS or architecture
Strategic options paper and action tracker

WHEN TO INSTRUCT

Rejected claims. Contested instructions. Delay and disruption. Professional liability pressure. Termination risk. Payment disputes. Poor records. Board-level uncertainty. Settlement before adjudication, arbitration or litigation.