Risk Assessment

We offer a risk assessment service that allows our clients to adopt a suitable and informed stance when faced with a claim on a building project. Our experience of building projects and in-depth understanding of the building contracts coupled with our experience of conciliation and arbitration allow us to provide sound reliable advice to clients.

We can provide answers to the common questions facing building owners and employers in a claim situation:

Is the claim well founded?
Should we fight the claim?
Should we attempt to settle?
How much money is realistically involved?

An analysis and risk assessment provides an independent overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the positions taken by each side and identifies the likely outcome of the formal dispute resolution process, either conciliation or arbitration. It also identifies the likely costs involved in the dispute process. It is an invaluable tool in managing the dispute and a very useful guide to making decisions about fighting, settling or resolving the dispute. Our analysis and risk assessment provides building owners and employers with clear guidance about: