Construction and engineering

With a team of expert construction lawyers working in the UK and globally on construction and engineering issues, our proactive approach enables us to provide cutting edge solutions in every sphere of commercial construction and engineering.

Overview

Our dynamic construction and engineering lawyers get to the heart of the issues quickly but take time to listen to the commercial, strategic, and legal challenges you face. We add real value by getting to know your business and the world you operate in.

Acting for contractors, consultants, employers, developers, local authorities, health authorities, and financial institutions in this industry means we bring broad and valuable experience to ensure your success.

From project inception to beyond completion, we negotiate the best position for you and provide straightforward, practical advice for economic, business-focused solutions.

Despite the best of intentions, sometimes a dispute on a construction and engineering project is simply unavoidable. We know how much disruption this can cause and aim to protect your interests whilst negotiating a swift and positive conclusion.

Our considerable experience ranges from handling high-value, more complicated cases through to large numbers of standard claims, where a proactive, decisive and cost-effective strategy is essential to protect your interests.

Our construction lawyers are regularly instructed to advise clients on corporate manslaughter and HSE investigations arising from fatal accidents and incidents involving serious injuries to employees and members of the public. We also offer bespoke training to help clients develop their safety culture. Find out more about our Safety, Health and Environment offering.

Our Corporate Insurance & Risk (CIR) team are a division of DAC Beachcroft, created to service and manage liabilities and risk for corporate clients with specialist capability in construction and engineering. Find out more about our Construction and Engineering offering.

Featured experience

  • Acting for a client with an extensive property portfolio. Dealing with the first claim bought by DLUHC pursuant to s.123 Building Safety Act 2022 for a Remediation Order. Plus dealing with a number of additional Remediation, Contribution and Building Liability Orders. The advice also relates to pursuing recovery actions against third-party developers, contractors and professionals.
  • Acting for a contractor dealing with a series of adjudications for contract declarations, extensions of time and loss and expense. Plus associated Part 8 claims.
  • Acting for a house builder client, in a High Court claim seeking recovery of its costs associated with a failed ground improvement scheme.

What our clients say

  • ‘Ben Thornycroft goes the extra mile to understand business needs and delivers his advice to support the achievement of the end objectives.’

    Legal 500 UK 2023 Edition, Contruction, South West

  • "Strong in disputes on behalf of contractors."

    Chambers UK 2023 Edition, Construction, North East

  • "A great team with strength in depth and the ability to communicate complex matters in simple terms."

    Chambers UK 2023 Edition, Construction, North East

  • "DAC Beachcroft are always prompt to return our calls, are appreciative of time pressures and are flexible in respect of availability."

    Chambers UK 2023 Edition, Construction, South West

  • "Ben Thornycroft assists us with all our strategic procurement and dispute issues and helps apply common sense to help us unravel them simply and sensibly."

    Chambers UK 2023 Edition, Construction, South West

Construction and engineering key contacts

Quiénes somos

¿Por qué elegir DAC Beachcroft?

Somos un bufete comercial de amplia base que presta servicios a una gran variedad de sectores, con una sólida herencia en seguros,
salud e inmobiliario. Combinamos excelentes conocimientos jurídicos y experiencia de vanguardia para diseñar soluciones en
que se adapten a las necesidades de nuestros clientes, a menudo con un uso inteligente de la tecnología.