In response to a recent CIOB governance review a new board was convened to provide strategic direction for the institute on policy and public affairs, with a fresh focus on international policy. The CIOB external affairs advisory board comprises 14...
Read moreWhen deciding on your strategy to defend or promote an Adjudication, would you go it alone and fight your case with minimum costs ‘team David’. Or, if finances permit, do you adopt the belt and braces approach and instruct a...
Read moreBrant Construction Quantum Experts are regularly instructed to assist in resolving disputes relating to the abnormal costs associated with developments. These often include Infrastructure costs and occasionally build costs. Brant has been involved in disputes ranging from relatively small housing...
Read moreCase Study Background We were instructed by lawyers acting for the Responding Party, to act as independent quantum experts in an adjudication. Our Client was a large M&E Sub-Contractor appointed to carry out large scale electrical sub-station works at a Read more…
Brant is 25 years old. It’s come a long way since Trevor started Brant Associates Ltd from a home-office in 1995. He still participates in the business in his role as Chairman but Mark and Ian Brant joined him, became Read more…
The impact The Office for National Statistics figures demonstrate that as a result of Covid-19, construction output shrank by a colossal 40.1% in April 2020. The Construction Products Association has also forecast a most unwelcome fall of 25% in Construction Read more…
Summary – Brant, acting as Quantum Experts in the TCC, was engaged by the defendants’ solicitors. The Client had allegedly designed a basement that had failed, allowing water ingress and damaging the building. The cost to rectify the damage being Read more…
I am passionate about dispute avoidance and at Brant, we do all we can to support our clients so as to avoid formal dispute resolution. However, in these strange times, what happens if you are in the receipt of a Read more…
I drafted an article, in 2011, entitled, ‘Is Adjudication too Expensive?’ It would now appear the question has been answered and the game has changed! For too long, disputes that have a lower value, less than say £20-30k have not Read more…
Period – Q3 2019 Location – England Category – Adjudication, Main Contractor Project Value – Circa £1.5m Disputed Value – £400k Summary – Brant, providing Adjudication Support and acting as an advocate for a Main Contractor, assisted by quickly pulling Read more…