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 moreThe 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 moreI 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 moreSummary – 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 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…
Period – Q2-Q3 2019 Location – England Category – Mediation, Final Account Project Value – Circa £4.2m Disputed Value – £800k Summary – Brant acted as an advocate working for a private individual in this Mediation Support case. The Main Read more…
An article we once published in a Newsletter set out the merits of the planning function in construction projects. It encouraged Employers of Contractors, in particular, to take a pro-active approach to planning in terms of interrogating and monitoring a Read more…
The right to adjudicate a dispute under a “Construction Contract” came into force in 1998 when the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (the Act) became statute. One of the primary objectives of the Act was to assist with Read more…