Lawyers – Construction

The DELAGE Law firm has developed a diversified national and international client base, with investors, investment funds, developers and individuals which it supports in all their real estate projects by dealing with Construction Law, Planning Law and Real Estate Transactions.

CONSTRUCTION: The DELAGE LAW FIRM assists its clients during planing for a project and putting it into effect, and after completion; 4 stages of intervention:

  • Before starting work. Defining the contractual framework for work/Preventive Summary Proceedings
  • Support during the works
  • Support at key stages of the acceptance of works
  • Support after enforcing work performance legal safeguards.

BEFORE WORK

DEFINITION OF THE CONTRACTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE WORK

The DELAGE LAW FIRM provides advice and assistance prior to the construction operations, while drawing up:

  • contracts for delegated project management,
  • mandate agreements,
  • work contracts,
  • insurance contracts.
  • Building Permit dossier (see Planning section)

INITIATION OF PREVENTIVE SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS

To reduce the potential risks which a demolition and/or construction operation might present, the DELAGE LAW FIRM introduces preventive summary proceedings, monitors the technical operations and resolves questions of neighbourhood disturbance and adjoining property.

ASSISTANCE DURING THE WORKS

During construction, when an implementation problem arises (a company bankruptcy, abandonment of work, termination of contract, non-compliance with contractual requirements ….), the DELAGE LAW FIRM stands by its clients to look after and defend their interests.

  • site incidents,
  • implementation problems,,
  • bankruptcy of a company,,
  • abandonment of construction,,
  • termination of a contract,
  • additional works,
  • Legal expertise: legal and administrative courts.,

SUPPORT AT KEY STAGES OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF WORK AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF LEGAL SAFEGUARDS

The DELAGE LAW FIRM advises and assists its clients in the very fraught period of acceptance operations and keeps them informed about the consequences of the decisions taken. (Reservations, holdback, lifting reservations, consequences of reservations …)

AFTER ACCEPTANCE

The DELAGE LAW FIRM intervenes in the event of disturbances at work in the implementation of legal safeguards. (Implementation of the completion guarantee, and two years and ten years guarantees).