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A female WHS professional in a navy suit and white hard hat uses a tablet to survey a sprawling construction site at sunset, with multiple tower cranes and a river city skyline in the background.

A female WHS professional in a navy suit and white hard hat uses a tablet to survey a sprawling construction site at sunset, with multiple tower cranes and a river city skyline in the background.

Taking Over a Delayed Build: A WHS Lawyer's Guide to Your Exposure Under QLD's 2024 WHS Laws

John Merlo

Oct 114 min read

A photograph from a Queensland (QLD) construction site. Two workers in high-visibility uniforms, hard hats, and safety gear inspect a major water leak spraying from a large pipeline. One worker holds a rugged tablet and gestures towards the fault, while the other looks on. A manifold of pressure gauges is connected to the pipe. In the dusty background with gum trees, an excavator and a service truck are visible. The top-right corner contains a prominent orange banner with "QLD" in large, white text.

A photograph from a Queensland (QLD) construction site. Two workers in high-visibility uniforms, hard hats, and safety gear inspect a major water leak spraying from a large pipeline. One worker holds a rugged tablet and gestures towards the fault, while the other looks on. A manifold of pressure gauges is connected to the pipe. In the dusty background with gum trees, an excavator and a service truck are visible. The top-right corner contains a prominent orange banner with "QLD" in large, white text.

Failed Pipeline Pressure Test: Rectify Under Protest or Fight the QBCC Direction to Rectify in QLD?

John Merlo

Oct 117 min read

A wide-angle photograph captures a desolate, suspended commercial construction site in New South Wales at dusk. In the foreground, a weathered clipboard with water-damaged blueprints rests on a cracked concrete slab next to a laser distance measure. Exposed rebar and structural defects are visible. Midground, towering concrete pillars and a steel frame wrapped in yellow caution tape stand abandoned. The background shows the Sydney skyline glittering under a moody, cloudy twilight sky. The lighting is dramatic and low-key.

A wide-angle photograph captures a desolate, suspended commercial construction site in New South Wales at dusk. In the foreground, a weathered clipboard with water-damaged blueprints rests on a cracked concrete slab next to a laser distance measure. Exposed rebar and structural defects are visible. Midground, towering concrete pillars and a steel frame wrapped in yellow caution tape stand abandoned. The background shows the Sydney skyline glittering under a moody, cloudy twilight sky. The lighting is dramatic and low-key.

Is It Worth Suing a Builder in NSW? A Recovery Test for Construction Litigation

John Merlo

Oct 18 min read

Delay and Disruption Claims in NSW Construction: Extension of Time Claims and the Prevention Principle

John Merlo

Oct 161 min read

A professional in a high-rise office looking at blueprints and a book titled 'Agreement' on his desk, while overlooking a construction site with cranes at dusk in Queensland (QLD). Dual monitors with charts and data are also visible.

A professional in a high-rise office looking at blueprints and a book titled 'Agreement' on his desk, while overlooking a construction site with cranes at dusk in Queensland (QLD). Dual monitors with charts and data are also visible.

How Do QLD Head Contractors Secure Set-Offs in a Security of Payment Schedule Under the BIF Act?

John Merlo

Oct 112 min read

A complex scene on a pipeline construction site. A regulatory official in a dark uniform hands a 'DIRECTION TO RECTIFY' document to a construction worker in a high-vis shirt, who accepts it with a worried expression. The official gestures to a pressure gauge on the pipeline which reads 'FAIL'. On the right, a separate group of workers repair the pipeline, with one worker holding a hand-lettered sign that says 'RECTIFY UNDER PROTEST'. An inset image on the left shows the same worker and another man in a suit at a table, both looking at a document referencing 'QLD ACT 1991', against a background of a large river. A long pipeline stretches into a rural, tree-filled landscape.

A complex scene on a pipeline construction site. A regulatory official in a dark uniform hands a 'DIRECTION TO RECTIFY' document to a construction worker in a high-vis shirt, who accepts it with a worried expression. The official gestures to a pressure gauge on the pipeline which reads 'FAIL'. On the right, a separate group of workers repair the pipeline, with one worker holding a hand-lettered sign that says 'RECTIFY UNDER PROTEST'. An inset image on the left shows the same worker and another man in a suit at a table, both looking at a document referencing 'QLD ACT 1991', against a background of a large river. A long pipeline stretches into a rural, tree-filled landscape.

Failed Pipeline Pressure Test: Rectify Under Protest or Fight the QBCC Direction to Rectify in QLD?

John Merlo

Sep 3017 min read

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