
Construction & Engineering Lawyers
Get guidance through every stage of your construction project, from procurement and professional appointments to claims for delays, defects, or professional negligence.
Our experts are also help you with engineering projects. We have the expertise and knowhow to assist with engineering projects of all scale and sizes.

Choose Irwin Mitchell for legal support on your construction project
Lean on our specialist knowledge of commercial, technical, and regulatory pressures as your long-term legal partners
Construction projects offer opportunity but also carry risk. Whether you’re a developer, contractor, funder, consultant, or occupier, we help you balance exposure with progress.
We can support with:
- Drafting and negotiating building agreements and professional appointments
- Reviewing warranties, bonds, guarantees, and funding arrangements
- Advising on project structuring and liability management
- Handling disagreements over delay, disruption, or defective work
- Acting on claims against contractors, consultants, or professionals
- Managing arbitration, adjudication, and litigation when matters escalate.
With clear, multidisciplinary guidance shaped by industry knowledge, you can move projects forward with confidence while protecting your long-term commercial interests.
If you need support with an engineering project, we can:
- Support clients on a wide range of engineering projects, from civil engineering schemes to major marine and offshore works
- Advise on heavy civil engineering, including highways, bridges, airports, tunnelling, and large-scale infrastructure programmes
- Handle disputes across mechanical and electrical engineering, mining projects, and multi-disciplinary engineering developments.
Our experience includes energy projects such as wind farms, solar developments, and other low carbon infrastructure.
Speak to a member of our team
Our team support you to navigate complexity, seize opportunity and move forward with legal clarity.

Other real estate services
Construction projects involve more than contracts and disputes. Access legal support across the wider issues that shape delivery, risk, and long-term outcomes.Why do I need a construction lawyer?
Construction projects are high-risk and legally complex. Having specialist legal support makes sure your project is legally sound, and if any disputes to arise, you have the right team by your side.
Here a few examples of why it's important to have the right legal support:
- Construction projects move fast, involve a lot of money, and rely heavily on complex contracts. It’s very easy for things to go wrong without clear legal guidance.
- Disputes in this industry can be time consuming, expensive, and very disruptive. Having a specialist involved early helps prevent issues before they escalate.
- Standard forms and bespoke contracts have developed a huge amount of case law over the years, we stay on top of all of it, so you don’t have to.
Our approach covers the whole project life cycle, so we can balance risk from the start and make sure any amendments reflect your commercial priorities.
When should I involve a lawyer in my construction or engineering project?
You should involve a lawyer in your construction and engineering project at the earliest possible point. This should be before any contracts have been signed or commitments have been made. If you do this, any changes or amends needed will be quicker and cheaper to make.
Being involved in projects from the start allows us to work alongside other areas of your business that have interests in the project. For example, we can we work alongside your corporate advisers on joint venture arrangements or real estate colleagues on land issues.
On bigger construction and engineering projects, we can also support with immigration and workforce deployment issues by using the experts within our firm.
Ultimately, instructing legal advice earlier in your project means you reduce the risk of disputes further down the line.
Contact our specialists
Get strategic advice from a team that knows how to protect and grow your business. Please complete our enquiry form and one of our experts will contact you by the next working day.
Alternatively, you can call us now.
Our opening hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm (Excluding Public Holidays).
0370 1500 100
How do you help resolve contract disputes in construction and engineering?
Vijay Bange, our National Head of Construction and Engineering, is an experienced arbitrator and adjudicator. The whole also have vast experience with all types of disputes that arise from construction and engineering projects.
We focus on finding practical and commercial solutions. This can often be through alternative dispute resolution, which helps keep costs down and make sure projects can continue.
Our team are known for being innovative in how we approach disputes, always looking for the quickest and most effective way to resolve them.
Making an enquiry
We have several ways you can contact us, either by completing our online contact form, by phone, or using our live chat. If you start your journey online, here are the first steps to working together.
Complete our online formWe need a few details to understand your situation and the kind of support you need.
We’ll contact you by phoneOn the call our experts will ask you a few more questions to make sure we connect you with the right legal advice from our team.
We arrange a full appointmentIf we're able to support you further, the next step is an appointment with one of our specialists so we can discuss everything in more detail.
Our commitment to you
Our experts always start by listening, so we understand what matters most from day one.- 01Clear legal guidance
You will always get straightforward, honest advice, with regular updates to keep you clear on the way forward.
- 02Specialist knowledge
A wide-ranging team of trusted specialists who understand what it takes to protect your future, your family or your business.
- 03Your needs first
Whether you’re navigating complex personal situations or business decisions, we take the time to understand your world and what’s at stake.




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