Founded in 1984, Binnington Copeland & Associates is a Hill International Company that has offices worldwide and a wide range of experts in fields pertaining to engineering and construction projects.
The company employs engineers, attorneys, contract administrators, quantity surveyors, construction managers and scheduling specialists who provide training and commercial and contractual services for the construction industry.
Binnington Copeland & Associates’ teams include specialists that can assist in all phases of a project, so that the myriad events that occur can be assessed and evaluated in a timely and accurate way.
As the company’s staff are experts in their disciplines, its clients benefit from strong recommendations, which are both technically and financially sound.
Binnington Copeland & Associates’ principal strengths include its commitment to providing excellent client service, with particular emphasis on problem solving by becoming part of the clients' team; its ability to quickly understand complex technical and contractual situations; its ability to constantly be at the forefront of legal and commercial developments in construction law; and its strong negotiating skills.
The company, which currently employs about 65 people, has three offices in South Africa, located in Johannesburg, Centurion and Cape Town.
Services provided by the company include claims consulting, litigation support, delay and disruption analysis, adjudication, lender advisory, documentation for construction contracts, tender and precontract advice and the establishment of contract procedures to protect the contractual position of clients.
The company also provides advice with respect to impending claim situations, services related to the promotion and/or defence of claims, negotiation services in the settlement of disputes, representation at mediation and/or arbitration, expert advisers to legal counsel, expert witnesses for court or arbitration, troubled project turnaround, claims consulting and project management oversight and support.