Chris Edquist | Partner | Melbourne

Chris has over 25 years experience as a construction and infrastructure specialist.

Chris has a particular interest in major infrastructure projects, and also specialises in the law relating to architects' and engineers' liability.

Chris' areas of expertise include arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; architectural and engineering issues; building contract drafting and advice; consultants' retainers; construction and infrastructure litigation; development agreements and tenders.  Chris' clients includes architects, contractors, developers, engineers, project managers and Victorian Government departments.

Major government projects include:

• acting for Major Projects Victoria drawing the design and construct contract for the $200m Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Project;
• acting for the Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development negotiating the long term operation agreement for the $200m Australian Synchrotron Project;
• drawing for the Office of Major Projects the managing contractor agreement for the $300m Federation Square project;
• acting for VGPG in the fit out of the Southern Cross Development for the Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development, Department of Justice and the State Revenue Office; and
• acting for VGPG in the fit out of 50 Lonsdale Street for DHS.

Other major projects include: Alfred Medical Research & Education Precinct - acting for the principal; Austin & Mercy Hospital Relocation project - acting for the engineer; Bayside Health - acting for the principal in a new car park project; Victorian Hospitals Cogeneration Project - acting for the design and construction contractor in this $60m BOOT project; Flemington Race Course - drafting the $40m contract for the new grandstand at Flemington Race Course constructed for the VRC; Docklands (Colonial Stadium) - acting for the project managers in respect of their $360m project; MCG Northern Stand - acting for the architects and the superintendent of this $400m project; Northern Hospital at Epping, Victoria - advising and drafting the design and construct contract for this $57m project; and National Gallery of Victoria Redevelopment Project - acting for the Contractor.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Law
Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne (1976)

Admission details
Victoria, 1976
New South Wales, 1986

Memberships
Building Dispute Practitioners' Society
Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators