About Shane

Shane advises government departments, statutory authorities, local governments, corporations, developers, contractors and consortiums on construction, projects, infrastructure and services contracts. Shane's areas of expertise include: construction, engineering and infrastructure; drafting and negotiating tender documentation and construction and related contracts; contract procurement and contract administration; advising on risk mitigation strategies for project delivery; PPP / PFI; and Department of Treasury and Finance Gateway Review Panels.

Experience

• Suites of contracts

  Shane has acted for numerous public sector clients, developers and contractors in preparing suites of contract documentation including calls for expressions of interest, requests for tenders, consultancy agreements, ECI contracts, construct-only contracts and design and construct contracts.

• Melbourne Desalination Plant

  Shane undertook a secondment to the successful Thiess/Degremont bid for the Melbourne Desalination Project. Shane's role related mainly to all of the operational and maintenance aspects of the project including the negotiation of the O&M Contract and related documentation.

• Regional Fast Rail Project ($500 million)

  Advising Freight Australia on its contractual obligations on the Regional Fast Rail project. This project involves upgrading more than 500km of railway so as to permit train speeds for four major rail lines to increase from 115km/hr to 160km/hr.