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Basel Houchar
Senior Associate
Basel is a senior associate in Colin Biggers & Paisley's Construction & Engineering team specialising in front and back-end advice for construction and infrastructure projects.
Overview
Basel's practice focuses on providing tailored strategic guidance on contract management and dispute resolution for governments, principals, contractors, consultants and supplier entities.
Basel's experience also extends to preparing pleadings, defences and joinder applications for proceedings, and drafting pleadings for adjudication applications made under the Security of Payment Act, including submissions in response. He has also appeared before various courts and tribunals in directions hearings, mediations and compulsory conferences.
Basel has worked on several high-profile infrastructure projects in Victoria and Sydney, including the Circular Quay Renewal, Western Sydney Airport, Melbourne Metro Tunnel, North East Link, Bushfire Recovery Victoria, and Wollert Primary Bridge Strengthening projects. His prior role with the Australian Building and Construction Commission also equips him with expertise in Building Code compliance.
In addition to his Bachelor of Laws degree, Basel holds a Bachelor of Economics. Basel was admitted to practice in 2017.