Nikki NGIAM
Partner
+65 6416 8189
nikki.ngiam@wongpartnership.com
Practices
• Infrastructure, Construction &
Engineering
Nikki NGIAM is a Partner in the Infrastructure, Construction & Engineering
Practice. Her main areas of practice encompass construction and engineering
dispute resolution, as well as front-end construction work involving drafting,
reviewing and advising on various bespoke and standard form construction
contracts (including those published by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA
Forms of Contracts), Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore
(REDAS Design & Build Conditions of Contract) and the Building and
Construction Authority (Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract)), project
management and consultancy agreements and construction-related bonds and
guarantees.
Nikki has acted for developers, consultants and contractors in numerous court
actions and arbitrations concerning a myriad of construction issues including
delay and disruption, extension of time, liquidated damages, payment,
variations, defective works, performance bonds and stay of proceedings in
favour of arbitration.
Matters of significance which Nikki has been involved in include acting for the
Land Transport Authority of Singapore ("LTA") in a dispute relating to the
construction of the Circle Line (Singapore’s fourth Mass Rapid Transit line) and
in the review of LTA’s construction contracts, including form of tender and
collateral warranty relating to the design and construction of stations and
tunnels; for project developer, Singapore GP Pte. Ltd., on contractual issues,
consultancy and project management agreements, equipment procurement
contracts, agreements for lease and licences, and the access control agreement
in connection with the Singapore F1 Grand Prix events; for a well-known
property developer in a High Court action defending claims for defects in
common property, brought by the management corporation of an upmarket
condominium in Singapore; and for SATS Ltd. on a concession agreement in
relation to the construction of certain facilities at the Abu Dhabi International
Airport.
Nikki has also worked on matters relating to PPP projects including acting for
service providers and advising on structural, procedural and contractual issues
in connection with the Singapore Gold Consortium's bid for the Sports Hub PPP,
Singapore – the world's first and largest integrated sports facilities infrastructure
project and one of Singapore's largest and flagship PPP projects; and for
service providers and advising on procedural and contractual issues in
connection with a consortium's bid for the ITE West PPP, Singapore – the first
educational institution in Singapore to use this form of procurement.
Nikki’s other areas of practice includes employment – drafting terms and
conditions of employment, termination of employment agreements and advising
on release agreements and ex-employee’s claim for severance payment
following termination; and Workplace Safety & Health ("WSH") – advising on
WSH legislation, drafting and reviewing of WSH policies for developer and
construction companies.
Nikki graduated from the National University of Singapore and is admitted to the
Singapore Bar.
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