Our Services

In addition to claim preparation, we can support clients with negotiations associated with settlement of contentious issues, by working through each issue with both parties, using a methodical & analytical approach ensuring all relevant facts and information are considered in a fair and reasonable manner.

I have a proven track record in achieving equitable outcomes for all parties to the negotiation, avoiding unnecessary costs associated with disputes. In addition, by adopting such a fair and reasonable approach we often indirectly salvage the working relationship between the parties, which is crucial to the construction industry.

As an external party we can act unbiased to each party while achieving best outcome for both, by adopting an experienced viewpoint which is not influenced by past issues which may not be relevant to the current negotiations.

• Management of tendering process to ensure compliance with the Employers requirements.
• Compilation of appropriate invitation to tender documents including confidentiality agreements.
• Management of the bid commercial team including quantity surveyors, contract administrators, estimators, and schedulers.
• Compilation of pre-tender estimates and tenders to ascertain budgets to be incorporated into the bid
• Issuing of tender bulleting and addendums
• Evaluating, scoring, and providing recommendations of tender submissions on a financial & non-financial perspective.
• Identification of tender qualifications and deviations to ensure no gap risk is apparent.
• Review of proposed Head Contract documentation

The period between preliminary award and executing the Head Contract is an opportune time to ensure all commercial risk is appropriately communicated to in house legal teams to ensure they are adequately negotiated in the final stages, we can provide a commercial overview and become part of the negotiating team.

We understand the pressures associated with projects and how critical it is to have a fluid and efficient startup. We can also assist in the drafting of the subcontract scope of works which are clear and concise, identifying the clear roles and responsibilities of both parties of the agreement. This will ensure no valuable time is lost in procurement, whilst the site team can focus on planning and delivering the project works.

Prepare contractual notices as required by the project team to ensure compliance with the Head Contract and avoid being time barred from submitting a relevant claim.

We can provide a commercial support role to the construction team, working closely with the project managers, construction managers and directors. The tasks that can be managed as required are as follows:

• Rights and obligations summary of the head contract agreement
• Project head contract training to selected project team members
• Head contract and subcontract review & administration
• Tender document review
• Framework/platform to capture necessary project costs and schedule-performance information and provide notice of variance at earliest opportunity
• Submission of head contract notices
• Response to subcontractor and supplier contractual notices
• Management of procurement team and negotiation of packages including contractual deviations
• Submission of head contract variation and EOT claims and subsequent negotiation
• Cashflow management
• Drafting of Management Plans for Works commencement approval

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