Practice Areas

QUANTITY SURVEYING

Technical advice from 29 years post qualification experience gained working in and around the largest contractors in the world.

  • Contract Negotiation of Terms and Conditions
  • Sub-contracting Advice
  • Cost Plus, Turnkey and Design & Build Advice
  • New Build and Refurbishment
  • High Rise Offices, Airports, Automation of Materials Handling, Residential, Infrastructure
  • Cost / Value Reconciliation
  • Procurement

DISPUTE AVOIDANCE & CLAIM PREPARATION

When a project has time and cost challenges then a fast but accurate review, at modest cost, can pinpoint where a claim entitlement exists but has not, for whatever reason, been submitted.

  • Team Interviews to Obtain History
  • Forensic Review of Communications
  • Review of Variation Account
  • Review of Productive Hours: Planned versus Actual
  • Drawings Created / Submitted Analysis to Assess Scope Creep
  • Calculation of Quantum of Entitlement
  • Delay Narrative in Conjunction With Programme Delay Analysis

CONTRACTUAL MATTERS

Contract interventions to minimise risks before signature.

  • Contract Review and Summary of Risks
  • Drafting of amendments to Head Contracts and Sub-Contracts
  • Liaison with Lawyers to seek the best outcome
  • Review Bonds, MOU's, NDA's, Exclusivity Agreements, JV / Consortium Agreements
  • Review Applicability and Level of Insurances (CAR, Public, Design, Products Liability)
  • Strategy and Tactics
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"The playing field is leveled by knowing better the rules of the game."

Tactics are driven by a knowledge of the detail.

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