Expert Services
We offer specialist expert support in quantum damages, delays and project management.
Quantum Damages
Whether it's under NEC, JCT, FIDIC, EPC, or bespoke forms of contract. We assess a wide range of issues, from measured works and variations to delay, disruption, rectification of defects, contra charges, and counterclaims. Wherever you are in the world, and whatever the scale or nature of the dispute, our team has the expertise to support you.
Delay Analysis
Our experts simplify the often complex delay analysis process, presenting their findings clearly and confidently using industry-recognised methods. These include Impacted As-Planned, Time Impact Analysis, Windows Analysis (both time slice and as-planned versus as-built), and Collapsed As-Built techniques.
Project Management
Our project management experts have extensive experience in assessing the performance and obligations of Contract Administrators and Project Managers. We review project and contract documentation, evaluate management processes from feasibility to handover, and consider industry standards, client advisories, service adequacy, payment levels, and the impact of any shortcomings in service delivery.
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Quantity Surveying
We offer clients both pre-contract and post-contract professional services.
Pre-contract commercial and tender administration services
Pre-contract services maintain contractual, programming and financial control of a project, from the earliest stages. This helps to avoid problems such as prejudice to tender prospects, uncertainty over contract terms, lack of identifiable intent and method statements, disparity between scope of work and price, and the unwitting acceptance of onerous terms. The costs for failures at pre-contract stage can be considerable.
Our scope of strategic management and pre-contract services include:
- Assessment of contract conditions prior to ratification to ensure proper representation of agreements made
- Assistance through tender negotiations
- Commercial appraisal of an enquiry or contract documentation
- Commercial feasibility studies and budgeting
- Contract formation
- Cost estimating and control
- Establishing document recording systems
- Procurement of tenders and the formulation of agreements
- Production of schedules of quantities
- Production of tender and contract documentation
- Project planning (including assistance with the presentation of tender programming and method statements)
- Risk assessment (analysis of documents to identify potentially onerous conditions)
- Tender assessment
- Value engineering
Post-contract commercial, programme and contract administration
Our range of services secure tight financial and contractual control of a project by minimising costs, maximising value and controlling contractual risk. A full and active role in the post-contract management period is designed to optimise the client’s financial and contractual position. Furthermore this can be provided at the highest level through strategic management expertise.
Our services include:
- Acting as employer’s representative
- Advising on contractual issues
- Cost and commercial monitoring and controls
- Establishment of reporting systems
- Financial management of subcontractors’ accounts
- Measurement of work completed
- Preparation of financial and contractual status reports for funders and client bodies
- Preparation of interim payment applications and valuations
- Preparation and negotiation of final accounts
- Secondment of staff for client commercial assistance
- Valuation of variations, increased costs and dayworks