Review and analyse your Forms of Contract and or Subcontracts.

Forms of Payment Guarantee.

Response to Tender Queries.

Risk Analysis.

Dispute Resolution procedures.

Assembly of ITT documentation.

Tender analysis.

Examination of Tender Programmes.

Negotiations with short listed tenders.

Preparation of LOA.

Dispute Avoidance. Employer and Contractor organisations who wish to avoid protracted disputes can call upon us to implement dispute avoidance techniques and measures. These are best implemented before contract but if called upon we can also provide assistance on live projects.

Review and analyse the Forms of Contract and or Subcontracts.

Review the impact of associated Contractual Risks.

Project Audits. Management on live projects need information to make decisions. We undertake audits of performance including programme and cost trend forecasting to identify potential problems permitting management to take avoiding action.

Commercial assistance to Client Project Team.

Advice and establishment of Project Contract Administration procedures. We provide advice and support to companies in setting up and/or improving their contract administration systems. If required we provide experienced contract administrators to work as in-house consultants in Client organisations.

Contract and commercial correspondence. We undertake general quantity surveying duties including pre and post contract work for Employer and Contractor organisations. Our senior people have gained extensive experience working on some of the largest construction projects in the world.

Manage notifications of variation, delay and loss of productivity.

We provide planning and programming support to Employer and Contractor organisations and specialise in undertaking forensic planning work.

Establishment of Programme Management and Project Controls systems.

Preparation of contract programmes.

Planning services – progress monitoring and programme updating.

Identification and management of programme risks.

Identify and submit notifications of variation, programme delay and loss of productivity.

Identification and management of programme and commercial risks.

Claims made or received will very often benefit from an independent claims review sometimes called a “health check” or “sanity check”.  In this process we undertake investigations and checks to ensure that the prepared claim stands up to scrutiny and it often produces startling results that can be considered to be positive or negative to the client’s position.  Dependent upon the client brief the investigation and report can be completed in a matter of hours or a few days. The ultimate saving to a client can be enormous.

Preparation and negotiation of Extension of Time and Money Claims.

Commercial and programme risk management.

Provision of DAB / DRB Members. Our senior people have experience of both Dispute Review Boards and Dispute Adjudication Boards. They have the ability, experience and knowledge to address the challenges being faced by parties to a contract.

Provision of Expert Determinants. Iain Wishart the principal has acted as an expert determinant on a number of construction and other related disputes.

Provision of Arbitrators.

Hands on construction industry knowledge and expertise.

Review of contentious issues.

Analysis of commercial risks.

Assessment of potential recovery.

Advice on presentation of dispute.

Assistance with negotiations. We are experienced negotiators and assist Employer and Contractor organisations by providing experienced people bringing a new perspective and objective opinion on the issues and a fresh face who has not been involved in protracted disputes and / or clashes of personality.

Mediation. We assist owner organisations and contractors to prepare for mediation and frequently make presentations during the mediation process.

Adjudication. We assist and represent referring and responding parties in all aspects of formal adjudication proceedings from the Notice though to the Referral and to the Decision.

We undertake training and seminars on a number of subjects. Iain Wishart has prepared and delivered seminars and training sessions in the United Kingdom, China, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Malaysia and Trinidad & Tobago on contract dispute matters and the training of contract administrators.

We would be delighted to discuss your requirements with you. Please contact us stating which talk you might be interested in and we will contact you to discuss.

Talks and Seminars

Maximise your Profit, Minimise your Risks Training for Contract Administrators Conflicts in Construction Raising Commercial Awareness Introduction to Construction Disputes and Claims What is it Worth – the Evaluation of Construction Claims Mediation Dispute Avoidance Effective Management of Construction Contracts Contractual Arrangements under a Typical EPC Contract Management Requirements for Construction Contractors Working under FIDIC, or is it? Resolving Disputes – Advice for Owners. Settlement of Civil Engineering Disputes Managing to Avoid Cost Overruns – the Owners Defence System