Typical engagements

• Placements: embedded commercial manager or contracts manager in your project team, on site or in the office, from a few days a week to full time for the life of a package or project
• Contract administration under NEC4 ECC, AS 4000 and AS 2124: early warnings, compensation events, variations, extensions of time, progress claims and payment schedules
• Subcontract procurement and negotiation: scopes, tender assessment, terms and back-to-back risk
• Claims support: preparing and presenting variations and delay claims, or assessing the ones made against you
• Commercial close-out and final account

Engagements are scoped in a short call and confirmed in a one-page proposal: day rate for placements, fixed fee or retainer for defined tasks.

Insights

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