The Importance of Correctly Identifying Claims
For contractors, it is their responsibility to identify situations in which there is an entitlement to a claim for additional time or payment. On the employers side, identifying these situations early means they can take…
Cost Claims: 11 Tips for Success
Cost claims can be tricky...and if you want yours to be a success, there are some important principles to follow. Not only that, you need to present your claim in line with good practice. This article discusses both. Before…
Will Your Contract Admin Stand Up to Future Claims?
Good contract admin (or administration) is key to any successful project. If a claim is to succeed, it must contain certain essential elements: Cause, effect, entitlement and substantiation. In other words: What happened…
Top Tips for Delay Analysis in Construction
Delay analysis can be a confusing world. We’ve put our expertise together to create a free download with our top tips for preparing a delay analysis. Despite ongoing improvements in the way in which projects are executed,…
Can Artificial Intelligence Perform the Role of a Construction Planner?
It seems stories and articles about artificial intelligence are everywhere you look at the moment. A common question is whether AI can eventually replace a human’s job completely. This got me thinking about how AI might…
Abbreviations and Acronyms: To Use or Not?
A couple of days ago, I spent a frustrating couple of hours reading a FIDIC report. Why was it frustrating? It was not because the report was particularly difficult to understand. It was because it was littered with so many…
Construction Claims vs. The Perfect Claim E-Courses: What’s the Difference?
Students often get in touch and ask: What's the difference between The Perfect Claim and Construction Claims e-courses? Both courses deal with the fundamentals of claims management, so what sets them apart? The Perfect……
The Cycle of A Poorly Written Construction Claim
It is no secret that poorly written construction claims are one of the main causes of time-consuming and costly disputes. However, the dispute process often finds in favour of the claimant. Why is this? Let’s look at a…
FIDIC 2017 Claims: Andy Hewitt’s Latest Release
I’m old enough to remember when the FIDIC 1999 contracts were published. If I remember correctly, it took a good 10 years for the industry to, not only adopt them, but to see their use as best practice on new projects. At…
Variations: How do you price them when the tender price has been adjusted?
I was recently asked this question about variations: We agreed the Tender Price during contract negotiations. How do we apply an adjustment to the tender price when pricing variations? This often causes contention and the…