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Chartered Quantity Surveyors / Construction Contract Consultants / Expert Witness Services / Arbitration / Adjudication / Dispute Resolution

LIST OF SERVICES...

1.0) Legal and contractual advice either verbally or in reports, on matters in contention / dispute.

2.0) Contract administration / Project Management.

3.0) Review and comment on contract documentation to identify risks and potential problems etc. Drafting suitable responses to Client / Employer
      contract documents.

4.0) Loss and Expense claims. Claim evaluation and defence. Advice on Counterclaims & set offs.

5.0) Applying for extensions of time / defences to delay claims.

6.0) Defence, review and comment on claims for extensions of time and loss/ expense.

7.0) Assisting with pricing of variations / resolving problem final accounts.

8.0) Debt collection / Payment difficulties.

2.0) Contract administration / Project Management.

9.0) Adjudication, Arbitration or Litigation support and Expert Witness Services.

EXAMPLES OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO MAIN CONTRACTORS.

10.0) For Main Contractor building a stadium in Hull – review and defence to claim by M&E subcontractor for delay / loss & expense.

11.0) Design & Build Main Contractor operating in the Health Sector -Adjudication assistance i.e. preparation of Referral Notice and managing
        process for a £1.5 million project. Dispute settled part way through process with settlement of £150,000.

12.0) Design & Build Main Contractor operating in commercial and housing sectors – preparation of loss and expense claims for periods of delay
        for a £4.25 and £11 million project. For same company - preparation of Adjudication Referral documents.

12.1) For same company – review and defence to delay / loss & expense claim totalling £600,000 from an M&E subcontractor.

12.2) Ditto – assistance with resolving problem M&E variations.

EXAMPLES OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO A SUPPLIER.

13.0) Window Supplier - assisted with the resolution of set offs / contra charges imposed by Main Contractors operating in the Manchester area.

EXAMPLES OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO SUBCONTRACTORS.

14.0) Flooring Subcontractor – review and comment on subcontract documents prepared by main contractors and drafting suitable responses. Preparation of standard terms and conditions.

15.0) For fix only Window Installer - Review subcontracts prepared by Main contractors and drafting suitable responses on risks and items to clarify etc. Assisting, with the resolution of problem accounts and debt collection. Preparing disruption / lack of productivity claim documents. Attending, contract negotiation / pre-let meetings.

EXAMPLES OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO OTHER CONSULTANTS.

16.0) For a Construction Contract Consultant – part of a team working on a Litigation case, against a Structural Engineer, for design problems on an apartment / commercial complex job in Scotland.

16.1) For same firm - part of a team working on a Litigation case against a Management Contractor who organized the construction of a Hotel in London.

16.2) For same firm - part of a team working on an arbitration case against a local authority concerning a railway bridge.

17.0) For another Construction Contract Consultant – part of a team working on a large Stadium in the initial stages of the dispute between the Main Contractor and the steelwork subcontractor.

17.1) For same firm – report for a power supply subcontractor working on a railway contract on possible claims against the main contractor.

EXAMPLES OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO LOCAL AUTHORITY.

18.0) Value for money audit and report on regeneration scheme for Dudley County Council, West Midlands.