Contract Administration + Employer's Agent
We undertake the administration of construction contracts including JCT and NEC.
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We plan, negotiate, engross, execute and manage construction contracts.
The Contract Administrator's role (CA) is a broad one but in essence it acts as the single point of managing the contract between the Employer and the Contractor.
Delivering an expert and comprehensive contract management solution to any sector, from Science to Residential.
The role of Contract Administrator ensures the smooth operation and delivery of the projects. Whilst typically the role is only applicable from when work commences to full completion, we can provide services well-ahead of that to ensure that the construction delivery is planned properly and managed accordingly.
Traditionally the Contract Administration role fell to the Architect but now, Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors and Engineers tend to also fulfil the role. As a team, we come from a diverse background, having worked for some of the world's biggest and most innovative contractors and consultancies on some major and complex projects. It is exactly this diversity that allows us to offer a bespoke solution, tailored to your needs.
Whilst your requirements may be on the consultancy side, we understand development - in fact we carry it out ourselves.
Contract planning
Requires a thorough understaning of the puerpose of the contract and what would be considered the optimal scenario fo all parties. Combining Project Management knowledge of the brief, we set up the scope, schedules and performance measurements across the contract. The process requires a number of techniwus:
- Risk identification
- Scope review
- Construction law knowledge
- Clarity of outcome
- Addendums and modifications processes
Contract negotiation and engrossments
Following on from the understanding of the parties'r equirements and putting the contract together, we liaise with the legal teams or other parties to write a contract that outlines the agreement between all the parties. We have access to contract management software, enabling us to accurately deliver drafts and track signatures.
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Contract execution
Following on from the engrossment of contracts, the CA (or 'Employer's Agent' for Design and Buid Contracts) will ensure that the contract is administered properly through evaluation of performance from both parties.
Contract Administration +
We can supplement our Contract Administration services with a more thorough and in-depth review of the perfomrance of the contract against the objectives, including detailed reports of the status-quo and projections.
Trend monitoring
Trend monitoring (sometimes called Planned Progress Monitoring) uses the contractor’s own progress data for construction activities, which we use over the space of a small number of reports and data sets to build a picture of the contractor’s rate of progress. The methodology allows us to accurately spot trends of under-performance against the plan. We use this data-driven approach to provide assurance of delivery and give our clients substantiated information to implement timely interventions on projects - at a time that doing so can still positively affect outcomes.
Proactive risk management
We regularly run risk reviews at key project stages to help establish a risk-conscious behaviour from the outset of the project, infiltrating all areas of the project and engaging all stakeholders. Active mitigation of risks is not only good practice but also enables proactive engagement helping turn certain risks into opportunities and promotes a culture of sharing and collaboration of the team, whilst avoiding cumbersome risk workshops which are often perceived as a silo activity.
kaizen: continuous improvement
We love employing kaizen on our projects and to do so, our first step is producing the ‘100-day plan’ and then auditing its success with the whole team. Through consultation with the team, we will put together a 100 day plan that does not only include the tasks at hand (those are also taken care by the programme schedule) but also some Key Performance Indicators for lass tangible achievements, such as team cohesion, knowledge transfer and engagement.
At the end of the 100 days, we will then facilitate a workshop with the team to identify what is going wrong and what requires improvement. The data from this will feed, not only the remainder of the project, but also the approach into the whole programme of works. Through these regular touch points, the process of engagement will be refined allowing for a more efficient, enjoyable experience for the team.
At the end of the 100 days, we will then facilitate a workshop with the team to identify what is going wrong and what requires improvement. The data from this will feed, not only the remainder of the project, but also the approach into the whole programme of works. Through these regular touch points, the process of engagement will be refined allowing for a more efficient, enjoyable experience for the team.
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