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On design and build/construct Projects there is usually a detailed Employer's Requirements within the Contract Documents showing not only...

With an approved Baseline Schedule, progress is monitored against the same. If the pitfalls of Target Schedules can be avoided, the...

A contractual part of most if not all Projects is the submission of a Contract Programme - it is sometimes better to refer to it as the...

The bane of any Contractor or Subcontractor is getting paid. One has to have undertaken work to begin with - in accordance with the...

Of course it is only opinion but people often confuse the fact that once someone amends the template contract being used, it can, in many...

Whilst this is not necessarily associated with being a commercial-related matter, the simple adage of "what you know" counts. It is...

This isn't necessarily Project-specific but should be something that runs through the organization on each and every Project you become...

In order to progress Projects, processes as defined in the Contract Documents (in addition to those of good practice) lend themselves to...

Whenever possible, read, read and re-read the Contract Documents over, and over again. Is it tedious? Will it make you want to pull out...

You've entered into Contract with the other Party and have barely time to finish your cigars between champagne toasts and endless...

On most Projects it is specified the level of detail that must be recorded and submitted for record purpose and could entail Daily...

It may seem self-evident that this will have been recorded as the Works progress however, small, seemingly insignificant issues that...

Only when the Works start in earnest do issues arise that many did not foresee. It isn't necessarily something that may be claimable per...

Presupposing you have a full set of Contract Docs the next step is to read through them. My preference is to make a hardcopy (drawings in...

When record-keeping on site especially, it is useful to get into the habit of compiling certain recorded tasks at regular intervals, at...

That may be the question but the simple answer is, always walk the site. It may seem self-evident but far too often on site, in the...

Too often with commercial/QS staff, there is an obsession with Bills of Quantities to the extent that the BoQ itself is often taken as...