Interviewee: Chris Hodges How do you become a delay or quantum expert? Is it a direct route? For Perth Regional Partner Chris Hodges, it “never was a career goal from from the outset” and it was through different experiences that…
How do you become a delay or quantum expert? Is it a direct route? For Perth Regional Partner Chris Hodges, it “never was a career goal from from the outset” and it was through different experiences that he arrived at…
Some years back, I was given an opportunity to provide a concise argument in favour or against a lump sum contract, specifically the FIDIC Silver Book. The argument I was asked to tackle hinged around the employer’s ability to instruct…
Most construction projects have one thing in common and despite our best efforts to try and avoid it, projects are still haunted by it. As project manager I spent a lot of my time trying not only to avoid it…
Aside from usually being a precondition to any extension of time (EOT), a notice of delay is often helpful in resolving disputes early on. Construction contracts deal primarily with three things – costs, time and risk allocation. It’s pretty obvious…
Making sure that entitlements for delay claims and changes are protected is the life blood of any contractor. The risk here is existential to the organisation and many contractors have gone bankrupt because they failed to manage their changes properly.…
Construction schedule analytics provides many more benefits than risk mitigation. At a high-level, schedule analytics software can analyse the data from firms’ construction schedules to determine which tasks may be done simultaneously and which tasks must be completed sequentially, identifying…
As resilient as quantity surveyors have proved to be over the years, there is little doubt that many practices, both large and small, have perished because they failed to adapt to change. Very often new innovation involves change, either in…
As resilient as quantity surveyors have proved to be over the years, there is little doubt that many practices, both large and small, have perished because they failed to adapt to change. Very often new innovation involves change, either in…
Congratulations! The moment you never thought would come is finally here. You’ve achieved a bachelors degree or maybe even a masters and you feel on top of the world. But suddenly it hits you. How do I take the next…