The allocation of design risk: Is it fit for purpose? THE WORDS ‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’ reached the House of Commons in 2006 when the former Home Secretary, Dr John Read, used them in a negative context about the competence of his department. This term has now fallen into...
Measuring loss of productivity: A dark art? AT THE RISK OF STRAYING INTO HOGWARTIAN MYTH, of all the mysterious arts allegedly practiced by claims consultants, those dark wizards of contractual and commercial affairs, none can have caused as much controversy,...
Have your cake…Commercial and Tendering Risk As long as I’ve been in construction they’ve been cracking the old jibe about the role of quantity surveyors and lawyers. You know the one; quantity surveyors go in whilst no‐one’s looking and bayonet the wounded then...
PROJECT CASE STUDY CLIENT: Trade Contractor (> £1B worldwide turnover) PROJECT: High Speed 1 VALUE: Approx £72.5M SPECIFIC SERVICES: Preparation of NEC compensation events including analysis of critical delays to demonstrate change to the Completion Date and...
Gillian Cruickshanks reviews a recent TCC case on jurisdiction in adjudication QUESTIONS OF JURISDICTION LEFT YOU FEEELING A LITTLE ‘DOO-LALLEY’? "... then read this case summary about Messrs Mulalley... " Summary Questions of jurisdiction may overlap with...
GONE WITH THE WIND "Dont lose out on your contractual entitlement to claim for delays due to periods of inclement weather" By Matt Danby BSc(Hons) LLM MCIOB, Senior Consultant The first of the ‘recent’ storms to hit the UK came in October 2013 and now with British...
University of Brighton v Dovehouse Interiors Gillian Cruickshanks reviews University of Brighton v Dovehouse Interiors [1], a recent TCC case involving an Application for a Part 8 Declaration. Summary The TCC considers when Adjudication is commenced for the purposes...
A MOTION PICTURE.... Matt Danby discusses the benefits of producing dynamic project schedules compared to static, non-logic linked project schedules. Someone once said to me ‘Are you here to produce another picture for us?’ Not quite... Static schedules (or...
Completion Programmes Christian Hollingsworth discusses the key considerations & benefits of preparing an accurate and detailed completion programme. What are they? Often referred to as a “close-out” or “finishing programme”, but more commonly known as a...
Rider 1 Welcome amendments to the Protocol? Most in the industry are aware of the SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol. The SCL has now issued ‘Rider 1’, the first substantive modification to it since it was first published in 2002. In this article the Delay and...
Rider 1 Welcome amendments to the Protocol? Most in the industry are aware of the SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol. The SCL has now issued ‘Rider 1’, the first substantive modification to it since it was first published in 2002. In this article the Delay and...
Project and construction consulting, including but not limited to claims preparation, and planning & commercial management services. MBM Consulting have specialist experience in the NEC and UK building forms of contract. Most of the services provided are in the UK with recent assignments in Muscat, Oman, and Scandinavian countries.