LATEST NEWS & UPDATES
Some of the latest industry updates, company news and case studies from MBM Consulting.
Allocation of Design Risk
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
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,...
Commercial & Tendering Risk
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...
Programme & Record Maintenance Top 10 Tips
YOU MIGHT OFTEN HEAR that the key to a successful project, especially if it generates into a dispute, is records, records and records. But what does that actually mean? What records should be kept and what information should they contain? In fact, I have often found...
Delay Notices Top 5 tips
EXTENSION OF TIME REQUESTS AND SUBMISSIONS ARE BEING SCRUTINISED more than ever. It is therefore important to ensure any delay notices are prepared correctly to record all the necessary information. Failure to do so could invalidate your claim or prevent you getting...
NEC Compensation Event Account
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...
Viridis UK Limited v Mulalley Case Review
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...
Weather Claims
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
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...
Dynamic project schedules
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...
The Final Countdown – Completion Programmes
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...
The Final Countdown – Completion Programmes
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...
SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol
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...
Thorny NEC Issues 5 Top Tips
NEC CONTRACT HAS MANY AREAS WHERE DIFFERENCES OF INTERPRETATION CAN ARISE. Unless you have a good working knowledge of the contract then there is potential for your true cost and time entitlement to be lost. MBM has had to deal with many issues where cost entitlement...
Keeping the Cash Flowing 10 Top Tips
MBM’s Technical Director, Phil King, discusses ways to help keep cash flow positive. Companies in the construction industry have sought to do business, over recent years, in an environment dominated by cutbacks and austerity. Historians may conclude this period was...
Preparation of as-builtprogrammes, 10 top tips
A robust and well constructed as-built programme (ABP) is a vital tool for starting to explain why a project has been delayed and/or disrupted. It can be used to establish by how much a project has been delayed and over what time periods. It can also be used to help...
Contractors’ Extension of Time Preparation Tips
Extension of time requests and submissions are being scrutinised in more and more detail these days as margins and cash are tight rare and the need for accuracy in contract administration is paramount therefore important to ensure an sufficient detail and to necessary...
Project and construction consulting
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.