If you are slow in notifying a claim for an Extension of Time, [1] it’s potentially a bad situation, but all is not lost.   A Contractor...

It is time to dispel the myth some Principal representatives have asserted, in recent times, that the Head Contractor Working Day Rate...

NZS3910 misrepresents Overheads as ON SITE, or OFF SITE... Our definitions are clear, but our terminology is misleading. The NZS3910...

NZS3910:2013 does not prescribe how to calculate a Working Day Rate but it does guide you to include 'Time related costs', and as you...

In these supply shortage, inflationary times, we order everything we can early, to secure the programme and the budget. But price and...

Here we explore [1] Valuing Variation, [2] Valuing Other Matters, and [3] the Principles of Valuation, to be applied to everything being...

Monroe-Matic Calculating Machine A Bonus, is either 100% Profit or 100% Liquidated Damages, (LD's). It is all or nothing, resting on...

Our industry has largely lived with Fixed Price Lump Sum contracts since the 1980’s demise of labour awards and relatively stable low...

Late one October 2020 evening, while discussing work war stories (dispute resolution) at a bar, a senior construction executive / QS...

The nature of a Covid-19 Shutdown causes extreme under recovery of Off-site Overheads using the standard Working Day Rate or % methods.

The Contractors financial and overhead expenses include any number of risks that frequently arise including the financial impact of Covid-19