Choosing Between Traditional Works, Design-Build and EPC
How the allocation of design and performance risk should drive the choice of contracting model, and what that choice means for the procurement documents.
Coming soonShort, practical articles for officials, project teams, engineers and consultants. Articles are published as they are completed.
How the allocation of design and performance risk should drive the choice of contracting model, and what that choice means for the procurement documents.
Coming soonThe elements of a contract management plan that actually get used: roles, triggers, records, and the link to payment and programme.
Coming soonWhen rated criteria add value, how to weight them, and how to document scoring so that evaluation decisions are defensible.
Coming soonThe contractual tests for Extension of Time under FIDIC, the role of notices and records, and common errors in assessment.
Coming soonA practical map of who does what under the Red Book, and where responsibilities are most often misunderstood.
Coming soonHow a standing DAAB is meant to work, what informal assistance looks like, and why early appointment matters.
Coming soonThe conditions under which a framework agreement improves value and efficiency, and the situations where it does not.
Coming soonPatterns behind post-award failure: unrealistic programmes, weak records, slow decisions and unmanaged change.
Coming soonAdvisory time can be reserved for a focused discussion of a document, an evaluation or a contract issue.