Delays are the norm on UK construction projects, not the exception. This guide walks QSs and commercial managers through causes, mitigation, recovery programmes, notice obligations and record-keeping so delays don't turn into disputes.
What a pay less notice is, when it must be served, and what happens if it isn't - including the smash and grab adjudication risk every contractor-side QS should understand.
Every construction budget lives or dies by the RIBA cost plan. This guide explains what a RIBA cost plan is, how it develops stage by stage from Stage 1 through Stage 4, the NRM1 elemental method behind it, and the mistakes that catch out junior QSs.
Compensation events are how NEC4 contracts change price and time. This guide walks QSs through the clause 60.1 list, the 8-week time bar, quotation timescales, PM assessment and the mistakes that lose entitlement.
Commercial manager and project manager sound similar and work side by side on every project - but the roles have very different focuses, routes and pay. Here's how to tell them apart.
The RIBA Plan of Work is the framework every UK construction project runs on, and every QS deliverable maps to it. This guide breaks down all eight stages, 0 to 7, and the specific cost documents, estimates and reports a QS produces at each one.
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