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The Importance of Good Record Keeping
Most people are aware of the often-used quote regarding the three lessons a party to a dispute should learn, “the impor [...]
Interim Application Under JCT SBC/Q 2016; Part 2
In our first article on payment under the JCT Standard Building Contract With Quantities 2016 (“SBC”), we looked at the [...]
Interim Application Under JCT SBC/Q 2016; Part 1
In construction it is important to both pay and get paid the correct amount on time. Cash flow is the life blood of the [...]
Potential for profit, or recipe for disaster?
After much marketing, prequalification and hard work, you are finally invited to tender for that major scheme you have [...]
How to keep the cash flowing
Cash flow, as they say, is the life blood of any business. You may have a business which produces great construction wo [...]
So, you’re the preferred bidder…
After an extensive and expensive tender period on the project that could be the centrepiece of your project portfolio, [...]
Tendering is not just pricing
Over recent years the variety of construction procurement methodologies have increased considerably, opening more procu [...]
What use is a contract programme?
Over recent years the use of contract programmes has become increasingly common. The increase in computing power and th [...]
Will your tender sink or swim?
Tendering is expensive business. Research* has found that of a construction industry worth £110bn per year in project t [...]