RANGE OF SERVICES
Quantity Surveying & Commercial Management
Commercial Management:
-Life Cycle Cost Analysis
-Preparation and Negotiation of final accounts
-Preparation of contractual and commercial
correspondence
-Commercial Management
-Commercial Strategy
-Contractual Notices
-Contractual Notices
-Detailed Particulars
Quantity Surveying:
-Estimating
-Value Engineering
-Contract Administration
-Applications for Payment
-Cost Reporting
-Identification of Variations
-Administration of Variation Account
-Evaluation of Variations
Project Planning & Programming
EAS offers a robust Planning and Programme Management Service to assist with the organisation, development and delivery of the client project programme. This includes:
• Baseline Programme / Work Breakdown Structure.
• Interface Schedules.
• Plant Schedules.
• Resource Schedules.
• Project Planning.
• Identification of long delivery items and key risk activities.
• Programme Audits.
• Root and Branch Reviews.
• Performance Management.
EAS is also able to provide clients with experienced and qualified forensic programming delay analysts who can “add value” to the Team by helping to prepare and protect the client. Services include:
• Implementation of simple but effective planning systems and summary reports which set out clearly where the delays are.
• Planning / scheduling for inclusion in Contractual Notices and Detailed Particulars.
• Carrying out time slice analysis of programmes to identify slippages for the Project Manager which might otherwise go un-noticed until too late.
• Productivity Factor evaluations.
• Analysis of critical path changes and the most efficient usage of available resources.
FORENSIC DELAY ANALYSIS
EAS's skill in Forensic Delay Analysis is second to none, and is supported by our use of the latest time and distance software programmes, and use of 3-D computer generated images within claims.
We have a broad range of successful experience in all types of construction and civil engineering project claims using the recognised Forensic Delay Analysis techniques, loss of productivity analysis and ascertainment of Quantum.
EAS can offer Retrospective/Prospective Delay Analysis for use at Project level right through to Adjudication, Arbitration and Litigation.
This includes:
• Baseline Schedule Selection, Validation and Rectification.
• Forensic review of project records – “databasing”, analysing and linking records, graphical modelling and interpretation.
• Selection of most appropriate Method of Delay Analysis.
• Float mapping.
• Expert Interpretation, Explanation and Presentation of Time Claims.
• Expert input into the resolution of controversial contract administration/legal issues such as Float, Concurrency and Compensation.
• Culpability apportionment between excusable and non-excusable delays.
• Identification of compensable and non-compensable delays.
• Preparation and presentation of loss and expense/additional costs documentation for delays and disruption
Contractual Reviews
A planned approach is the key to commercial success in construction.
Wherever you are in the industry, we can protect your interests and help you succeed by providing you with expert advice.
Identification of risks and opportunities at the time of tender through a pre-contract review.
Advice on the contractual position of all contracts and recovery prospects on each project in terms of time and money.
Professional opinion on the contractual position of contracts during their currency with strategic advice on administration and contract management to maximise your entitlements, recoveries and to protect your overhead and profit margins.
We can provide user-friendly interpretation of the standard forms of contract commonly used by our clients, including easy to followflow-charts illustrating the contract mechanisms to be adopted for time and money claims.
Dispute Resolution Management
EAS can assist in the management and resolution of disputes by :-
- Providing EAS expert support to solicitors and legal counsel when analysing the contractual and legal aspects of a dispute.
- Organising and interpreting the record keeping data.
- Helping to integrate the client’s project personnel into the dispute management team.
- Effective record keeping techniques, control and administration, and effective notices to enable easy negotiation.
- Using highly developed skills in presentation and negotiation.
- Application of alternative dispute resolution techniques, to avoid expensive litigation.
Adjudication, DAB, Arbitration, Litigation
Should such dispute resolution proceedings be unavoidable, EAS offers the following expert services to clients and their legal counsel:
- Forensic Programming Delay Analysis.
- Quantum Critique Analysis.
- Investigations for Litigation.
- Production of Expert Opinion Reports.
- Expert Opinion Testimony.
Claims Management
EAS will find the optimum solution to even the most complex and protracted of challenges.
EAS will develop project strategies in collaboration with its clients. Initial diagnostic and appraisal reports (completed in 2 – 3 days), synthesise the issues and help identify the best course of action.
A structured and inclusive approach (especially for claims involved in large projects with several sections and/or phases), ensures the optimum solution. EAS experts are also contractually aware and are therefore able to interface with construction lawyers and Counsel.
Claims Protection- EAS will protect client's interests by timely submission of or sensitive selection of notices and detailed submissions.
Claims Production- EAS has sophisticated methods of sourcing and retrieving all relevant records and information.We ensure complete integration and utilisation of a client's teams' skills and expertise. We identify cause and effect and establishing the relationship and links between the two using spread sheets, databases and the latest software.
Claims for Time- EAS has proven experience of implementing recognised
methods of both delay and disruption analysis. Options and recommendations are provided to clients based on their relevance, credibility, robustness, time and cost. We have both awareness and experience of international
methods gained from our work with overseas clients.
Claims for Quantum- EAS uses proven practices and well respected methods to
ensure delivery of best-in-class results. We adopt client's costing systems to help manage and reduce costs. From extensive experience of Claims Production EAS has a strong interface between forensic programming delay analysis and ascertainment of damages.