Australia’s construction industry is essential to national development, yet it faces significant challenges due to five primary mega-disrupters.

The construction industry in Australia is complex and involves many stakeholders, contracts, and processes. Given the large scale and high stakes of many projects, contractual conflicts are a prevalent source of disputes.

Construction projects, whether it’s building a house or a massive infrastructure project, are never as simple as they seem.

Navigating claims in today’s environment requires expertise, precision, and a thorough understanding of construction contracts.

A disruption claim aims to show a decrease in productivity, resulting in additional costs that wouldn't have occurred without the disruptive events the Employer causes.

With nearly 50% of buildings in the Cladding Rectification Program identified as having additional non-cladding defects, the financial burden on property owners has been significant.

Accura Consulting was engaged to support a contractor in preparing a claim for cost escalation incurred during a major construction project that faced unexpected cost increases due to global disruptions, specifically the geopolitical effects of the Ukraine war.

Engaging an expert may be one of the most valuable decisions Employers or Contractors may make but how exactly can an expert help and when should they be engaged?

A Quantity Surveyor is a great fit for managing contracts in construction projects because of their specialized skills and deep knowledge of the industry.

When drafting a quantum and/or delay claim based on several events, claimants commonly use inference rather than causation to build their arguments.  

In the midst of grappling with the intricacies of drafting a construction claim, two pivotal components demand our attention: Global Claims and Contemporaneous Records.

In days gone by, multi-million dollar construction projects relied documents that were entirely handwritten and stored under lock and key. With the continued maturity of technology solutions, all that has changed.

A contract reset can serve as a beacon of hope for employers and contractors motivated to find an amicable solution amid significant delays and cost overruns within construction projects.

To effectively support construction claims, here are key types of data you should record and reference in your timeline.

Maintaining a detailed timeline of events will support an extension of time and cost claim. Here are the main reasons why a timeline is important.

Whether it be assessing insurance claims, variation claims, or the remediation of defective works, a quantum expert is called upon to provide an independent subjective opinion to assist an insurer or a tribunal or, in some cases, to help parties settle a matter outside of formal proceedings.

Project teams are often told to keep daily or even hourly records of events that occur on-site if a claim for additional time and cost arises. These records are known as contemporaneous records in that they are ‘recorded’ when the event occurs.

Prolongation or delay costs must reflect the actual losses incurred by a claimant unless otherwise stated in the contract.

More often than not, claimants derive prolongation costs by determining an average daily rate taken from the preliminaries and/or indirect costs listed in the contract and multiplying that rate by the number of days delay.

In this on demand presentation Andrew McKenna and Paul McArd discuss what a global claim is and how they can be avoided by using quantum and delay experts.

An independent quantum expert needs to be impartial when engaged in providing early quantum advice, so clients understand their actual liabilities or opportunities.