There are two all-important rule books that require our constant, thorough and relentless study of, in the quest to know the truth about...

It is time to dispel the myth some Principal representatives have asserted, in recent times, that the Head Contractor Working Day Rate...

NZS3910 misrepresents Overheads as ON SITE, or OFF SITE... Our definitions are clear, but our terminology is misleading. The NZS3910...

There is nothing in NZS3910, SA2017 or the CCA that requires us to calculate our claims on a “value to date basis”, less a previous value...

Ultimately, only one party can win a tender. How we go from everyone, to just one? is a very important question. The Australian Code of...

Have you been awarded an extension of time for a variation but denied the money for the variation and its time related costs for lack of...

NZS3910:2013 does not prescribe how to calculate a Working Day Rate but it does guide you to include 'Time related costs', and as you...

Qualifying circumstances must always be treated as a variation. It is a choice to argue badly as a tactic to distract, confuse, delay,...

In these supply shortage, inflationary times, we order everything we can early, to secure the programme and the budget. But price and...

What is natural justice? The words “natural justice” have specific meaning in the law. Natural justice comprises two rules, the rule...

Here we explore [1] Valuing Variation, [2] Valuing Other Matters, and [3] the Principles of Valuation, to be applied to everything being...

Three infill units, Auckland's North Shore 2021 There was a time when subcontractors were never allowed to be late. It was a time when,...

To ensure fair resolution of claims emanating from subcontractors, the Head Contractor must be transparent with the Principal about...

Faced with many endemic challenges, our industry leading lights have recently pushed for a correction of some of the many ills linked to...

We have prepared an Excel formatted table of NZS3910:2013 references to variation clauses. Each is identified with the required Notice...

Late one October 2020 evening, while discussing work war stories (dispute resolution) at a bar, a senior construction executive / QS...

Dissatisfied with No, No, No… ? ? ? When you can’t get a variation order because; [1] the matter can be objectively “interpreted as a...

The nature of a Covid-19 Shutdown causes extreme under recovery of Off-site Overheads using the standard Working Day Rate or % methods.

The Contractors financial and overhead expenses include any number of risks that frequently arise including the financial impact of Covid-19

When it comes to Covid-19 the contract empowers the Engineer with the responsibility and power to suspend the contract works.