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Entitlement to Time-related Costs, when an EoT is not granted
If you are slow in notifying a claim for an Extension of Time, [1] it’s potentially a bad situation, but all is not lost. A Contractor...
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Head Contractor WDR excludes Subcontractor Time-related Costs
It is time to dispel the myth some Principal representatives have asserted, in recent times, that the Head Contractor Working Day Rate...
The NZ Building Economist
Sep 15, 2023
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'Project Specific' Overhead Recovery
NZS3910 misrepresents Overheads as ON SITE, or OFF SITE... Our definitions are clear, but our terminology is misleading. The NZS3910...
The NZ Building Economist
Mar 3, 2023
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The Universal Overhead and Profit Recovery Formula (For Head & Sub Contractors Equitable Recovery)
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...
The NZ Building Economist
Aug 28, 2022
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The Principles of Valuation NZS3910:2013
Here we explore [1] Valuing Variation, [2] Valuing Other Matters, and [3] the Principles of Valuation, to be applied to everything being...
The NZ Building Economist
Nov 28, 2021
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Offsite Overhead Recovery Mission
Late one October 2020 evening, while discussing work war stories (dispute resolution) at a bar, a senior construction executive / QS...
The NZ Building Economist
Apr 21, 2021
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Time to break out a “Time related overheads” claim, NZS3910 Style.
The nature of a Covid-19 Shutdown causes extreme under recovery of Off-site Overheads using the standard Working Day Rate or % methods.
The NZ Building Economist
May 9, 2020
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