Redfern Contract Consultants Limited

Services

RCCL offers an extensive range of services, all of which can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of your project or issue.

Area of service:

Bid/Tender

• Improving bid documentation
• Bid options and adding value
• Estimating process and systems
• Reviewing terms and conditions of contract
• Drafting commercial solutions
• Bid negotiation

Order Acceptance

• Contract negotiations
• Drafting contracts
• Documenting Agreements

Project Execution

• Project planning support
• Valuations
• Schedule of Rates
• Final Accounts
• Variations
• Financial Management
• Managing subcontracts
• General commercial advice

Procurement and Contracts

• Procurement options
• Contract options

Disputes

• Avoidance
• Claims
• Forensic work
• Adjudication
• Arbitration
• Mediation

Risk

• Risk Management
• Workshops

Insurance

• Cost and impact
• Risk Reviews
• Brokerage advice
• Claims recovery

Supply Chain

• Good practice
• Refresh Systems
• Strategy

Partnering / Joint Ventures

• Agreements
• Workshops

Bonds and Parent Company Guarantees

• Retention Bonds
• Performance Bonds
• Pensions Bonds
• Parent Company Guarantees

Consultant Appointments

• Agreements

Training, Seminars, Workshops

• Good Commercial Practice
• Maximising Final Account Recovery
• Commercial Awareness
• Improving your chances of Sales Success
• Dispute Management and Avoidance
• Adjudication
• Estimating Good Practice
• Specific Forms of Contract + Procurement (eg: NEC3)
• Negotiation Skills
• Managing Risk in Construction Work
• JCT2009 Update
• Job Cost and Value Management
• CDM 2007
• Site Records and Communications Good Practice

Staff secondment
Secondment of staff to projects/ parts of Client business for ongoing project work:

• Quantity Surveyors (various levels)
• Commercial Managers
• Planners

Business-wide commercial contracting process development
We can offer a tailor made review of your business contracting process and procedures:

• We can review current operational structure and processes to highlight areas of risk and opportunity
• We can introduce, roll out, monitor and maintain Commercial Documentation and Process within Accounts, Sales and Projects departments to improve Project efficiency, reduce risk exposure, provide high quality management information, improve cashflow and maximise revenue and margin returns throughout the entire Projects Division – ensuring compliance with company Sarbanes-Oxley act Provisions
• We can identify Key Performance Indicators which provide measurement of development progress and effect.
• We can provide ‘In-house’ training, seminars and workshops regarding the Commercial Documentation and Process
• We can produce ‘Internal Good Practice Commercial Guide’ for use by Salesmen and Project Staff
• We can review, monitor and provide management advice regarding Project Commercial Performance including claims for additional payment (variations), applications for payment, invoices, cashflow, monthly performance reporting and forecasting to Head Office
• We can monitor existing and introduce, roll out, monitor and maintain new and current Commercial Procedures and Commercial Documentation throughout the projects.
• We can mentor and train existing Commercial Staff to take over the effective Commercial Management of Systems Projects after the end of the agreement.