Redfern Contract Consultants Limited

Our vision

We have comprehensive training packages to suit the needs of the Construction Industry.
Our aims are to:

Train to help business improvement and;
Help build organisational capabilities

We believe that training should create capability and contribute towards changing business outcomes rather than merely shoring up competencies.

Our trainers

Our trainers have a mix of relevant construction industry professional and teaching qualifications and are accredited with Construction Industry bodies.
We are able to provide in house tailor made courses, seminars and workshops as well as standard courses on relevant subjects.

A selection of our courses and their intended outputs

Course	Outputs	Who is it For?
Tendering
Tendering: Introduction	Introduction to tendering in the Construction Industry and good practice, rules and guidelines	Bid managers,estimating staff, sales staff
Tendering: Improvements	How tenders can be improved to increase the chances of success	Bid managers, estimating staff, sales staff
Estimating: Processes and systems	Good practice for estimating processes and systems	Bid managers, estimating staff, sales staff
General Business Improvement
Negotiation and Influencing Skills	Help provide skills to improve business performance	Quantity surveyors, business managers, sales staff, buyers
Business Development and Marketing	Good practice in business development and marketing in the construction industry	Sales staff, small/medium sized company owners
Managing risks and opportunities in Construction	Systematic approach to managing risks and opportunities	Project managers, supervisors, quantity surveyors, bid managers ,estimating staff
Key Performance Indicators	Development of KPI’s to help monitor business improvement	Project and business managers, small/medium sized company owners
Contracts
Introduction to Contracts	The law of contract, review of principal clauses in typical construction contracts, standard contract options	Quantity surveyors, sales and buying staff
NEC3: Introduction to the Engineering and Construction Contract	Understanding of the Engineering and Construction Contract and its variants	Quantity surveyors, estimators, sales staff, project managers, supervisors working on NEC3 Projects
JCT 2009: Introduction and Update	Understanding of JCT 2009 and including subcontract forms (including 1998, 2005 and 2007 addendums)	Quantity surveyors, estimators, sales staff, project managers, supervisors working on JCT Projects
GC Works/1	Understanding of GC Works/1 Form of Contract and Subcontract	Quantity surveyors, estimators, sales staff, project managers, supervisors working on Government Contracts using this form of contract Projects
PFI Contracts	Introduction to tendering and undertaking PFI Contracts, the principles of PFI and risk transfer	Bid managers, estimating staff, sales staff, marketing and business development personnel involved in bidding or undertaking PFI work
Project Execution
Pre and Post Contract Commercial Awareness	Understanding of Variations, valuations, final account management, cash flow	Quantity surveyors, site admin staff, project managers, supervisors
Introduction to Project Management	Understanding the core principles of good Projects Management	Trainee Project managers, contracts managers, supervisors
Good Site Administration	Improving site records, communication and management of meetings, time management	Contracts managers, trainee contracts or projects managers, site administration staff
Job Cost and Value Management	Job cost reviews guidelines and processes	Quantity surveyors, trainee cost engineers and admin staff, trainee management accountants
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management : Managing Subcontractors and Suppliers	Good commercial practice in managing subcontractors and suppliers	Quantity surveyors, buyers, sales and estimating staff
Appointing Consultants	Guidelines and good commercial practice in appointing consultants	Businesses who have a need to appoint consultants on an ongoing or ad hoc basis
Partnering and Joint Ventures	Understanding the principles of Joint Ventures and Partnering for success	Businesses who wish to consider entering into either business of specific project joint ventures or partnering agreements with a key partner
Health & Safety
CDM 2007: Introduction	Understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007	Project managers, site supervisors, health and safety staff
Disputes
Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication	Good commercial practice in avoiding disputes and the mechanics of Adjudication	Quantity surveyors, project and commercial managers, site administration staff
Contractual Claims	Guidelines/good practice on prolongation, disruption and acceleration claims preparation	Quantity surveyors, contract and project managers, supervisors
Mediation	Introduction to the Principles of Mediation as an alternative from of dispute resolution	Quantity surveyors, contract and project managers, supervisors
Other Specialist Courses
Bonds and Parent Company Guarantees	Understanding the principles and obligations of Retention and Performance Bonds and Parent Company Guarantees	Quantity surveyors, small to medium sized business owners
Insurances	Policies, claims recovery and impact	Insurance staff, small to medium sized business owners

Bespoke service

We can arrange to meet prospective Clients’ and discuss their specific needs and design courses to suit which can include the above or a combination of sub-sets.
We have trained facilitators who are able to run hands on workshops for specific needs and outputs.
All course, seminars and workshops are fully interactive with the participants and are designed to be industry, sector and company specific.