CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
Strategic Partners for your Projects
As seasoned professionals in the field, we are not just service advisors. We are your strategic partners. We have a comprehensive understanding of industry requirements and changing trends, and have first-hand experience ‘at the coalface’ as well as ‘in the boardroom’.
We handle contracts, contract administration, negotiation, and liaison efficiently and collaboratively, working with all parties. We’ve built many strong industry relationships over 35 years of combined industry experience on both sides of the fence. We are experts in creating and nurturing crucial relationships.
End-to-End Commercial and Contract Services
Our expertise spans to include a diverse range of contract administration and commercial management services.
This affords us to provide our clients with the full contract management package, from initial concept to project completion.
Our capacity to simultaneously recognise both the finer details and the bigger picture sets us apart. We are meticulous in executing the contract particulars, while effectively managing time, risks, stakeholder expectations, and budget. In other words, our ultimate objective is to meet your goals.
This dual perspective allows us to anticipate the contract administration challenges, optimise commercial processes, and keep your project on the right track.
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Experienced in all Stakeholder-Specific Environments
Choosing us for your commercial and contract services means entrusting your project to a team professional with a proven track record of delivering tangible results. With a history of working in various stakeholder environments throughout Australia, we understand that each project comes with unique cultural and stakeholder nuances. This knowledge and experience enable us to tailor our approach and deliver practical solutions for your project specifics.
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Contract Administration
We ensure your project is delivered in alignment with the contract terms and conditions while adhering to your Key Performance Indicators and objectives.
Serving a diverse range of clients, from government agencies to major infrastructure providers, we understand the nuances of infrastructure project contracts.
We are very experienced in working with all parties involved in a project and work closely with local government and councils, stakeholders, designers, contractors, consultants, suppliers, auditors, and subcontractors from all walks of life.
Our contract administration services are delivered with our core values front and centre; trust, integrity, experience, professionalism, and ethical conduct. We work to achieve the best outcome every time we do business.
Our contract administration service includes:
- Review the type of contract(s) in hand and identify commercial risks specific to each project;
- Drafting and amendments necessary to contracts and special conditions of standard contracts;
- Early identification of potential scope gaps between various contracts, and subcontracts under the total project scope of work;
- Establishing commercial risk and opportunity matrices and flowcharts with respect to time and program;
- A thorough understanding of the contract terms and conditions and order of precedence;
- Identification of any discrepancies within the overall contract documentation and proposing solutions;
- Contribute to the comprehensiveness of contracts
- Understanding and linking the technical side of the contract specifications to the commercial obligations;
- Carefully administering contractual scope changes, potential time impacts, prolongation, and delay;
- Thorough understanding of time and costs with efficient and timely administration of delay and variational claims;
- Establishment of effective communication patterns between all parties and stakeholders;
- Appropriating the right ways to deal with conflict, potential conflict, and dispute resolution by early intervention and negotiation.
- Ensuring the delegation of task authority from contract administrator to administrator’s representative is appropriate and based on risk;
- Strict reporting of contract progress with accurate record-keeping via onsite software systems;
- Ensure a baseline program and a critical path activity network are established with target programs critiqued against the baseline;
- Always providing an “all hands on deck” approach to commencing contracts, monitoring and adjusting to change during the performance of works to completion.
Contract Management
Contract management is an essential part of infrastructure project delivery. Our experience from both the client side and the construction side of major infrastructure projects shines through in our service delivery. Engaging us means that we can ensure the seamless execution of contracts, from inception to completion.
Our contract management service includes:
- Development and execution of contracts
- Overseeing contract performance
- Handling contract negotiations
- Stakeholder management
- Contract planning, delivery, and design
- Ensuring all contract objectives are met
- Conflict resolution and management
Dispute Resolution and Negotiation
Our dispute resolution and negotiation service is designed to manage and resolve potential disputes efficiently and effectively. We utilise our experience and expertise in contract and project management (paired with our hands-on field experience) to mitigate impacts on program and budget, ensuring your project stays on track, and reducing your delay costs on time and budget.
Our dispute resolution and negotiation service includes:
- Identifying and managing potential disputes and risks on any current or imminent disputes
- Development and execution of dispute resolution strategies
- Mitigation of the potential impacts on your program and budget
- Negotiation and mediation support
- Protection of your intellectual rights and interests throughout the dispute process
- Regular updates on dispute status and outcomes.
At MC10 Engineering, we’re no strangers to the industry. We have a wealth of experience that ranges from fieldwork, contracting, and subcontracting to office-based client-side project management and administration. This being the case, we’re experienced in working with players at all levels and have built up a solid reputation and great relationships over that time.
We’re experienced in managing relationships and can understand what each party needs and wants. This knowledge makes reaching mutually beneficial resolutions that much easier. We can help you resolve disputes quickly so you can get on with the project.
Drafting and Review of Contract Documentation
MC10 offers professional drafting and review of contract documentation, so you can be sure that all your contract documents are comprehensive, clear, and legally sound.
We can provide you with peace of mind, knowing your contract documents are in the hands of experts.
Our drafting and review of contract documentation service include:
- Preparation of contract documents
- Review and comparison of existing contract documents
- Provide our recommendations for changes or improvements to reduce risks in administering the contract
- Ensuring all contract documentation complies with legal and industry standards
- Appropriate storage and management of contract documents.
Variation Review and Advice
Contract variations are often inevitable in infrastructure projects. At MC10 Engineering, our variation review and advice service is designed to manage these changes effectively, ensuring that any impacts to the client’s interests or on the project are minimised.
Our variation review and advice service includes:
- Early identification of potential scope change that may lead to a variation or potential variation
- Providing expert advice on the projected impact of variations
- Helping you to negotiate and implement contract variations
- Documenting any changes or variations to the project contract
- Regular updates on the status of variations.
Talk to our experts today about your next project
If you want client-side project management and contract administration services that you know you know you can count on, get in touch with our team today. We will get you the outcomes you deserve!
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