Commercial consultancy, Perth WA
Turn the page on contract risk.
Contracts, claims and tenders for Perth builders.
We provide commercial and contractual support to builders and subcontractors in Western Australia. Tender submissions, contract reviews, variation and extension of time claims, and the correspondence required to preserve your entitlements under the contract. Our consultants have held contract administration and commercial management roles on projects across the State.
Head contracts, subcontracts and trade packages, including the AS 4000, AS 2124 and AS 4902 forms and amended bespoke instruments.
Where we work
Perth metropolitan area, Peel and the South West
Who we work for
Builders and subcontractors with annual turnover between $2m and $50m
Experience
25 years on Western Australian commercial and civil projects
Services
Five areas of engagement.
Engage us for a single matter or retain us for the year. Most clients instruct us initially on one tender, or on a contract they are not prepared to execute.
01
Tender preparation
We examine the tender documents in full, record the commercial risks, assemble the submission and draft the qualifications, so that your price does not absorb obligations that were never yours.
02
Contract review
A written report on the obligations you are assuming. Payment terms, time bars, liquidated damages, security, insurance and the provisions that warrant negotiation prior to execution.
03
Claims management
Variations, delay and extension of time claims, and payment claims under the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 (WA). Prepared from your project records and served within time.
04
Dispute resolution
Adjudication applications and responses, position papers and negotiation support. Our objective is resolution without recourse to litigation, and a properly constituted file should proceedings become necessary.
05
Strategic correspondence
Notices, responses and contractual correspondence drafted to the relevant clause, dated and recorded. The correspondence that preserves your entitlement when a project deteriorates.
Also
On call support
A monthly retainer for builders who require a second opinion at short notice. Consult us before the correspondence is issued rather than afterwards.
All services
Why builders call us
Most claims fail on the record, not on the merits.
A six week delay may be common knowledge on site and still fail as a claim. What determines the outcome is whether notice was served within the time bar, whether the delay was contemporaneously recorded, and whether the claim is intelligible to an assessor who has never attended the site. That is the work we undertake.
We work from your own records, within your own systems, and we draft in terms that both a project manager and a superintendent will accept.
We are commercial consultants rather than a law firm. Fees are fixed, the scope is defined in writing, and there are no unadvised charges.
Every engagement is conducted by a consultant who has held a contracts position on a Western Australian project.
We are familiar with the local market, the amendments commonly made to standard forms in this State, and the operation of the security of payment regime in practice.
We will attend meetings on your behalf, or remain in the background while your own personnel present the position, as you prefer.
Defined turnaround times. Contract reviews are delivered within three business days and urgent notices on the day of instruction.
Every clause. Every page. Every dollar.
We read the contract in full, record every entitlement and account for every amount owed. Nothing is assumed and nothing is left to memory.
01
Initial consultation
A short discussion at no cost. If the matter falls outside our field we will refer you to a practitioner who can assist.
02
Defined scope and fee
The deliverable and the fee are confirmed in writing before any work commences.
03
Documents you can rely on
Submissions, claims and correspondence in issuable form, together with a handover so your personnel can administer the next matter.
Holding a contract you are not prepared to execute?
Provide it to us for review. We will identify the provisions that warrant negotiation and the exposure each one creates.