About
Established by practitioners who have administered the contracts.
Page Turn Consulting was established after years of observing capable Perth builders lose margin through administration rather than through pricing. We undertake the commercial work that small and medium contractors rarely hold the staff to cover.
The short version
Twenty five years of Western Australian contracts.
Our consultants have held positions as contract administrators, commercial managers and estimators on commercial fitout, civil, education and health projects throughout Western Australia. We have attended superintendent's meetings for the builder and assessed final accounts for the principal. That is the experience you are engaging.
We remain deliberately small. Every engagement is conducted by a senior consultant, so no matter is delegated to a person who has not administered an AS 4000 contract.
Head contract and subcontract administration on projects from $500k to $80m
Adjudication experience under the Western Australian security of payment legislation
Tender submissions to State government, local government and private principals
Final account negotiation on more than 200 projects
How we think about the work
Three principles we apply.
01
Advise you early
If a claim is weak, or a contract is more onerous than anticipated, you are told at the initial consultation. An unfavourable assessment delivered early costs less than one delivered at the final account.
02
Draft so it takes effect
A notice that is not read serves no purpose. We draft short, dated, clause referenced correspondence that a superintendent can act upon without further enquiry.
03
Leave you better positioned
We would prefer to instruct your project manager in serving the notice than to render an invoice for it each month. A handover forms part of every engagement.
Where we work
Perth based, Western Australia focused.
Our office is in the city and the majority of our clients are located within an hour of it. We act regularly on projects in the Peel region, Bunbury and the Wheatbelt, and accept remote and resources sector engagements where the contract administration can be conducted from Perth.
Perth metropolitan area, site attendance included
Peel, South West and Wheatbelt, travel quoted separately
Regional and remote projects administered from our Perth office
Sectors
Sectors in which we act.
Commercial fitout
Compressed programs, principal supplied equipment and disputes as to access.
Civil and earthworks
Latent conditions, rate adjustments and inclement weather claims.
Education and health
Government contract terms, staged practical completion and occupied sites.
Resources and industrial
Processing plant, non process infrastructure and shutdown packages under principal terms.
Residential builders
Multi unit projects, supply delays and disputes under home building contracts.
Every clause. Every page. Every dollar. Our purpose is to ensure that on completion you are paid the amount the contract provides for.
Dan Whitfield, Director