Proper administration of construction contracts is of upmost importance for an organization to protect their contractual rights and fulfil their contractual obligations. The consequences of failure to protect contractual rights and implement the contractual mechanisms can have devastating impact on the project budget and duration. The services of PMCG’s experts have been engaged when disputes occurred in many projects which have failed as a result of cost overruns originating solely from poor administration of contracts. Therefore, PMCG puts special emphasis on contract administration process and provides services to organizations during the lifetime of their projects in order to help them protect their contractual rights, fulfil their contractual obligations and avoid disputes.
Administration of contract, in this context, includes the following tasks:
* correspondence between the parties and other stakeholders,
* issuance of claim notifications and supporting the Claims Management processes,
* negotiation of changes and putting the relevant change clauses into practice, and
* liaising with cost control, planning and law departments to ensure that they fulfil their duties in compliance with the contract.
PMCG’s Contract Administration service is specifically tailored for the needs of our clients and contractual requirements with a special emphasis on management of claims. Therefore, a unique contract administration procedure is prepared for each and every project. This service is offered by PMCG in two alternatives:
* Secondment of a Contract Administrator by PMCG to our clients team and provision of supervision services by a senior team member, or
* Supervision of contract administration processes of our client’s team and provision of continuous support on any issue throughout the project lifecycle.
PMCG’s experts are experienced in contract administration and provided contract administration services under most of the standard forms of contracts and ad-hoc contracts governed by civil and common law systems all over the world.
