Services

The team at Tudor Rose offers a broad range of experience and specialisms. This gives us the ability to provide the service you need to help deliver projects more effectively.

Pre-Contract Support

Making sure that your project is properly set up from the outset is vital. Tudor Rose can provide the following services to ensure the best possible starting point for your project.

Development and implementation of procurement and contract strategies

Preparation of tender documentation and negotiation of construction contracts

Review of proposed terms and conditions and step down of terms into subcontracts and supplier agreements

Project programming reviews

Risk management and due diligence

Assistance in negotiating contract terms

Identification of contract administration requirements and suitable processes for the effective delivery of projects

Quantity Surveying

At Tudor Rose’s core is a team of highly skilled and experienced quantity surveyors with vast experience. We are able to deliver all aspects of quantity surveying services, including the following:

Commercial management services

Pre and post contract quantity surveying services

Cost control

Valuation of change

Identification of contractual entitlements

Preparation and rebuttal of claims for damages and loss and/or expense

Preparation of detailed final accounts and negotiation of settlement

Project Monitoring

It is important that projects are closely monitored to ensure potential issues are highlighted as soon as possible. This enables appropriate mitigation measures and contract notifications to be implemented before significant commercial impact is felt. That is why Tudor Rose provides a variety of project monitoring services which can be tailormade to your project. These include:

Acting as Employer’s Agent/Project Manager

Project audits

Independent progress monitoring and reporting

Identification of change

Review of compliance with notification requirements

Programming and Delay Analysis

Coordination and programming of works is key to ensuring that a project is completed on time and on budget. Therefore, Tudor Rose provides our clients with the following services:

Preparation of project programmes

Analysis of programmes

Analysis of proposed sequencing

In the event that a project does suffer delays, Tudor Rose’s expertise in the analysis of delays and assessment of contractual entitlement to a revision of the completion date of the works, proves to be invaluable to many of our clients. We provide the following services:

Analysis of programmes

Forensic review of evidence

Preparation and rebuttal of extension of time claims

Project Management

The team at Tudor Rose have the expertise to support their clients with appropriate project management services which help ensure that their projects runs as smoothly as possible, maintaining a keen eye on aspects of time, cost and quality of projects. In particular, we can help you with the following project management services:

Provision of procurement, planning and cost advice at all stages in a project cycle

Supporting a client in the management of the overall delivery of a project or programme of works

Acting as Employer’s Agent/Project Manager under the terms of a building contract

Supporting the project team and problem solving where projects run into difficulty

Dispute Resolution

Unfortunately, not all projects run as smoothly as they should. The complexity of a construction project combined with the variety of stakeholders and relatively tight margins means that, in some instances, disputes are inevitable. The team at Tudor Rose has a broad range of experience allowing us to help and guide you through these challenging situations with a view to help you resolve the dispute as quickly and amicably as possible, whilst achieving a positive commercial outcome. The dispute services we provide are:

Preparation of documents and provision of support to parties pursuing or defending claims in all forms of alternative dispute resolution including adjudication, dispute advisory boards and mediation

Acting as party representatives in adjudication proceedings

Provision of independent forensic quantum and delay analysis

Appointment as expert witness in matters of project management, delay analysis and quantity surveying practice and quantum (e.g. measures of damages and extent of loss and/or expense)

Acting as adjudicator, expert determiner or mediator

Instructing solicitors, counsel or seeking expert opinion.

Expert Services

Members of the Tudor Rose team are practising Members of the Academy of Experts and are regularly appointed to act as Quantum Expert Witnesses or Expert Advisers in adjudication, arbitration and litigation proceedings. A sample of the recent Expert appointments are listed below:

Quantum Expert for the Claimant in 3M United Kingdom plc v The States of Guernsey in the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division. Evidence given on a £27 million counter-claim raised by the Defendant.

Time and Quantum Expert for a local authority to consider final account and extension of time submissions (value c. £3m).

Time and Quantum Expert for a large drinks manufacturer in two sets of adjudication proceedings relating to variations, extensions of time and prolongation costs.

Quantum and Professional Standards Expert for an investment trust in professional negligence proceedings against a Quantity Surveying practice.

Quantum and Professional Standards Expert for liquidators of a limited company in negligence proceedings against the former directors of that company.

Quantum Expert to consider the valuation of claims (c. £20m) against an Architect and other parties relating to alleged defective works and design.

Quantum Expert for a national contractor to review subcontractor claims and assist in considering allegations of fraudulent behaviour.

Training

The construction industry and the commercial, contractual and legal context within which it operates are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to effectively manage. Tudor Rose provides up to date information and knowledge to its clients through a combination of problem focussed consultancy and structured training workshops. Our workshops are specifically tailored to our clients’ requirements. Topics that have been recently covered include:

NEC 3: Compensation Events and Early Warnings

Commercial warning signs and claim preparation

Annual legal update (recent construction cases)

Integrated Programme and Commercial Management

Contracting QS Skills Workshops

Presentation of delay claims

Contract Forms

The Adjudication Process

The Mediation Process

Tudor Rose can also tailor training sessions to suit you. Get in touch to find out more.

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