Services

Our specialists have worked on a diversity of prestigious projects in both the public and private sectors, across the whole range of the highway industry, but are particularly focussed on the following:

• The Procurement of Works and Services
• Conditions of Contract
• Contract Preparation
• Health and Safety
• Policy and Procedure Writing
• Highway Network Management
• Other

The Procurement of Works and Services

Our expertise includes:

• The evaluation of alternative procurement methods
• The delivery of "Best Value", including "Continuous Improvement"
• The interpretation of partnering and collaborative working
• The selecting and measurement of performance indicators
• Performance incentive mechanisms
• Encouraging innovation

Conditions of Contract

We are members of the NEC User Group, and are familiar with the use of the following:

New Engineering Contract

• The Engineering and Construction Contract
• The Engineering and Construction Sub-Contract
• The Engineering and Construction Short Contract
• The Engineering and Construction Short Sub-Contract
• The Professional Services Contract
• The Adjudicator's Contract
• The Partnering Option (X12)
• The Term Service Contract (Draft 1st Edition)

ICE Conditions of Contract

• The ICE 5th Edition Conditions of Contract
• The ICE 6th Edition Conditions of Contract
• The ICE 7th Edition Conditions of Contract
• The ICE Term 1st Edition Conditions of Contract
• The ICE Design and Build Conditions 2nd Edition
• The ICE Minor Works 2nd Edition
• The ICE Minor Works 3rd Edition

Other Standard Contract Forms

We are also able to offer some advice related to:

• The Project Partnering Contract (PPC2000)
• The Specialist Partnering Contract (SPC2000)
• GC/WORKS/7 (1999) Measured Term Contract

Contract Preparation

We are able to assist with the preparation of:

• Additional and special conditions of contract^*
• Specifications, including additional, modified and substitute clauses
• Methods of measurement, based both on the Method of Measurement for Highway Works (MMHW) and Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM)
• Bill of Quantities
• Schedules of Rates
• Activity Schedules

^* We always advise that amendments to conditions of contract are checked by our clients' lawyers

Health & Safety

We are able to provide:

• Planning Supervision services
• Advice and training on HASAWA & CDM issues
• Advice on temporary traffic management

Policy and Procedure Writing

We write:

• Technical reports
• Maintenance policy documents
• Internal guidance notes and QA documents
• Project risk assessments
• Health & safety policies

Highway Network Management

• Street works co-ordination
• NRSWA management
• Safety Auditing

Other

If you would like to enquire about services not listed above, please send an E-mail.