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The variation claims had been rejected by the engineer. We were requested to provide impartial advice.

The variation claims had been rejected by the engineer. We were requested to provide impartial advice.

We were engaged by the Employer to review and make recommendations on the Contractor’s claims for extensions of time and prolongation costs.

We were engaged by the Contractor to provide an impartial opinion on the Contractor’s entitlement and if it was considered that the variations were legitimate under the contract, we were engaged to prepare formal claims.

We were engaged by our client to assist the lawyers by preparing the statement of claim for arbitration.

The Employer engaged us to review the matters and to provide an impartial opinion as to the Contractor’s entitlement. If entitlement existed, we were to advise on the quantum of the claims.

We were approached by the main contractor to provide assistance with their site commercial team who were having trouble assessing entitlement of subcontract claims and variations.

We were asked to provide commercial site services for the specialist process pipework cladding and insulation contractor who were lacking in the expertise to carry out the work themselves.

We were asked by a specialist contractor to provide support with determining a programme which represented their scope of work and required resources on a project.

We were engaged by the Main Contractor to identify causes of delay under the JCT contract.

We were asked by the Main Contractor to consider the delays that had been suffered on this project which had been incurred over two sites in the UK.

We were employed by the fitting out works subcontractor to assist with the development of its delay, prolongation and acceleration claims against the main contractor.

Our expert report services were required to assist the Tribunal on the determination of an extension of time and associated loss and expense claim.

The works consisted of groundworks, substructure and drainage on a social housing site.