Each consultancy appointment is led by one of the principals of SPL who remains responsible for SPL’s performance from inception through to completion.

SPL’s core Consultancy Services are;

Dispute Avoidance & Resolution

• Provision of qualified legal professionals, arbitrators, adjudicators, mediators and expert witnesses
• Interpretation of contractual terms and conditions
• Assessment of contractual risk at project inception
• ‘Cold eyes’ reviews of emerging / potential disputes
• Claims management strategy-setting
• Preparation of contractual claims
• Preparation of insurance claims
• Preparation of claim defences
• Claims negotiation

Contract & Commercial Management

• Development of Contracting/Procurement Strategies
• Bidder pre qualification
• Preparation of Invitation to Tender and Contract Documents
• Management of all aspects of the Tendering Process through to Contract award
• ‘Cold-eyes’ reviews of contract management performance on projects at key ‘gateways’
• Contracts Engineering
• Contracts Administration
• Variation / change management
• Drafting of contracting procedures
• Risk assessment of contract documentation
• Contract compliance audits

Project Controls

Cost Engineering:

• Preparation of Cost budgets
• Project Cost control
• Project Cost forecasting & reporting
• Variation / change management
• Cost risk analysis
• Drafting of Cost Management procedures
• ‘Cold-eyes’ reviews of cost performance on projects at key ‘gateways’
• Audit of Project Cost budgets and forecasts

Estimating:

• Preparation of conceptual estimates
• Preparation of ‘cold eyes’ / independent cost estimates
• Audit of 3rd party estimates

Planning:

• Preparation and maintenance of project schedules
• Assessment of work progress
• Project progress monitoring, forecasting & reporting
• Change management
• Schedule risk analysis
• Drafting of Planning procedures
• ‘Cold-eyes’ reviews of planning performance on projects at key ‘gateways’
• Audit of Project schedules and forecasts

Quantity Surveying:

• Preparation of Schedules of Rates and Bills of Quantities for use in ‘unit rate’ contracts
• Measurement of ‘as built’ work quantities

Training and Development

SPL provides coaching / mentoring and structured training and development in all of the above disciplines to its clients’ staff and project teams.

Professional Personnel

SPL source and provide the following professional personnel to work within our clients’ project teams;Claims Managers

• Contracts Managers
• Commercial Managers
• Tendering Managers and Engineers
• Contracts Engineers and Administrators
• Project Controls Managers
• Cost Managers and Cost Engineers
• Planning Managers and Planning Engineers
• Estimators
• Quantity Surveyors