Services We Are Proud To Deliver

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We employ people who are experts in the mechanical, electrical and public health sector of the construction, infrastructure and engineering markets. 

Our first-class team and our rigorous cost control systems ensure that value is exceeded for every client. We proactively manage our client’s fabrication and construction costs, from initial feasibility to final account, to ensure best value for our clients.      

We develop an in-depth understanding of our client's business goals and become their champion in project delivery, empowering their business decisions with our depth of building services knowledge and commercial acumen.           

In performing our role we apply our knowledge and expertise to the financial and contractual aspects of the project, while our clients are able to concentrate on operational aspects. By doing so, we are able to protect our clients from poor cashflow and un-recovered losses associated with variations, delays and disruption that can arise when they are focused on delivering  the project

In providing quantity surveying and commercial management services we are able to offer:          

• Review and negotiation service for all contract conditions and identify key risks.

• Preparation  and vetting of tender documentation to ensure full scope and appropriate risk is discharged.

• Drafting, preparation and vetting sub-contract documents.

• Preparation of monthly financial forecast statements.

• Preparation and monitotring of cash flow forecast.

• Preparation of monthly key performance indicators (KPI's).

• Commercial administration, including preparation and delivery of contract notices.

• Preparation of interim applications for payment.

• Valuation of variations and compensation events.

• Agreement of final accounts.

• Preparation of sub-contract interim payments.

• Agreement of sub-contract accounts.

It is inevitable on complex construction projects that differences of opinion will occur. Some differences of opinion will resolve themselves without any special intervention. Others will be more difficult to resolve and will inevitably head towards adversarial dispute. When this occurs such disputes can be (if not dealt with properly) costly, slow to resolve and damaging to brand reputations. 

Parties will sometimes find it difficult to agree on matters, and that disputes cannot always be avoided, the Conflict Avoidance Process is structured to help the Parties to resolve issues early and in accordance with agreed principles and rules for cooperation.

We are committed to assisting its Clients achieving a quick and amicable resolution of such matters before they become a formal and adversarial dispute, in so doing reducing costs and speed of resolution and keeping the brand reputation intact.

We have a Conflict Avoidance Policy and Procedure  that enables differences between contracting parties to be dealt with quickly and effectively and thus reduces the financial and reputational costs often associated with traditional forms of dispute resolution.

Where disputes cannot be avoided then claims commonly arise between the parties to construction contracts. 

Such claims can be as a result of problems such as; delays, changes, unforeseen circumstances, insufficient information, and conflicts.       

Engineering and construction contracts are often complex and can involve a large number of stakeholders. Even on the best managed projects, claims will arise that can evolve into disputes unless they are managed efficiently and effectively.      

When the inevitable contractual problems arise, we are able to offer strategic advice to manage contentious issues with the overall objective of avoiding costly disputes.      

Claims might be made for loss and expense, extension of time, liquidated damages and so on. The contract should set out what can constitute a claim and how it should be dealt with. 

At Forry Commercial our expert team are well versed in both the preparation and defence of complex loss and expense claims that are associated with delay and disruption.       

Successful management of claims and disputes is important to the project itself, as well as the stakeholders. To manage these claims it requires both tactical and strategic thinking, to minimise their effects. 

At Forry Commercial we are able to support our clients throughout the process of claim management ensuring that the dispute is resolved in a timely and cost effective manner. We provide specialist claims management advice and are able to provide the service to prepare (and  if required fend off) claims. 

We are also able to represent clients in negotiations to reach effective settlement and minimise project and business impacts.  Our highly experienced team has assisted in the management of claims in the UK and internationally.

Our services in this space include:     

• Forensic /investigative works.

• Identify contractual entitlement.

• Identify the appropriate delay analysis methodology for  client consideration.

• Drafting the necessary narratives.

• Delay analysis.

• Claim documents preparation.

• Quantum assessment. 

• Assist with the preparation of adjudication and /or mediation submissions. 

• Where formal hearings such as litigation or arbitration is unavoidable, we will  work as an integrated part of our clients’ legal teams.

The construction, infrastructure and engineering markets are dynamic. External factors and uncertainties present a critical need to mitigate and transfer risks, and to avoid rising costs and protect margin expectations. 

We help our clients maximise value for money and minimise risk with procurement strategies and tactics that provide a balance with the requirements of cost, quality and time.     

We are able to provide practical solutions to ensure that best value procurement is achieved and appropriate risk is discharged. 

With experience in successfully delivering complex procurement routes, we take ownership to set, implement and deliver the strategy, understanding and alleviating any pressures and financial penalties that our clients may face. 

There are many procurement methods available and choosing the right one is vital in getting the best results. 

We work closely with our clients to develop procurement strategies tailored to specific projects.​  

We consider all aspects of construction and examine apotential for savings, which might, include: innovation, collaborative solutions, prefabrication and modularisation opportunities.

Our services in this space include:     

• Identifying available budgets.

• Preparation of tender documentations. 

• Consult with client and identify appropriate  procurement routes.

• Review clients contractual requirements and ensure appropriate risk and obligations are passed down. 

• Undertake project specific pre-qualification of  the market to ensure best value is achieved.

• Draft each specialist trade package scope of works.  

• Facilitate tender interviews and meetings with the supply chain.

• Undertake tender analysis. 

• Identify potential value engineering  opportunities.

• Produce tender recommendations for clients consideration. 

• Prepare Draft sub-contract documentation and negotiate terms with the supply chain.

With tender /bid enquiry documentation becoming more and more heavy weight it can be difficult to see the wood for the trees.  

Our expert team are able to undertake a review of the documentation to identify key risks and opportunities that ought to be taken into account when calculating a tender.  

We are also able to undertake a full review of the proposed contract documentation and identify any onerous clauses /obligations to ensure that our client’s tendered sum includes for such provisions and if necessary negotiate these provisions with the contracting party in order to ensure that your business is operating within its acceptable risk profile.  

As part of the contract review we will identify 10 golden rules that the delivery team must ensure that it is undertaking as a matter of its daily management of the project. These rules can then be monitored by our client’s management team to ensure the project team is complying with the golden rules. The golden rules will ensure that the contract is being operated to ensure that our client’s entitlements are kept intact throughout the delivery of the project. 

We also have a team of estimators at hand, all of whom are highly knowledgeable, skilful and efficient in the measurement and billing of traditional and modern mechanical, electrical, public health and civils engineering works. We can produce quantified measure and /or bills of quantities in accordance with Standard Method of Measurement (SMM7), New Rules of Measurement (NRM 2), Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4 (CESMM4), Method of Measurement for Highway Works (MMHW), or bespoke measurement to suit our clients’ needs.

Our services in this space include:     

• Review of tender documentation and identify risk and opportunity for the client to allow in the pricing.

• In conjunction with clients team and /or design team identify value engineering opportunities. 

• Review proposed contract terms and condition and report any onerous clauses to the client.

• Negotiate onerous clauses that fall outside of the clients acceptable risk profile.

• Identify 10 golden rules to be undertaken by the delivery team on a day to day basis to ensure the clients entitlements remain intact.

• Undertake fully detailed and quantified measures in accordance with published /or bespoke methods of measurement.

• Production of elemental cost plans.