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Practical perspective from the commercial coalface, on dispute resolution, contract administration and where the profession is heading.
Four dates, three notices, one sum. The payment timetable under the Act, and a 2026 decision where both sides served late and the sub-contractor walked away with nothing.
Read article →A request is a conversation. An instruction is a contractual act. Only one of them gets you paid. How "not instructed" happens, and how to stop it.
Read article →The account is won during the job, not negotiated at the end. Why "we'll sort it in the final account" is the most expensive sentence in construction.
Read article →A ban is in a Bill, and it is further than any previous attempt has got. What it actually says, when it would bite, and why it changes nothing for the retention you are owed today.
Read article →The only money in a construction contract that the payer benefits from not paying. Why the second half goes missing, and how to get it back.
Read article →Being late and being owed time are two different things. The critical path, the three things you have to prove, and the argument everyone gets wrong.
Read article →Three routes that do genuinely different jobs. How to choose the right one when a dispute can no longer be settled across the table.
Read article →Entitlement is not the same as recovery. How a missed notice can defeat a well-founded claim, and how to stop it happening.
Read article →From AutoCAD to Excel to BIM, every tool was meant to make the QS redundant. David Exford on why AI is no different.
Read article →The signs, the notices, and the order to do things in, while there is still a solvent company to pay you.
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