Contract and commercial management, contract administration, and development of Extension of Time and prolongation cost claims across an approved baseline programme impacted by redesign, pending change orders, and commercial constraints.
A large-scale defence infrastructure programme delivered under a complex contractual arrangement, involving multiple stakeholders and specialist design inputs. The project experienced significant evolution in scope and technical requirements, with redesigns introduced at advanced stages of execution and a high volume of pending commercial adjustments.
At the time of intervention, the Works were substantially complete, with outstanding activities impacted by unresolved design changes, delayed issuance of change orders, and prolonged commercial and contractual uncertainty.
The project was impacted by sustained delay arising from late-stage design revisions, incomplete formalisation of change orders, and prolonged approval cycles, affecting both works progressi and commercial recovery.
A substantial volume of executed variations remained unformalised, creating a disconnect between performed works and contractual valuation, and introducing uncertainty in the recovery of additional cost. In parallel, cumulative delay arising from design development and instruction delays had extended the Programme, with time entitlement and associated prolongation costs yet to be contractually resolved.
The contractual position was further complicated by the interdependence between time entitlement, prolongation cost recovery, and outstanding payments, where progression and completion were directly influenced by unresolved commercial matters. Establishing entitlement therefore required a structured and contract-compliant approach to align executed works, programme impact, and cost recovery within the contractual framework.
Provided integrated contract and commercial management and contract administration support to stabilise the project’s contractual and commercial position, while advancing entitlement to time and associated cost in accordance with the Contract.
Established entitlement to additional time through structured review of delay events and preparation of Extension of Time submissions aligned with contractual requirements, supported by contemporaneous records and programme-based analysis. Prolongation costs arising from the extended duration of the Works were contractually justified and extracted from project financial records, linking extended time to recoverable cost in accordance with the Contract.
In parallel, structured and administered change order submissions to align executed variations with contractual mechanisms, reinforcing the linkage between instructed changes, programme impact, and cost entitlement. This approach addressed the backlog of unformalised variations and ensured that entitlement positions across time, cost, and variations were consistently structured, substantiated, and contractually compliant.
Defined a substantiated and defensible basis for recovery, reducing exposure to unrecovered costs and advancing the Contractor’s commercial position across entitlement to time, prolongation cost, and variations, supporting recovery of time and cost entitlement.
