Construction Contract Notice Sent to the Wrong Recipient? 8 Checks Before the Deadline
A contractor identifies a delay event and prepares the required notice. The contract allows five Business Days. The team sends the notice on day four and records it as complete. There is one problem: it went to the project manager’s usual email address, while the contract says contractual notices must be sent to the Principal’s […]
Verbal Instructions in Construction Contracts: 8 Checks Before You Proceed
A site supervisor is walking the workfront with a client representative when the instruction comes: “Move that service run two metres and keep going. We’ll sort the paperwork later.” The team wants to maintain progress, so the work proceeds. A week later, commercial identifies additional labour, materials and rework. The client says no formal variation […]
10 Contract Management Strategies for Construction and Infrastructure Projects
Construction contracts rarely become difficult because nobody has access to the signed agreement. They become difficult because the agreement has to operate inside a live project where instructions, design changes, approvals, delays, payment claims, RFIs, variations, notices and commercial decisions are arriving every day. That is why effective contract management is not simply document storage, […]
When Is a Change a Variation in Construction? 8 Checks Before You Proceed
A client representative asks for “one small change”. The project team sees a minor adjustment, so the contractor proceeds. Weeks later, commercial identifies a substantial cost and programme effect. The principal says no formal variation was instructed. The contractor says the work was clearly requested. The contract administrator asks the question that should have been […]
Unanswered RFI Construction Delay: What Project Teams Should Check Before It Reaches the Critical Path
A critical RFI is submitted because the drawings do not provide enough information to complete a planned activity. Five days pass with no answer. By day ten, the work is approaching the critical path. The project manager keeps chasing the designer. Commercial sees delay accumulating. Contract administration asks a different question: what did the contract […]
Late Site Handover in a Construction Contract: What Project Teams Should Check
The site was due to be handed over on Monday. By Friday, the contractor still cannot start the planned workfront and five working days of the original programme have been affected. The project manager believes the team can recover the time later. Commercial sees a possible extension-of-time issue. Contract administration asks a different question: what […]
Bathla Voluntary Administration: What Happens to Contracts?
Latest update: 5 September 2026. Bathla Group entered voluntary administration on 25 August 2026. ABC News reported that 542 companies were placed into administration and that preliminary known creditor claims presented at the first creditors’ meeting on 4 September totalled about $3.4 billion. Administrators from Teneo are assessing the affected entities, projects, funding requirements and […]
Contract Compliance Management Software: Buyer’s Guide
Comparing contract compliance management software requires more than reviewing dashboards. Construction and infrastructure teams need to know whether a platform can turn contract clauses into assigned obligations, recognise deadline triggers, track contractual milestones, connect evidence to the right requirement, flag exceptions and preserve a reliable audit trail. This buyer’s guide is for construction executives, project […]
Contract Variation Disputes in Construction
Contract variation disputes in construction usually do not start as disputes. They often start as a site instruction, a design change, a clarification, an access issue, a scope disagreement, a late approval, an urgent instruction, or a commercial misunderstanding. At the beginning, the issue may look manageable. The project team may think the change is […]
Construction Contract Management Software vs Contract Review Software
Construction contract management software and contract review software are often discussed as if they solve the same problem. They do not. Both can be useful. Both can reduce manual work. Both can improve contract visibility. But they serve different purposes in the construction and infrastructure environment. Construction contract management software usually helps teams store, organise, […]