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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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…