Project Advisory
Our Project Advisory Services have been developed through years of experience in project delivery as well in the resolution of disputes, where many lessons are learnt. 

We provide the following main advisory services:
  • Contract Management and Contractual Advice
  • Project Planning and Programme Management
  • Project Controls
  • Change Management
  • Project Recovery
  • Training
Our Advisory services are underpinned by our Forensic and Analytical services. 

Please also see our Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution services.
Contract Management and Contractual Advice

Managing the project in accordance with the Contract is obviously imperative for both successful project delivery and to ensure parties are re-reimbursed for additional costs and/ or time to which they are entitled. 

The 4Sight team are highly experienced in all forms of Contract such as NEC, FIDIC, ICE as well as modified versions and entirely bespoke contracts. We help our clients undertake their roles and responsibilities in accordance with the Contract at all project stages and help ensure project changes and events are properly notified with the correct substantiation during the course of the works.

With our IT partner Sypro, we offer a Contract Management software solution which is very easy to use and provides very significant benefits in streamlining the contract management process, specifying the requirements of stakeholders under the contract, and greatly reducing the number of disputes by enhancing communication, record keeping and collaboration between the parties.

We ensure the relevant machinery of the specific contract is utilised to substantiate forensic analysis when preparing or rebutting time and cost claims and work closely with our legal partners if claims progress to ADR or judicial hearings. 

Our Contractual expertise also underpins our Claims Management services.

For further information please contact us.

Planning & Programme Management

Poor project planning and monitoring is one of the most significant causes of project failure. 

4Sight believe that meticulous project planning is fundamental to both project delivery but also to the avoidance of disputes. 

The 4Sight planning team are highly experienced and qualified planners with experience in nearly all types of projects. We also provide tools and procedures to assist our clients in planning, monitoring and controlling projects effectively and augment and support existing client planning teams as required. 

Successful and accurate planning requires the consideration and incorporation of the technical knowledge and experience of the team involved. 

Importantly we recognise the uncertainties inherent in planning along with any project specific nuances and clearly articulate these in order to establish and manage realistic project expectations.

Our Planning and Programme Management Services include:
  1. Programme Integrity Analysis and auditing
  2. Due diligence
  3. Tender planning
  4. Programme development
  5. Project & progress monitoring
  6. Forecasting
  7. Acceleration programmes
  8. Prospective delay analysis
  9. Training
For further information please contact us.

Please also see our Forensic Delay & Disruption Services
Project Controls

Construction is a risk business. Project success comes from predicting and managing change and minimising risk by using the right expertise, procedures, tools and techniques.

Effective project controls provide the capability to reveal trends toward cost overrun and or schedule slippage. Identifying those trends early is a major factor in ensuring successful project management and reducing risk. 

4Sight provides a range of Project Control services that support the project management function through each stage of the project process, from inception to handover. 

We provide planning, resource and cost modelling services and utilise the Earned Value (EV) approach for examining cost data in the context of detailed schedule information and key milestones.

We utilise the most up to date technologies to facilitate our project control services including our BIM services and are currently developing and implementing new techniques and tools for managing the construction process using this technology.

Our Project Control Services include:
  • Control systems auditing 
  • Procedures and tools for integrating time and cost data (BIM, EVM, Etc)
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis (e.g EVA)
  • Customisable software
  • Training
For further information please contact us.
Change Management

Changes are inevitable on construction and engineering projects. The priority is to avoid or reduce any negative impact.

Uncertainties make construction projects dynamic and variable, mostly by creating non-value adding changes to construction processes. 

When a project is progressed without proper planning, those changes can cause delay and disruption, which can lead to critical delays. Changes need to be dealt with in a controlled and systematic manner and should be monitored and appraised for any potential or actual impact on the project, from both a time and cost perspective.

4Sight can work with your team to help ensure a systematic Change Management process is established and maintained throughout the project. 

We also provide guidance on how to establish appropriate record keeping systems, which enable accurate progress data and change event information to be recorded. 

For further information please contact us.
Project Recovery

The key to project success is the ability to develop recovery strategies when delay or disruption events occur (as they invariably do). 

The 4Sight team have years of experience in developing project recovery strategies, ranging from mitigation strategies to plan and re-sequence the works without the need for additional costs, to the development of acceleration measures.

These strategies require agreement between the relevant parties, detailed planning and in the case of acceleration, additional resources to achieve the revised milestones and frequently necessitate contract changes or addendum's to the Contract.

Our forensic planning, quantum and risk analysis services are invaluable in identifying the best course of action in the event the project is in delay.

Our Project Recovery Services include:
  • Programme reviews
  • Construction sequence assessment
  • Mitigation strategies
  • Recovery programmes
  • Recovery cost analysis
  • Project control checks
  • Contract negotiations/ addendum's
For further information please contact us.
Training

4Sight have extensive experience in the provision of tailored training programmes delivered globally to a diverse range of clients ranging from government organisations, employers, contractors, sub-contractors, engineers, and consultants. 

Our project and claims experience underpins our training which is delivered with a practical focus in such areas as contract management, best practice project controls implementation, best practice planning procedures and claims management as well as dispute resolution training which focuses on methods of forensic analysis (delay and quantum), contract and claims drafting and presentation. 

We also provide a range of software training.

Our main subject areas are as follows:
  • Key Principles of Dispute avoidance
  • Contract Management (NEC, FIDIC, Bespoke)
  • Project controls strategy & implementation
  • Project planning - best practice principles
  • Software training – Planning, BIM, documents control, etc
  • Principles for effective claims management 
  • Key Principles of Dispute resolution
  • Methods of forensic analysis (delay and quantum)
  • Claims presentation
For further information please contact us.
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