Consulting in Construction Management
We evaluate and identify potential risks and recommend or advise/execute with regards operation evaluation, site management assessment, project cash flow, construction specialized contracts e.g. Joint Building Council (JBC), FIDIC, EU, AIA etc., Interim Applications, Application of contractual claims for time and costs, Contracts Administration and dispute Management, Quantity Surveying, Scheduling and Procurement Consulting
Operation evaluation
We offer an overall assessment of your enterprise evaluating workflow, profitability, efficiency, and sourcing.
Management assessment
We examine your management structure and look for gaps and excesses, advising ways to reduce overlapping performance and enhance weak areas. We can also train your team to function better as a unit.
Cash and finance
We evaluate your capital needs, operational expenses, and cash flow requirements to spot weaknesses that can be streamlined. Many businesses run short on working capital, stifling growth.
Construction Contracts
Getting the contract right at the outset of a project will help you to maximise profit and reduce risk.
Jimach has experience in all of the standard form contracts and bespoke contracts.
This includes FIDIC, EU, AIA and other international forms of contracts. We can help you with letters of intent, drafting contracts, contractual correspondences, completing standard contract forms, drafting standard terms for your company and collateral warranties, guarantees and bonds.
We have identified four key areas of support that we can offer in relation to the preparation and review of Construction Contracts. Further information in relation to each of these services can be found out once you engage our team with the contacts provided.
We have a wealth of experience, so if you are looking for assistance that is not in one of these areas we will almost certainly be able to assist you. Please call us for a free initial consultation to discuss your needs.
Interim applications & final accounts
Well prepared applications and accounts reduce the likelihood of disputes and increase the success of your claims for payment. If formal dispute resolution is unavoidable then the better prepared your claims are, the greater your chances of success.
Our specialist knowledge combined with high standards of presentation guarantees that any claim we prepare becomes a valuable tool for negotiation, settlement or, if necessary, formal proceedings. We have a proven track record of resolving claims in this way.
The submission of the claim is always the first step to getting what you are after. After all, if you do not ask, you do not get! Frequently, the submission of a claim leads to negotiation and a resolution of the dispute
Delays & extension of time claims
A large proportion of the disputes that we deal with involve delays and extension of time. To maximize your success in dealing with claims for delay and extension of time it is vital that action is taken early.
Typically, the dispute is not just about the extension of time itself but also about when completion of the work should have taken place, when it actually took place, liability for liquidated damages or liability for common law damages and loss and expense claims. Disputes about extensions of time are much more common in the current economic climate.
We can advise you on the contractual processes that need to be followed and on how to make claims and deal with disputed claims.
Effective contract administration & dispute avoidance
All of our construction contract and commercial support services are focused on assisting our clients with managing risk and avoiding disputes. Effective contract administration can be vital in achieving this.
In particular, we can assist you to deal with problems at an early stage. This will include guidance on effective contract administration and dealing with potentially contentious issues in a commercially sensitive way.
Examples of ways that we have assisted our clients are:
- Drafting and responding to correspondence;
- Preparing notices, including the notices required under bespoke forms of contract as well as the standard forms such as FIDIC, EU, JCT and NEC;
- Developing mechanisms to track and monitor the various commercial obligations that are required under most construction contracts so that entitlements are not lost;
- Providing materials to be used by site teams so that they can understand the contractual processes that they have to follow more easily;
- Development of site records and advice on record-keeping;
Our extensive experience in dealing with projects that involve highly contentious claims and disputes enables us to work with clients to improve their understanding and processes to try and avoid them. Where disputes cannot be avoided our advice puts our clients in the best possible situation to deal with them when they arise.
Quantity Surveying
Jimach is a global leader in quantity surveying services and has a successful record . Our reputation for fairness and independence, and our skills in drafting unambiguous contract documentation that helps avoid disputes while facilitating effective project progress, combine to make us a key member of any construction team.
Commercial management
At the heart of our service is cost and commercial management. With the depth and breadth of our expertise and experience we have developed a wide range of skills that meet the financial and cost control management needs of national and international organizations across industries.
Our cost managers place great emphasis on the control of construction costs.
It is achieved by the application of their expert understanding of current prices of labour, materials and plant. In combination with an appreciation of design objectives and early stage decisions, this ensures the realization of maximum value for a client’s investment.
Service innovation
Jimach offers credibility and capability. The comprehensive and innovative range of products and services provided by our quantity surveying teams enables us to meet the constantly evolving needs of our clients.
Our commitment is that, by continually developing our professionalism and resources, we will maintain our ability to deliver real savings and value at all stages of the project lifecycle.
Comprehensive capabilities
Our quantity surveying services include:
- Bench marking and efficiency studies
- Capital allowances advice/tax depreciation
- Cash flow management
- Change management
- Cost modelling
- Engineering services cost management (MEP cost services)
- Escrow fund/account management
- Procurement advice and documentation
- Project cost management
- Risk and value management
- Strategic cost planning and estimating
- Value engineering
- Whole-life cost advice
Scheduling Management
Technical compatibility
Our schedulers use advanced tools and systems that are compatible with those employed by developers and users from different industries. We are proficient in most common software packages including, but not limited to, Oracle Primavera Project Planner P6 and Microsoft Project and Programme Risk Analysis (Monte Carlo analysis tools).
On the larger, most complex projects we use fully integrated master scheduling to track all lifecycle stages. If appropriate, the schedule may also track key milestones, earned value, resource productivity, risk and cost.
Project Controls
Our approach is based on a proven and robust methodology structured around Jimach’s project management professional practice manuals that set out the processes and procedures.
This allows us to approach each assignment with the confidence that we can deliver leadership, innovation and project ownership to our clients.
We have established an intranet-based system toolkit and online dashboard reporting to provide best practice guidance to ensure that our projects are managed consistently worldwide.
These are coupled with our innovative online project controls and reporting tools that provide executive access to the project dashboard from your mobile device 24/7. The project controls reporting is based on a smart system of interconnected datasets that allow reporting of project scope, cost, schedule, risk and personalized actions.
By providing the client and the team with rich data at their fingertips, the focus can shift from report generation to critical-thinking tasks, where interpretation of information evolving into action can take place.
Procurement Consulting.
Procurement Management
Jimach combines strategic procurement consulting services, cutting-edge technology, and managed services to help clients achieve their strategic, operational and financial objectives.
Our comprehensive range of procurement consulting capabilities includes:
- Procurement Transformation
- Opportunity Assessment
- Strategic Cost Management
- Supply Risk Management
Our team of highly experienced procurement strategy consultants helps clients find solutions to their most intractable problems — solutions that incorporate creativity, ingenuity, innovation, and mastery of both procurement strategy and technology. Our procurement consulting services portfolio has been engineered to support the full range of our clients’ needs, today and as they evolve
Procurement outsourcing
Jimach provides clients a flexible set of procurement outsourcing options, custom configured to meet their specific needs. From end-to-end procurement outsourcing to point solutions like category management, strategic sourcing and operations in procurement, we get you more bang for your buck.
Beyond the capabilities of traditional procurement outsourcing providers, Jimach delivers outstanding results by bringing together the most comprehensive procurement services portfolio in the industry, innovative cloud-based software, global operations capabilities and tailored solutions.
Jimach as a procurement outsourcing service provider can deliver impressive results:
- Accelerated time to value
- Increased Spend visibility
- Improved compliance and Transparency
- Improved user experience
- Reduced operational costs
