Construction contract management: clarify responsibilities and reduce risks

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Construction contract management involves guiding contractual relationships, clarifying the responsibilities of each party and ensuring that everyone meets their obligations throughout the project. This process plays a strategic role in preventing disputes, documenting decisions and protecting the interests of both the project and contractor.

DECASULT’s experts in contract management can support you at every step from before signing your contracts to project delivery in order to ensure thorough contract administration, reduce the risk of litigation and support your decision-making.

Why you should take advantage of this service ?

Contractual complexity, risks and disagreements: why you should structure contract management

During a construction project, responsibilities, contractual obligations and risk distribution are not always clearly understood or documented. Certain decisions made over the course of the project can also impact the contracts, finances and timeline. A structured approach allows you to improve the relationships between the parties and reduce the risk of disagreements and litigation.

This process is particularly important where:

  • Changes, delays and claims must be documented and analyzed
  • You’d like to prevent disagreements and reduce the risk of litigation
  • The contractual responsibilities of stakeholders are ambiguous or poorly defined
  • The contractual framework or delivery method present risks
  • Decisions made over the course of the project impact the contracts or finances
  • Tracking contractual obligations and project events has become critical
DECASULT is an independent firm that specializes in construction project contract management. We intervene before you sign contracts and during the various project phases and the wrap-up stage, and manage claims and contract closure.

DECASULT’s intervention process

We have all the expertise required to guide your construction contracts

We can help you to clarify the agreements between the parties, track contractual obligations, document decisions and analyze the impact of events in order to remain aware of the challenges at every stage.
  • Analysis of public and private contractual models and delivery methods
  • Review and analysis of contractual clauses and stakeholder responsibilities
  • Drafting additional conditions adapted to the project and contractual framework
  • Introducing contractual tracking tools and dashboards
  • Tracking contractual obligations and documenting project events
  • Analyzing the contractual impacts of decisions, changes and instructions
  • Support with preventing and managing disagreements
  • Guidance with claims, negotiations and project closure

Our approach

Integrity, independence and rigorous contract tracking

We apply best practices in construction contract administration adapted to various contractual frameworks and delivery methods. Our approach is based on documentary consistency, event traceability and structured management of stakeholder relationships.

Public (LCOP, LCOM) and private contracts (CCDC and other contractual models).

Analysis of contractual and collaborative frameworks.

Powerful tracking and documentation management tools.

Structured traceability of decisions and project events.

Best practices in construction contract administration.

Clear process for preventing and managing disagreements.

Deliverables

Practical and usable deliverables

Our deliverables give you a clear overview of our project’s commitments, risks and events so you can quickly make decisions and defend your project position where required.
  • Analysis grid for project delivery methods and related contractual frameworks
  • Review and analysis of the contractual models used for the project
  • Drafting additional conditions adapted to the project and contractual framework
  • Analysis grid for contractual clauses and stakeholder responsibilities
  • Dashboard for tracking contract stages and stakeholder obligations
  • Tracking and documenting events that impacted the contract
  • A summary of disagreements, claims and corrective action

What could the impact be?

A direct impact on risk and dispute management

  • A better understanding of each party’s responsibilities and commitments
  • Better informed decisions when issues arise over the course of the project
  • Personalized and independent guidance to support your decision-making
  • Better prepared in the event of claims, negotiations and litigation
  • Reduced ambiguity and potential sources of litigation
  • Maintain healthy relationships and an environment of collaboration with all parties even when disagreements arise.
  • Smoother project closure process
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