Kenzie Group equips international heavylift contractor for contractual success

In a commercial environment that is ever-changing and increasingly more complex, coupled with sophisticated and commercially astute clients and a culture of passing project risk onto contractors through onerous terms and conditions, it has become essential for those involved in the construction sector to have a robust commercial approach during the post contract stage, and for their commercial staff to possess an ever greater awareness of contractual terms and conditions, and more importantly their implications.

The Kenzie Group has recently been working with one of the world’s leading international heavy transport and installation contractors – delivering a series of seminars and bespoke training packages majoring on a better understanding of pre-contractual procedures to ensure that the commercial and purchasing team were able to not only submit compliant bids, but avoided erroneous terms and conditions which ultimately could prove to be very costly for the Company further down the line.

A three pronged approach was adopted by the Kenzie Group, and pre-contractual procedures were put into place alongside staff training on the formation of both bespoke and NEC3 contracts, alongside comprehensive guidance notes on terms and conditions, all of which were delivered in manageable ‘bite size’ chunks through seminars, training days and video blogs.

The rollout of these procedures has been instrumental in enabling the Company to continue to operate successfully through the identification and management of risks and opportunities as well as being able to substantiate their entitlement through the preparation of sufficient records, whether in terms of time or cost, and ensuring that they obtain their proper contractual entitlement, thereby maximising their profitability.

The Kenzie Group not only offer bespoke training packages to clients contracting within the construction and engineering industries, but have also recently produced a series of short webinars  created to educate and inform on the formation of contracts.

The Kenzie team possess a high level of practical knowledge and experience in the management of projects, contract analysis and dispute avoidance techniques, making them the ideal partner for your commercial team.

To register for the Kenzie Group’s free webinar series, covering the formation of contracts, visit www.kenziegroup.co.uk/training, or you can follow @KenzieGroup on Twitter or LinkedIn to keep up to date with daily news and advice regarding commercial and contractual issues.