Quantity Surveying with Specialist Construction Dispute & Adjudication Expertise
Optimum Resolution combines decades of quantity surveying and senior commercial management experience with specialist construction dispute and adjudication expertise. We bring that experience into the management of live construction contracts, identifying commercial risks early, strengthening contractual positions and helping contractors recover sums to which they are entitled.
Our aim is to make a measurable contribution to your bottom line by protecting cash flow, reducing avoidable losses and dealing with emerging disagreements before they become expensive disputes.
Support Tailored to Your Business
No two contractors have the same resources or requirements. Some need occasional specialist contractual advice; others have an established QS team but would benefit from experienced senior commercial oversight. We tailor our services to your contracts, your people and the level of support you need.
We can work alongside your existing Quantity Surveyor or commercial team, reviewing key issues, challenging commercial assumptions and supporting difficult negotiations. Your team continues to handle routine measurements, valuations and applications; we concentrate on the contractual and commercial matters where our experience adds the greatest value.
How We Strengthen Your Commercial Position
Our services are designed to protect your contractual entitlements, improve commercial performance and reduce financial exposure. We work alongside your existing commercial team or provide tailored specialist support, concentrating on the areas where our experience can make the greatest financial difference.
Contract Drafting, Reviews and Negotiations
Preparing, reviewing and negotiating construction contracts, subcontracts and contractual amendments to secure more favourable commercial terms before agreements are signed. We identify onerous provisions, challenge disproportionate risk allocation and negotiate terms relating to payments, variations, extensions of time, delays, loss and expense and contractual liabilities. Our aim is to protect your position from the outset, rather than dealing with the consequences of unfavourable terms later.
JCT, NEC & Bespoke Construction Contracts
Providing specialist contractual advice on JCT, NEC and bespoke construction contracts, including subcontract agreements and amended standard forms. We advise on payment provisions, variations, compensation events, extensions of time, early warnings and contractual notices, identifying risks and protecting entitlements before they develop into costly disputes.
Payment Applications and Valuations
Providing senior oversight of your existing commercial team's payment procedures, identifying weaknesses that could affect recovery and challenging unjustified reductions, deductions or withheld payments. We help protect contractual payment entitlements and maintain cash flow.
Variations and Additional Works
Assessing contractual entitlement, reviewing the substantiation and presentation of variations, and developing strategies to secure payment for additional works. Where variations are rejected, undervalued or disputed, we help strengthen the contractual case and pursue recovery.
Extensions of Time and Loss and Expense
Assessing contractual entitlement arising from delays, disruption and changes to the work. We advise on notice requirements, evidence, claim strategy and the preparation or review of submissions, helping contractors protect their entitlement to additional time and associated costs.
Commercial and QS Oversight
Working alongside existing Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers and Directors to review project performance, identify contractual weaknesses, assess financial exposure and address difficult commercial matters. We provide senior-level judgment and specialist contractual knowledge that may otherwise not be available within the business.
Final Accounts and Commercial Negotiations
Reviewing disputed final accounts, identifying outstanding entitlements and challenging unsupported deductions or reductions. We develop contractual and commercial strategies and, where required, lead negotiations aimed at achieving the strongest justifiable financial settlement.
Dispute Avoidance and Early Resolution
Using our specialist construction dispute and adjudication expertise to identify potential disputes before they escalate. We assess the contractual and evidential position, challenge contentious decisions and pursue early commercial resolution, helping contractors avoid the disruption, expense and uncertainty of formal proceedings wherever possible.
Dispute Expertise Built In — Not Brought in Too Late
Many contractors seek dispute advice only after an application is rejected, a variation is challenged or a final account has stalled. By then, notices may have been missed and supporting records may be incomplete. Our dispute and adjudication experience informs the advice we give while the contract is live, helping protect entitlements and reduce the risk of formal proceedings.
Where adjudication is unavoidable, specialist dispute representation can be provided under a separate appointment.
Flexible Appointments
We can provide support on a single project, periodic oversight of an existing commercial team or ongoing commercial advice across several contracts. The scope and fee are agreed to reflect the work required, contract complexity and programme duration, without committing you to a full-time senior commercial appointment.
Protect your contracts. Strengthen your commercial position. Improve your bottom line.
Contact Optimum Resolution to discuss the support that would make the greatest difference to your business.
