2. GLOBAL
CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANCY
GROUP
DRIVER GROUP OVERVIEW
Driver Group has been providing consultancy services to the engineering and construction industries since 1978. The company
has grown to over 300 members of staff, with offices across Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.
The range of services offered across the Group provides support to the engineering and construction industries
it serves, from ‘cradle to grave’.
Driver Group delivers the full spectrum of engineering
and construction consultancy services with specialists
operating within the Group’s five core brands:
DIALES is the Group’s expert witness support service
provider. We supply world-class quantum, delay, and
technical experts for litigation; alongside provision of
internationally experienced adjudicators, arbitrators,
and mediators.
Driver Project Management provides the strategic
and leadership disciplines necessary to develop and
deliver a project. We support clients in the strategic
leadership and decision making necessary to define,
evaluate, develop, finance, procure, and implement
their investment projects.
Driver Project Services provides customer focused
project controls solutions throughout a project lifecycle.
We deliver commercial management, quantity surveying,
and planning services, offering clients long term support
and commitment for the duration of their projects.
Driver Trett provides multi-disciplinary consultancy
services to support effective delivery of our clients’
projects. Our specialities include commercial and contract
management, planning, programming and scheduling,
and dispute resolution support services.
Driver Corporate Services provides a range of specialised
services based around our investigative and forensic skills.
Working with varied clients across the financial sector, our
specialities include corporate restructuring and recovery,
distressed property, funding and independent business
reviews, and development monitoring.
www.driver-group.com
4. GLOBAL
CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANCY
GROUP
GLOBAL PRESENCE
AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
Unit 1, Tybalt Place, York House,
Waterfall Park, Bekker Road,
Midrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng,
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 11 315 9913
Fax: +27 (0) 86 641 7003
AMERICAS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
10497 Town & Country Way, Suite
420, Houston, Texas, 77024, USA
Tel: +1 713 547 4888
Fax: +1 713 547 4884
ASIA PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
Brisbane
Level 21, Central Plaza One, 345
Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
Tel: +61 (0) 7 3012 6030
Fax: +61 (0) 7 3012 6001
Perth
Level 27, St Martins Tower, 44
St Georges Terrace, Perth 6000,
Western Australia
Tel: +61 (0) 8 6225 5011
HONG KONG
Suite 1204, Jubilee Centre, 46
Gloucester Road/18 Fenwick
Street, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 3460 7900
Fax: +852 3462 2960
INDIA
1105 Ashoka Estate,
24 Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi 110 001, India
Tel: +91 11 4151 5454
Fax: +91 11 4151 5318
JAPAN
Level 9, Ariake Frontier Building
Tower B, 3-7-26 Ariake, Koto-ku,
Tokyo 135-0063, Japan
Tel: +81 3 5530 8187
Fax: +81 3 5530 8189
MALAYSIA
Block A-2-6 Megan Avenue 1,
189 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +603 (0) 2162 8098
Fax: +603 (0) 2162 9098
SINGAPORE
141 Cecil Street,
#05-01 Tung Ann
Association Building,
Singapore 069541
Tel: +65 6226 4317
Fax: +65 6226 4231
EUROPE
GERMANY
Leopoldstrasse 244,
80807 München,
Germany
Tel: +49 89 208 039 535
THE NETHERLANDS
‘s-Heer Hendrikskinderendijk 105,
4461 EA Goes, Netherlands
Tel: +31 113 246 400
UNITED KINGDOM
Aberdeen
Crombie House,
72–90 Crombie Road,
Aberdeen, AB11 9QP, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 01224 244 332
Bedford
Sedac House, Caxton Road,
Bedford, Bedfordshire,
MK41 0LF, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1234 248 940
Fax: +44 (0) 1234 351 186
Bristol
190 Aztec West,
Park Avenue,
Almonsdbury,
Bristol, BS32 4TP, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1454 275 010
Fax: +44 (0) 1454 275 011
Coventry
Building 500, Abbey Park,
Stareton, Kenilworth,
Warwickshire, CV8 2LY, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 2476 697 977
Fax: +44 (0) 2476 697 871
Edinburgh
Conference House,
152 Morrison Street,
Edinburgh, EH3 8EB, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 131 200 6241
Fax: +44 (0) 131 226 3548
Haslingden
Driver House, 4 St Crispin Way,
Haslingden, Rossendale,
BB4 4PW, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1706 223 999
Fax: +44 (0) 1706 219 917
London
110 Cannon Street, London,
EC4N 6EU, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7377 0005
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7377 0705
Reading
47–48 Beacontree Court,
Beacontree Plaza, Gillette Way,
Reading, RG2 0BS, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1189 311 684
Fax: +44 (0) 1189 314 125
Teesside
15 Evolution, Wynyard Park,
Wynyard, TS22 5TB, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1740 665 466
Fax: +44 (0) 1740 644 860
MIDDLE EAST
OMAN
Building No. 2847, Way No, 4247,
Al Ghubra, Muscat, Oman
Tel: +968 2 461 3361
Fax: +968 2 449 7912
QATAR
Building No 26, Ibn Seena Street,
Area 24, Al Muntazah, Doha,
State of Qatar
Tel: +974 (0) 4 435 8663
Fax: +974 (0) 4 462 2299
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Abu Dhabi
Office No. 1002, Karbash Building,
Plot No. C-53, Al Nahyan Camp,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel: +971 (0) 2 441 0112
Fax: +971 (0) 2 441 0115
Dubai
Ubora Towers, Office Numbers
2301–2302, Business Bay, Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971 (0) 4 453 9031
Fax: +971 (0) 4 453 9059
enquiries@driver-group.com
www.driver-group.com
5. GLOBAL
CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANCY
ABOUT US
Driver Group has had a presence in Europe
for over 30 years with over 140 highly qualified
and experienced staff based in the region.
Driver Group works for clients across the
whole of Europe with recent projects across
the UK, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany,
Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands,
and Poland.
We also support our European clients with projects
around the globe, with recent projects in Africa,
the Americas, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.
OUR APPROACH
The close connection between our offices
in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
and Germany, and the ability to combine
this with our vast experience of working in
and around Europe, makes Driver Group your
ideal contract and claim management partner.
REGIONS
EUROPE
Mark Wheeler – managing director for Europe
6. GLOBAL
CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANCY
OUR PEOPLE
Our team consists of Dutch, English, French, and
German speakers with many years of experience
in engineering and construction.
Most of our staff have a quantity surveying or
technical background combined with a master’s
degree in law, arbitration, or management. The
team’s industry expertise covers numerous
sectors including building, energy, infrastructure,
marine, oil and gas, and process and industrial.
Our multiple locations guarantee a team of
professionals who provide local knowledge and
support, with the added insight of international
experience shared throughout the Group. As a
result, we are in the unique position to bring
both local and global awareness to what we do.
OUR SPECIALITIES
The services we deliver support the whole life-
span of a project, from initial tender assessments
of risk through to assistance at formal dispute
resolution, including the provision of experts
and third party neutrals.
We have experience of working with a wide range
of contracts including NEC, JCT, FIDIC, UVATI,
and UAVGC, and experience of national and
international rules governing formal disputes,
e.g. NAI, UNCITRAL, and ICC.
REGIONS
EUROPE
CONTACT US
Germany
Munich Tel: +49 89 208 039 535
Netherlands
Goes Tel: +31 113 246 400
United Kingdom
Aberdeen Tel: +44 (0) 1224 244 332
Bedford Tel: +44 (0) 1234 248 940
Bristol Tel: +44 (0) 1454 275 010
Coventry Tel: +44 (0) 2476 697 977
Edinburgh Tel: +44 (0) 131 200 6241
Haslingden Tel: +44 (0) 1706 223 999
London Tel: +44 (0) 20 7377 0005
Reading Tel: +44 (0) 118 931 1684
Teesside Tel: +44 (0) 1740 665 466
7. DIALES is the Group’s expert witness
support service provider. We supply
world-class quantum, delay, and
technical experts for litigation;
alongside provision of internationally
experienced adjudicators,
arbitrators, and mediators.
OUR UNIQUE OFFERING
DIALES specialises in providing expert witness
support services to the global engineering and
construction industry. Our experts possess both
industry and specialist experience enabling them
to provide highly effective support to the legal
profession.
DIALES experts are proven and respected in their
fields. Delivering high quality support and success
ensures their reputations and integrity as expert
witnesses.
OUR PEOPLE
Selecting the right expert is the most important
decision to be made in the course of prosecuting
or defending your case. DIALES comprises tried,
tested, and proven experts who are experienced in
cross-examination or have completed accredited
training. Every expert holds a minimum of 15 years’
practical industry experience.
BRANDS
DIALES
For an expert witness in
quantum, delay analysis,
or a technical discipline, the
DIALES team will provide
the right candidate, with
an excellent reputation
and track record.
8. KEY SERVICES
Adjudicators
Arbitrators
Delay analysis expert
Mediators
Quantum expert
Technical expert
SECTORS
Building
Energy
Infrastructure
Marine
Mining
Oil and Gas
Process and Industrial
OUR CLIENTS
Solicitors
Chambers
In-house legal counsel
Contractors
Developers
BRANDS
DIALES
9. Driver Project Management provides
the strategic and leadership
disciplines necessary to develop
and deliver a project. We support
clients in the strategic leadership
and decision making necessary to
define, evaluate, develop, finance,
procure, and implement their
investment projects.
OUR UNIQUE OFFERING
Our commercial procurement skills combined
with our extensive technical knowledge, planning
and project management experience enable us
to provide a comprehensive integrated service to
our clients. We coordinate the legal, technical,
financial, and any additional specialist services
that may be required during the formation of joint
ventures, special purpose vehicles, and concession
organisations.
OUR PEOPLE
We are a multi-disciplinary team, drawn from both
consultancy and contracting organisations, which
provide strategic project development and delivery
planning and management.
We provide our services at all stages of the project,
from inception through the developmental stages
to implementation and subsequent operation and
maintenance.
BRANDS
DRIVER PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Providing high level strategic
project management and
leadership support to clients
and contractors/consortia in
the delivery of their projects.
10. KEY SERVICES
Client support
Project definition
Economic assessment
Strategic project planning and leadership
Procurement strategy
Risk and value management
JV and SPV formation
Bid management for contractors and consortia
‘Red Team’ independent review services
Transaction advisory services for public
private partnerships (PPP) and project finance
initiatives (PFI)
Lenders’ technical advisory services
Project monitoring
Project recovery
Post project evaluation
Capacity building
Feasibility studies
SECTORS
Building
Energy
Infrastructure
Marine
Mining
Oil and Gas
Process and Industrial
OUR CLIENTS
Global and regional contractors
Corporate
Government and not-for-profit bodies
Insurance
Finance and legal entities
Developers and consortia
BRANDS
DRIVER PROJECT MANAGEMENT
11. Driver Project Services provides
customer focused project controls
solutions throughout a project
lifecycle. We deliver commercial
management, quantity surveying,
and planning services, offering
clients long term support and
commitment for the duration
of their projects.
OUR UNIQUE OFFERING
Our project delivery professionals have in-house
access to leading industry experts.
With all skills and expertise sourced from within
one organisation and coordinated though our
management structure, our clients receive a clear
project control strategy.
OUR PEOPLE
Driver Project Services has a complete range
of qualified, committed, and talented project
professionals available to deliver our services.
Our people are highly experienced and bring
with them a passion for creating, delivering, and
developing project control strategies that maximise
the potential for project delivery.
BRANDS
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
Our people provide long-term
support, offering complete
commitment throughout
the duration of the project.
12. KEY SERVICES
Commercial management
Cost and value management
Planning and programming
Measurement and BoQ
Cost plans and cash flow forecasts
Procurement
Change control
Interim and final account certification
SECTORS
Building
Energy
Infrastructure
Marine
Mining
Oil and Gas
Process and Industrial
OUR CLIENTS
EPC and main contractors
Manufacturing and process industries
Power generators
Utility companies
National and local government
Developers
Designers
BRANDS
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
13. Driver Trett provides multi-
disciplinary consultancy services
to support effective delivery
of our clients’ projects. Our
specialities include commercial
and contract management, planning,
programming and scheduling, and
dispute resolution support services.
OUR UNIQUE OFFERING
Driver Trett provides high-quality dispute and
advisory consultancy services to international
engineering and construction industries. We offer
a reliable and managed approach to our clients,
ensuring consistent evaluations of an assignment’s
needs, to enable delivery of effective solutions
and services.
OUR PEOPLE
Our experienced, and highly committed team, are
dedicated to delivering our services on time and
within budget, either as a standalone service or as
part of an integrated team with our clients’ existing
commercial and construction management.
BRANDS
DRIVER TRETT
The Driver Trett team make
the difference in delivering
robust and dynamic
commercial solutions.
14. KEY SERVICES
Commercial and contract
Planning
Dispute avoidance and resolution
Training and workshops
SECTORS
Building
Energy
Infrastructure
Marine
Mining
Oil and Gas
Process and Industrial
OUR CLIENTS
EPC and main contractors
Manufacturing and process industries
Power generators
Utility companies
National and local government
Developers
Designers
BRANDS
DRIVER TRETT
15. DIALES is the Group’s expert
witness support service provider.
We supply world-class quantum,
delay, and technical experts for
litigation; alongside provision
of internationally experienced
adjudicators, arbitrators, and
mediators.
QUANTUM
Quantum experts are key in developing soundly
reasoned and evidenced reports that can be
essential in delivering the desired financial
outcome to a dispute or hearing.
DIALES quantum experts are surveyors with many
years of live project experience, before becoming
involved in consultancy and expert work across a
varied range of dispute resolution practices. Our
team has an exceptional track record in delivery of
a detailed practical approach, in order to achieve
the best results, and respond to the challenges
associated with tracking processes and vast
quantities of data.
Our experts lecture widely in quantum matters
such as methods of measurement, how to evaluate
delay and disruption, and valuing work under
various forms of contract. Some of our experts are
published authors on their subject matter.
SERVICES
DIALES
QUANTUM, TECHNICAL, DELAY ANALYSIS
16. TECHNICAL
Disputes requiring technical expertise often involve
an elaborate technical matrix of fact and opinion.
Complex calculations and interpretation of the
impact of various competing causes are required.
DIALES can provide experts across various
technical disciplines ensuring a prerequisite level
and quality of industry experience. Our skills
ensure delivery of concise reports that explain
complex technical interactions in a clear and
unambiguous manner. Disciplines include:
Building services
Mechanical and electrical
Project management
Contract administration
DELAY ANALYSIS
Delay analysis is among the most frequently
debated disciplines provided by expert witnesses.
There are a myriad of techniques, and a wide
range of software, that can be used as tools to
calculate the ‘answer’. DIALES experts find ways of
presenting these complex arguments in a manner
that is simple to understand and robust enough to
withstand challenge.
DIALES delay experts have a minimum of 15 years’
practical industry experience before becoming
involved in forensic analysis. This assures that
our work is based on solid practical knowledge,
avoiding the risk of a valuable report collapsing
when the basis is tested during cross-examination.
Our delay team is happy to engage in early
discussions as to the most appropriate method
of analysis to suit your needs. Approaches may
include, but not be limited to:
Time impact analysis
As planned vs. as built
Collapsed as planned
SERVICES
DIALES
QUANTUM, TECHNICAL, DELAY ANALYSIS
17. DIALES is the Group’s expert
witness support service provider.
We supply world-class quantum,
delay, and technical experts for
litigation; alongside provision
of internationally experienced
adjudicators, arbitrators, and
mediators.
ADJUDICATORS, ARBITRATORS, AND MEDIATORS
Our experts are proven and respected in
their fields. Delivering high quality support
and success ensures their reputations and
integrity in their specialism. The DIALES team
will provide the right candidate for your individual
needs, with an excellent reputation, track record,
and supporting CV.
The DIALES team:
Are tried, tested, and proven
Have a minimum of 15 years’ practical
industry experience
Have international experience and support
from the Driver Group team
ARBITRATORS
With an accumulation of experience as experts
in international arbitration, our leading experts
have progressed to be nominated as arbitrator by
clients and lawyers. These nominations are led by
those who value technical expertise, tempered with
experience and training in legal procedures and the
law of arbitration.
DIALES arbitrators are chartered arbitrators
qualified with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
in the United Kingdom.
SERVICES
DIALES
ADJUDICATORS, ARBITRATORS, AND MEDIATORS
18. ADJUDICATORS
Adjudication is one of the world’s fastest methods
of reaching a decision in construction dispute
resolution. The starting point is often just 28 days.
In order to get a good quality decision in such
a challenging timetable, it is essential to get
the right adjudicator. DIALES has a selection of
experienced and respected adjudicators.
Over the past few years the adoption and use of
adjudication schemes, often backed by supporting
legislation, has spread to many parts of the world
and has become a fact of life for those working
in many disparate jurisdictions. Practitioners
now have to contend with the constant flow
of interpretations and judgments, as well as
determining how statutory amendments impact
upon earlier case law.
A DIALES adjudicator is a practitioner, trained
and experienced in adjudication, and a registered
adjudicator with recognised adjudicator appointing
bodies.
MEDIATORS
Mediation allows parties heading towards formal
dispute resolution to maintain control of the
decision that is reached. It also delivers dispute
resolution that can often save a relationship.
With the short time span involved with the
mediation process it is imperative that a suitably
experienced mediator and mediation support team
are selected. Within DIALES we have mediators
that have gained their accreditation with globally
recognised concerns such as Centre for Effective
Dispute Resolution (CEDR) and the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
SERVICES
DIALES
ADJUDICATORS, ARBITRATORS, AND MEDIATORS
19. Driver Project Services provides
customer focused project controls
solutions throughout a project
lifecycle. We deliver commercial
management, quantity surveying,
and planning services, offering
clients long term support and
commitment for the duration
of their projects.
PRE-TENDER AND MEASUREMENT
As part of Driver Project Services’ integrated
approach to client support, we offer a full range
of pre-tender and measurement services for
both engineering and construction projects.
Commissions are carried out by quantity
surveyors, specifically trained in pre-tender and
measurement processes. Our team have a wealth
of experience, and utilise both computer aided and
traditional methods of measurement. This enables
Driver to deliver a fast, cost-effective, and reliable
self-checking service.
Projects worked on vary greatly in nature, value,
and location both domestically and internationally.
We are proud of our enviable track record of
supporting our clients in delivering services on
time and to budget, and can count many blue chip
companies as wholly satisfied, regular, and repeat
sources of business.
SERVICES
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
PRE-CONTRACT
20. PRE-TENDER AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES
Services offered include the following:
Production of bills of quantities (BoQ) for both
construction and civil engineering projects
using all standard methods of measurement,
or tailored bills, to suit a client’s specific
requirements
Budgetary take offs
Cost plans
Estimating and pricing
Tender analysis and comparisons
Contractor and subcontractor procurement
and appointment or recommendation
Interim valuation and final account measurement
Production of contract documentation
Re-measurement for litigious purposes
COMPLETE SERVICE OFFERING
Driver Project Services is committed to providing
our clients with a fully integrated service offering
for all aspects of commercial management. This
ensures the most positive and viable benefits can
be achieved throughout the life of each contract.
CLIENT FLEXIBILITY
Driver Project Services is focused on client support
and realises that you may require all or some of
our services. We can ensure a seamless utilisation
of our specialist resources, to provide you with
the right service, at the right time, to optimise
your commercial efficiency.
SERVICES
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
PRE-CONTRACT
21. Driver Project Services provides
customer focused project controls
solutions throughout a project
lifecycle. We deliver commercial
management, quantity surveying,
and planning services, offering
clients long term support and
commitment for the duration
of their projects.
POST-TENDER COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
As part of Driver Project Services’ integrated
approach to client support, we offer a full range of
post tender commercial management services for
both engineering and construction projects from
feasibility stage to resolution of final accounts.
Commissions are carried out by commercial
managers, senior or lead quantity surveyors and
quantity surveyors, specifically trained in post
tender commercial management. Our team are
both highly skilled and experienced, enabling
Driver Project Services to deliver a fast, cost-
effective, and reliable service.
Projects worked on vary greatly in nature, value,
and location both domestically and internationally.
We are proud of our enviable track record of
supporting our clients in delivering services on
time and to budget, and can count many blue chip
companies as wholly satisfied, regular, and repeat
sources of business.
SERVICES
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACT
22. POST-TENDER COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES
Services offered include the following:
Commercial management
Quantity surveying
Planning and programming
Cost plans and cash flow forecasts
Procurement, bidding, and tender review
Contract administration
Change control
Interim and final account certification
Risk management
COMPLETE SERVICE OFFERING
Driver Project Services is committed to providing
our clients with a fully integrated service offering
for all aspects of commercial management. This
ensures the most positive and viable benefits can
be achieved throughout the life of each contract.
CLIENT FLEXIBILITY
Driver Project Services is focused on client support
and realises that you may require all or some of
our services. We can ensure a seamless utilisation
of our specialist resources, to provide you with the
right service, at the right time, to optimise your
commercial efficiency.
SERVICES
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACT
23. Driver Project Services provides
customer focused project controls
solutions throughout a project
lifecycle. We deliver commercial
management, quantity surveying,
and planning services, offering
clients long term support and
commitment for the duration of
their projects.
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING
As part of Driver Project Services’ integrated
approach to client support, we offer a full range
of planning services for both engineering and
construction projects.
Our planning capability spans the complete cycle
from concept and feed through, to detailed design
and delivery, and then on to full lifecycle asset
management via a maintenance and shutdown
regime.
Commissions are carried out by project planners,
and lead and senior planners across varied
sectors and disciplines, on projects of all sizes and
complexities. We utilise a full spectrum of planning
software as appropriate, to best support the needs
of each individual client or project.
Effective planning and programme controls are
an essential aspect of programme management
ensuring that feasible, efficient schedules are
prepared, agreed, and monitored. This provides
early warnings of potential issues, enabling
corrective actions to be implemented in a timely
manner.
SERVICES
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING
24. PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING SERVICES
With an enviable track record for delivering on
time and to budget, Driver Project Services are
committed to providing a fully integrated service
throughout the life of the contract. Our services
include:
Project planning at all levels
Project reporting at all levels
Shutdown planning
Portfolio planning and programme planning
Programme progress reporting, validation,
update, and recovery
Programme analysis
COMPLETE SERVICE OFFERING
Driver Project Services is committed to providing
our clients with a fully integrated service offering
for all aspects of commercial management. This
ensures the most positive and viable benefits can
be achieved throughout the life of each contract.
CLIENT FLEXIBILITY
Driver Project Services is focused on client support
and realises that you may require all or some of
our services. We can ensure a seamless utilisation
of our specialist resources, to provide you with the
right service, at the right time, to optimise your
commercial efficiency.
SERVICES
DRIVER PROJECT SERVICES
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING
25. Driver Trett provides multi-
disciplinary consultancy services
to support effective delivery
of our clients’ projects. Our
specialities include commercial and
contract management, planning,
programming and scheduling, and
dispute resolution support services.
COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACTS
Driver Trett provide practical advice and support
throughout a project lifecycle, delivering dispute
avoidance and resolution. Our consultancy team
has a sharp commercial focus, ensuring that our
dual-qualified staff deliver results that add value
beyond client expectations.
Many construction claims are complex and
require an in-depth understanding of the contract
documents, contract legal context, and factual
matrix. Our thorough understanding of these
ingredients establishes a robust and effective
claims submission. As part of Driver Trett’s core
skill set, this knowledge is invaluable in the
defence and negotiation of a claim.
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACTS
26. COMMERCIAL STRATEGIES
Having a clear contractual and commercial
strategy for managing the work and risks is
essential to the successful delivery of a project.
Driver Trett are experts in this field and consider
ensuring appropriate contract provisions and
processes to be part of our core skill set.
RISK AND VALUE MANAGEMENT
Our services deliver risk analysis, and risk
management systems, prior to the commencement
of a contract and during the construction phase.
Linked to an active value management process,
this enables Driver Trett to support our clients in
ensuring that construction spend is delivered in
the right place, at the right time, to achieve the
required results.
COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACT SERVICES
Driver Trett delivers the following services:
Commercial strategies
Design management
Dispute avoidance and resolution
Feasibility studies
Preparation, defence, and negotiation of claims
Programme audits and analysis
Risk and value management
Training and workshops
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACTS
27. Driver Trett provides multi-
disciplinary consultancy services
to support effective delivery
of our clients’ projects. Our
specialities include commercial and
contract management, planning,
programming and scheduling, and
dispute resolution support services.
PLANNING
Driver Trett recognises the central role played
by planning and scheduling in the project
management of capital projects. Our planning
specialists are drawn from diverse backgrounds
across construction and related industries. They
employ a wide variety of techniques and are
conversant with all leading software.
Our team provide support and monitoring of
projects from inception through to completion, and
post contract. We offer project audits, providing
independent monitoring and reporting; together
with feasibility audits, for the purposes of funding
and economic evaluation.
Our consultants draw on industry wide expertise
to provide robust delay and schedule analysis. This
includes prospective and retrospective extension
of time entitlements, in addition to the analysis
of delay, acceleration, disruption, and loss of
productivity.
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
PLANNING
28. PLANNING TECHNIQUES INCLUDE:
The techniques used by Driver Trett include:
Critical path analysis
Earned value analysis
Line of balance
Monte Carlo simulation
Programme evaluation and review techniques
(PERT)
S curves
Time location diagrams
Time impact analysis
Windows analysis
As built vs as planned
As built but for analysis
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
PLANNING
29. Driver Trett provides multi-
disciplinary consultancy services
to support effective delivery
of our clients’ projects. Our
specialities include commercial and
contract management, planning,
programming and scheduling, and
dispute resolution support services.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND AVOIDANCE
On even the most well managed projects disputes
arise between the parties to the contract.
Driver Trett offers worldwide support in dispute
management and resolution, as well as assisting
clients in the assessment of risk and avoidance
of disputes. We work closely with legal practices
involved in engineering and construction litigation.
Engineering and construction disputes are usually
concerned with time and/or cost overruns and
may involve the owner, developer, contractor,
subcontractor, and suppliers depending on the
contractual matrix. Driver Trett delivers dispute
solutions whether under formal legal proceedings
or alternative dispute resolution (ADR). This
support covers analysis of commercial, planning
and scheduling, project management, and
technical issues.
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
DISPUTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOLUTION
30. DISPUTE AVOIDANCE
Drawing upon our extensive dispute resolution
knowledge, Driver Trett provides pre-contract
services that can minimise the number and size of
disputes on a contract and ensure that all parties
to a contract fully understand their risks and
obligations.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES
Claims
Adjudication
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Arbitration and litigation
Expert services
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
DISPUTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOLUTION
31. Driver Trett provides multi-
disciplinary consultancy services
to support effective delivery
of our clients’ projects. Our
specialities include commercial and
contract management, planning,
programming and scheduling, and
dispute resolution support services.
SEMINARS AND TRAINING
Driver Trett have a vast internal knowledge
base. This knowledge represents the decades
of experience each of our key professionals has
amassed, the varied sectors we have worked in,
and the solutions and strategies that we have
developed and delivered to our clients. Driver
Trett recognise that we are able to add value to
our clients’ businesses by providing a wide range
of training programmes for construction and
engineering staff of all levels and abilities.
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
TRAINING AND SEMINARS
32. SEMINARS
Our breakfast seminars are for clients who are
interested in particular, pre-selected topics,
they are held throughout the year and promoted
through the knowledge area of our website and
target mailshots. We select the subject matter
from the feedback our clients provide to ensure we
are always delivering material of interest.
Our seminar feedback ratings demonstrate that
the knowledge and ability of our speakers, and
the overall quality of our presentations, regularly
exceed 98.5% client ratings of good or excellent.
To find out more about seminars in your area
please contact your local office.
TRAINING
Our courses are delivered by experienced
professionals who are either currently using the
contract on site or have recently done so. The
advice is sharply focused on the practical. It is a
‘How To’ approach that engineers, surveyors, and
commercial staff will find very useful.
SERVICES
DRIVER TRETT
TRAINING AND SEMINARS
