Construction
Advisory &
Dispute Consulting

We deliver effective solutions to complex contractual and commercial challenges across major construction projects. By combining industry knowledge and experience we provide strategic, big-picture thinking with rigorous attention to detail, we protect value, manage risk, and drive optimal outcomes from project inception to completion.

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My Business

We are a specialist construction advisory and dispute consulting practice with deep roots in the SMEIP and AIP sectors of the construction industry. Our strength lies in hands-on commercial and contract management experience gained across complex, live projects—allowing us to deliver advice that is practical, commercially focused, and grounded in real site conditions.

Led by an experienced commercial executive and general manager, we support clients across the full project lifecycle, from tender and contract formation through to claims management, dispute avoidance, and resolution. Our expertise spans NEC and FIDIC contracts, construction and contract law, negotiation, project estimation, and cost engineering, enabling us to manage risk proactively while protecting time and cost outcomes.

Our Managing Director has been the Managing Director of ET-X Projects, bringing additional strategic leadership and operational insight to our advisory services. A Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa (FAArb) with a specialisation in construction law, he holds a National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and a Higher Diploma in Organisational Leadership—combining technical, legal, and executive capability to deliver clear, credible, and decisive outcomes for our clients.

About the Manager

Jason Budd is an experienced construction professional with an engineering background, having held multiple senior operational and commercial/legal management roles within the SMP construction and industrial access and insulation sectors. Over the years, Jason has developed strong contract management capabilities and the foresight needed to mitigate contractual risks, while effectively safeguarding contractual entitlements—up to and including arbitration when required.
Jason graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from Wits in 2000 and has completed extensive FIDIC and NEC training. In 2015, Jason was admitted as a Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators, and in 2021, completed a Specialisation in Construction Law.
Jason also holds an Advanced Diploma in Organizational Leadership.

~Adine Abro

“I have worked with Jason in various capacities, most notably during his tenure as a General Manager and Managing Director within the Structural, Mechanical, and Piping construction and industrial sectors. What sets him apart as a consultant is that he doesn’t just understand the theory—he understands the commercial consequences of every decision made on a complex, live project.

Having partnered with him on a track record of successful disputes and settlement agreements, I’ve seen him leverage his Wits mechanical engineering background to provide technical precision that is often missing in legal proceedings. He is a true specialist in FIDIC and NEC agreements, with the rare ability to navigate these contracts from both a technical and commercial-legal perspective.

Jason brings the ‘boots on the ground’ credibility of someone who has managed the full project lifecycle, from tender through to arbitration. For any legal team, he offers the invaluable advantage of a consultant who has actually sat in the executive ‘hot seat’ and knows how to deliver clear, credible, and decisive outcomes.”

Services

Construction Advisory

We offer comprehensive contract and commercial management services, providing expert guidance in contract administration, negotiation, and management. Our team specialises in FIDIC and NEC contracts, ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, and the smooth execution of contractual obligations. With practical experience across large-scale construction projects, we help clients navigate complex commercial and contractual challenges with confidence and precision.

  • Professional Construction advisory services
  • Professional Dispute resolution
Contract & Commercial Management

We offer comprehensive contract and commercial management services, providing expert guidance in contract administration, negotiation, and management. Our team specialises in FIDIC and NEC contracts, ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, and the smooth execution of contractual obligations. With practical experience across large-scale construction projects, we help clients navigate complex commercial and contractual challenges with confidence and precision.

  • Contract management experts
  • FIDIC and NEC contract specialists
  • Contract administration specialists
  • Contract negotiation and administration
Claims & Dispute Resolution

We provide expert claims and dispute resolution services, supporting clients with claims avoidance and prevention strategies, claims development, and effective dispute resolution. Our expertise includes the preparation and assessment of claims for extensions of time, variations, delay, and disruption, as well as the negotiation and drafting of settlement agreements. Where formal proceedings are required, we are available for appointments to act as arbitrators and adjudicators, delivering independent, objective decisions grounded in deep technical and contractual expertise.

  • Expert dispute resolution
  • Claims avoidance and prevention strategies
  • Settlement agreement
  • Arbitrator and adjudicator services
  • Claims development (EOT, variations, delays etc)
Tender commercial clarifications

We provide tender commercial clarification services, assisting clients in reviewing, analysing, and clarifying commercial and contractual aspects of tender submissions. Our support ensures pricing assumptions, risk allocations, and contractual obligations are clearly defined and understood, reducing uncertainty at contract award and helping to prevent downstream commercial disputes.

Quantity surveying measurement in the SEIMP sector

We provide specialist quantity surveying measurement services within the SMEIP sector, delivering accurate and reliable measurement of structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and piping works. Our expertise supports cost control, valuation, and claims preparation, ensuring commercial certainty and transparency across complex construction and industrial projects.

Specialist Technical Procurement and quality advisory capabilities.

We have specialist technical capability to advise on large mechanical equipment with a focus on schedule, price, quality driven by many years of procurement worldwide.

Expert Support at Every Stage of the Project

Feasibility

Services:

  • Drafting and negotiating Professional Services Contracts
  • Developing Commercial Terms for all participating parties
  • Compiling and issuing enquiries for Design, Procurement, and Construction packages
  • Early stage contracting strategy and risk identification
Design

Services:

  • Drafting and reviewing Professional Services Contracts for designers and engineers
  • Acting as part of the Owner’s Support Team, we perform constructability reviews during the design phase to proactively eliminate interface risks, reduce delays, and prevent future extension of time (EOT) disputes.
  • Ensuring design deliverables align contractually and technically with construction needs
  • Set-up tender commercial documents
  • Source and supply known specialists to support the Owners' Team
  • Construction sequence optimization
  • Interface Risks
  • Constrction Timing
Procurement

Services:

  • Negotiation of equipment and supply contracts aligned to constructability requirements and construction sequencing
  • Vendor commercial evaluation and support
  • Procurement strategy setup (packages, contracting models, risk allocation)
  • Skilled procurement support to the owners team
Construction

Services:

  • Construction contract negotiation and finalization
  • Managing construction interfaces to reduce overrun and EOT risk
  • Full Contracts Management across the construction lifecycle
  • Contract Change Management
  • Dispute Avoidance Strategies
  • Commercially transition the project into the commissioning phase
  • Acting in delegated or supporting roles such as:
    • FIDIC Engineer
    • NEC Project Manager
    • Construction Project Director (PD) roles
    • Owner / Engineer’s Team Support for on site commercial and contractual issues
  • Dispute Management including:
    • Adjudication
    • Arbitration
Commissioning

Services:
• OEM Commissioning contract negotiation
• Owner’s Team support during system testing & performance verification
• Spares Procurement
• Monitoring commissioning obligations are contractually applied and documented

Handover

Services:

  • Final account preparation and negotiation
  • Resolution of remaining disputes or commercial issues
  • Contractual close-out and reconciliations with the owner’s team
Close-out

Services:

  • Full financial project close-out
  • Ensuring risk transfer to the owner is completed and documented
  • Oversight of post project contractual obligations
  • Closing all commercial, contractual, and administrative matters
  • Dispute Resolution

Why Choose Us

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Technical Excellence

Our technical, engineering, construction and dispute resolution know how is underpinned by educational qualifications and real boots on the ground project operational experience in multidisciplinary engineering and construction projects
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Integrity without Compromise

We act independently, ethically, and transparently—earning trust through every opinion, recommendation, and outcome. We will always give you the hard truth!
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Commercial Clarity

We cut through complexity to deliver clear, practical advice grounded in real-world commercial understanding so you can focus on running your business or project.
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Strategic Thinking

We see the full project lifecycle with service offerings at each stage to mitigate risk and complexity and ultimately reducing disputes and maximizing long term project goals and customer relationships.

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Results-Driven Focus

We provide balanced, reasoned based decisions and advice that stand up to scrutiny and support credible resolution.

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Low cost to you

We focus on resolving issues efficiently, minimizing time, cost, and disruption while maintaining technical and professional rigor.
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We give your time back to you

We can do this. Through effective commercial management we reduce your project complexity, reducing the time you need to spend on oversight.

Value-Driven. Experience-Led.

Saving you time, Saving you money

Mission

We help clients anticipate and mitigate risk across the project lifecycle through rigorous contract management, commercial insight, and effective dispute avoidance and resolution.

Vision

To lead the construction industry in delivering balanced, highly skilled commercial management that minimises disputes and drives effective, solution-focused outcomes.

Values

We bring deep contractual, commercial, and technical construction knowledge to every engagement—applied with precision and discipline.