The word “delay” is an all too familiar word utilized during construction because it is not remotely uncommon for a construction project to experience delays. While contractors never want a delay to actually happen because time is money, delays unfortunately do happen as construction schedules are not written in stone. There are two types of […]

Posted by Mitchell Brandtman on Nov 25, 2013 in 5D BIM MB 5D Cost Planning team finalists at UDIA Qld Awards Gala inShare6 Last Friday saw the Mitchell Brandtman 5D Cost Planning team nominated for the ‘Consultant Excellence Award’ at the UDIA (Qld) 2013 Awards for Excellence. A big congratulations goes to the whole MB 5D […]

How Collaboration Delivered on Huge Hospital Project inShare172 In 2012, Exemplar Health (comprising Lend Lease, Spotless Group, Capella Capital and Siemens) was successful in their bid to design, build, finance and maintain the new Sunshine Coast Public University Hospital – a $1.8 billion public tertiary teaching hospital. In early 2013 a group of our 5D […]

Joseph Blanner Partner at McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer The two phrases in the title to this article would seem as if they were synonymous with one another. However, in the legal world, whether work is determined by the Courts to be “additional work” or “extra work” can be the difference between doing it for no […]

Since I was a teenager I thought my destiny was to be a leader. I remember standing up and speaking at the school debating society when I was 14. All the other speakers were 17 or 18 so I was absolutely petrified. It wasn’t that I had anything particular to say. Mostly I mumbled and […]