CORDEROY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Construction & Engineering Contract Management Consultancy. Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Project Cost Consultancy. Commercial Management, Disputes Consultancy & Expert Witnesses.

Established since about 1780 the Corderoy group is a leading international consultancy providing services to all sectors of the construction and engineering industries throughout the World.

Corderoy operate from ten locations in the United Kingdom, with Corderoy International being founded approximately thirty years ago to offer services on projects outside the United Kingdom, since which the firm has provided consultancy services in most parts of the world including mainland Europe, Russia and the CIS, Africa, Middle East, Far East and the Americas.

Corderoy International provides a total Contract Management and Cost Consultancy Service to construction and engineering projects of all types to ensure that they are quickly, efficiently and cost effectively procured and constructed to budget and to programme. Services cover the entire project cycle from concept planning to completion including the management and resolution of disputes, and the provision of expert reports and evidence in formal proceedings.


ACTIVITIES

Before contract:

• Estimating and budget preparation
• Feasibility plans and comparative cost studies
• Cost planning and control
• Risk Analysis
• Value Engineering
• Life-Cycle Costing
• Procurement strategy advice
• Bills of Quantities, Schedules of Rates, Material Take-offs
• Tender Enquiry Documentation
• Tender analysis, evaluation, and reporting
• Contract Documents.

After contract:

• Establish, operate and manage cost and change control systems
• Financial management and reporting
• Progress measurement and evaluation for interim payment
• Measurement and evaluation of cost and time changes and variations
• Measurement and evaluation of Final Accounts
• Management and Administration of contracts.

General Consultancy Activities:

• Technical audit
• Due diligence investigations and reporting
• Preparing method statements and best practice guidelines
• Providing training seminars
• Identification, research, preparation of claims submissions and rebuttal reports
• Negotiation and resolution of contractual disputes
• Contractual advice
• Assistance with arbitration, litigation, mediation, and adjudication - Expert Witnesses

Operation and maintenance consultancy:

• Planning, procurement and management of routine, cyclical and responsive maintenance of properties, services and infrastructure.

TYPICAL PROJECTS
BRAZIL - Contract advice on cement manufacturing plant and telecom projects.

CYPRUS - Bank of Cyprus Sporting Club, Nicosia, pedestrianisation of Old Nicosia Centre, new offices for Nicosia Water Board, Larnaca Waterfront Development scheme (Phinikoudes), 480 bed four star hotel at Coral Bay, Ayios Dhometios Municipality Hall, New House of Representatives, maintenance of Sovereign Base Areas.

ETHIOPIA - Contract and claims advice on highway project.

FINLAND & THE BALTIC STATES - Contractual and claims advice. Providing contract administration seminars.

GERMANY - Pre & post contract services on offices, shops, apartments, military buildings, a factory development, theatre, bridge construction, power station and steelworks. Providing contract administration seminars.

GREAT BRITAIN - All types of building, engineering and infrastructure projects including hotels, residential, retail and commercial, the Channel Tunnel Project and the Jubilee Line.

INDIA - Contractual and commercial administrative services on a new port development, Bombay.

INDONESIA - Contractual and administrative services on combined cycle power plants, expressways and hotel developments.

IRAQ - The Medical City Baghdad, the Basrah Teaching Hospital and College of Medicine, the Baghdad Heart and Chest Institute and a Neurology Hospital. Post contract administration of major roadworks projects with contractual and financial advice. Commercial administration, including the settlement of contractual disputes on petrochemical complex and associated site and domestic infrastructures and facilities. Complete post contract administration on two international airports including design/cost reviews.

JAPAN - Pre and post contract services from initial feasibility studies to the settlement of final accounts on building, civil, petrochemical and heavy engineering projects, including offshore commercial and administrative responsibilities including the preparation of claims and settlement of disputes.

KAZAKHSTAN - Contract administration and management of oil pipeline rehabilitation.

KUWAIT - Post contract work on the Sabah Psychiatric Hospital and the Ministry of the Interior HQ, and Computer Buildings and Post Contract Administration for the refurbishment of Bayan Palace.

LAGOS - Estimates for hydro electric power project.

MAYLAYSIA - Feasibility studies for a hydro electric project and post contract services on a housing scheme and commercial administration of a major petrochemical project. Contractual and administrative services on a large shopping mall and hotel development.

MEXICO - Contract valuation and advice on power plant projects.

NETHERLANDS - Cost and contract services in relation to the Building Industry on a range of projects including Theatre Den Haag, NMB HQ, Amsterdam, Civil Engineering projects including Emmen Gas Terminal, petrochemical projects at Moerdijk, Pernis & The Botlek, ship repair contracts such as the Andros six refurbishment, offshore fabrication projects including Oseberg 'A', 'B' and 2 and Ameland Westgate.

POLAND - Monitoring and administration of World Bank funding to trunk road projects including training personnel in contract management and administration, and preparing standard documentation.

RUSSIA & FORMER SOVIET UNION - Commercial advice and contract administration, preparation, negotiation and settlement of financial and contractual disputes arising from construction projects. Projects include Embassies, Military Camps, Hospitals, a Russian School, manufacturing facilities, business parks and offices.

SAUDI ARABIA - Post contract cost and contractual assistance on petrochemical complexes and associated civil engineering works. Pre and post contract services on an airport, pipelines, treatment plant, a power station and housing project, including measurement, financial and contractual advice and claims assistance. Working with London solicitors to assist in various arbitration proceedings on behalf of senior Saudi Clients.

SINGAPORE - Contractual and measurement assistance on building, heavy mechanical and civil engineering projects including the MRT system together with contractual advice.

THAILAND - Providing commercial advice and assistance, Dow Muang Tollway project.

EXPERIENCE IN
EUROPE & CIS: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Channel Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates

AFRICA: Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria

SOUTH ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

EAST ASIA: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,Thailand, Vietnam

CARIBBEAN: Trinidad & Tobago

CENTRAL AMERICA: Mexico

SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador

OFFICES ABROAD
Dubai

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES
Construction: Contract advisory
Construction: Facilities management
Construction: Planning
Construction: Project management
Construction: Surveying
Education: Vocational training
Energy: Hydropower
Engineering: Chemical
Engineering: Civil
Engineering: Consulting
Engineering: Design
Engineering: Electrical
Engineering: Process / production
Engineering: Project
Engineering: Safety
Engineering: Telecommunications
Financial: Accountancy
Financial: Dispute resolution
Financial: Legal advisors / solicitors
Financial: Project finance
Healthcare: Building & design
Industry: Engineering
Infrastructure: Airports
Infrastructure: Buildings
Infrastructure: Engineers
Infrastructure: Hospitals
Infrastructure: Hotels & tourism
Infrastructure: Leisure
Infrastructure: Ports & harbours
Infrastructure: Power
Infrastructure: Rail
Infrastructure: Road
Infrastructure: Tunnels
Management: Management consultants
Management: Procurement / buying agents
Management: Purchasing strategies
Management: Risk assessment (political, business & personal)
Management: Supply chain management
Management: Value planning
Maritime: Port construction
Privatisation: Budgeting
Privatisation: Cost management
Privatisation: Due diligence
Privatisation: Efficiency assessment / audit
Privatisation: Planning & grant advice
Privatisation: Procurement
Privatisation: Project finance
Privatisation: Process mapping
Privatisation: Risk modelling
Privatisation: Tendering & contract selection
Privatisation: Whole life costing
Tourism: Hotel & tourism infrastructure
Transport: Roads
Transport: Tunnels

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES

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