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The new NEC 4 “deemed acceptance of defined costs” clause will be either unnecessary or written out
The new clause The new NEC 4 Contract allows the Contractor (under options C, D,...
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The traditional approach to cost checking is of limited value
Substantiation is of limited value Under cost reimbursable or target cost arrangements, clients need to...
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Cost assurance: looking at a sample of invoices doesn’t work
Background: The traditional approach In any major programme delivered under cost reimbursable or target cost...
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Breakfast Seminar – Cost checking in Major Programmes
We really enjoyed our first Breakfast Seminar at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Moorgate...
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Are you wasting money on bums-on-seats cost checkers?
The need to check costs As companies wrestle with how to achieve financial efficiencies, it...
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Keep it simple – the dos and don’ts of saving £millions through cost effective commercial assurance
A foreign language I have two daughters, one who is 18 and the other 21. ...
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Zebra print trousers and the importance of an objective opinion
Trying on zebra print trousers I was once loitering outside the ladies changing rooms in...
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Top 5 reasons for nasty commercial surprises and how to avoid them
I like to ride my bike up mountains A few weeks ago I made a...
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Cost checking in major programmes: enhanced confidence or a waste of money?
Reducing the cost of checkers by two thirds I first entered into the world of...
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BSI awards The Orange Partnership ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification
The Orange Partnership is delighted that following an independent assessment by BSI, they have been...
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Exploiting data to drive down costs: “plucking the goose”
“Plucking the goose” The 17th century politician Jean-Baptiste Colbert described the art of taxation of...
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Timing is everything in rock and roll (and contract audit)
Part of my youth was misspent playing bass in a dodgy rock and roll band....
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