Contract Management
Smart contract management enables projects to be successfully realised from start to finish. By negotiating and executing the contract appropriately, the project can be realised cost-effectively and accelerated.
Through clear and fair contract rules, rapid conflict resolution and thorough documentation, both contracting parties find a common basis for working together as efficiently and effectively as possible. Through proactive contract management, conflicts can be resolved before they escalate by defining guidelines for the performance of the service for both parties.
We have many years of consulting experience in contract management for large offshore wind energy projects and developers. We offer commercial, technical and legal contract management. Regardless of the area of specialisation, we pride ourselves on our holistic and pragmatic approach.
It is the combination of contractual and technical understanding with deep commercial resources that makes our experts unique.
Service examples
- Development of best practices and tools for contract management
- Contract drafting and negotiation
- Negotiation and execution of direct marketing contracts
Claim Management
When damage occurs in a project, the contracting parties often withdraw to their contractual positions. Such a conflict often threatens to jeopardise the further progress of the project. Smart claim management makes it possible to prevent such conflicts and defuse them in order to realise fast and smooth project execution.
In every dispute, it is necessary to analyse the facts of the case thoroughly and in detail in order to obtain a clear view of the causes of the conflict. A good technical and legal understanding is essential for this.
In addition to the technical aspects, a strategic view is also required to ensure the overall success of a project despite a dispute. A basic understanding of comparable project processes and the needs of both sides helps here. A solution that satisfies both parties can often be found quickly.
With over 10 years of experience in claims management, we are ideally suited to support you in all phases of your claims process. We can provide the scope of work required for your project from individual claims and dispute resolution to large claims projects. Our extensive experience provides a large pool of knowledge and with access to our network of specialists, we offer you an outstanding service.
In addition, we offer task force management services and a comprehensive claim management service. We offer a bespoke team of claims, legal, contract and commercial experts who form the task force team. This team delivers a fully managed claims package from initial investigation through to claims settlement.
Service examples
- Outsourcing claim management for plant manufacturers
- Continuous claim management in all project phases
- Management of major claims
- Preparation of claim documentation and DAB procedures
- Settlement of disputes / variation management
- Claims for damages and availability settlements
- Processing of major claims during the construction phase
- Efficient processing of claims during the operating phase and at the end of the warranty period
- Outsourcing of individual processes and tasks for the enforcement of claims
Task force management
Unforeseen situations often arise during major projects that require additional project management resources. Our experience shows that the right choice of employees and managers for a project is of fundamental importance.
Only if the need for personnel can be covered quickly can it be ensured that the project schedule is not disrupted. It is also possible to prevent contractual obligations from not being fulfilled and claims from the contractual partner arising.
Interim management
Our HR and business development team has many years of experience in recruiting employees and executives. Whether for a shorter or longer period, our recruitment experts will find the right candidate for your organisation.
Service examples
- Recruitment
- Personnel placement
Joint venture management
The wind industry is becoming a lucrative investment opportunity and we are seeing more and more joint ventures in the sector. We have many years of experience in joint venture management and can help you protect your investment and capitalise on the expected return.
Service examples
- Facilitation of data exchange
- Investment strategy support
- Shareholder management
- Simplification of steering committee and board meetings
- Standardisation and implementation of reports
- Drafting and presentation of decision papers
- Contract management
- High level of standardisation and development of joint venture management tools to ensure accurate and timely project updates
Regional specialisation
Companies that want to be active in the international wind market face the challenge of acquiring knowledge about the respective market and building up a network of local partners. Only with sufficient knowledge of the relevant market is it possible to survive against the competition.
Acquiring local knowledge can be an arduous and labour-intensive process that takes a lot of time. This process may be too long to realise the desired project.
With our experience in various international markets, we offer the opportunity to utilise this experience and quickly access the existing network of partners. We support the development of new business areas in international markets as well as the realisation of existing international projects.
Service examples
- Fulfilment of ‘local content’ requirements
- Compliance with regulatory requirements of the respective local market
- Negotiation of contracts with local partners
- Supply chain management of local companies
Operational excellence
How much time do you spend on process issues instead of doing the actual work? If the answer is ‘definitely too much’, Operational Excellence may be relevant for you. The goal of Operational Excellence is to ensure that the value stream is visible to every employee as the company strategy is executed on a consistent and coherent basis.
We have the experience and expertise in operational excellence. Our team supports the implementation of sustainable improvements within your organisation so that costs and risks are minimised.
Depending on the situation, our team draws on proven approaches and methods, such as Lean Management or Six Sigma, and combines these with supply chain management or agile processes, for example. We work with you to analyse and develop measures for optimised interaction between IT, processes, employees and stakeholders.
Because we know your business in detail!
Outsourcing
Our experts are experienced project managers in various commercial areas such as contract management, claim management, controlling, risk management and project planning. We can react flexibly to capacity bottlenecks and bring our accumulated expertise or that of our experts to your organisation. We offer a fully flexible service and take on complete work packages with the highest quality of work as a managed service provider.
It is the individual and this flexibility that makes our project management unique.
The project team can always draw on its extensive experience of complex processes within large-scale multinational organisations and the legal and commercial experience of the whole team to ensure that the outcome meets your expectations.
Thanks to our network and pool of experts, we can respond flexibly to individual enquiries or requirements.
Contact us
CARNEADES Project Services GmbH
Überseering 4
D-22297 Hamburg
contact@carneades.com
Tel: +49 40 63 70730-0
Fax: +49 40 63 70730-9