About Rowfield
Rowfield are highly qualified and experienced Project Managers and Chartered Quantity Surveyors who specialise in providing project management, commercial management, dispute resolution and project support services to the construction industry. We are headquartered in Cardiff, and with offices in London and Leeds.
Whether you are an employer, contractor or subcontractor, our commercial services are designed to reduce risk and increase profitability on your project. We help you realise additional value through our in-depth understanding of the opportunities each individual construction contract presents. We also provide project support services which specialise in the New Engineering Contract (NEC), Engineering and Construct Contract (ECC). We can supply NEC ECC expert Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors or Project Planners to your organisation.
We also have a team of dual-qualified Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) consultants, all elected Members (or Fellows) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Charted Institute of Arbitrators. This allows us to deal with every aspect of the dispute resolution process, from assisting in negotiations to managing more formal processes such as mediation, adjudication, and arbitration. We can act as your advocate or provide testimony in adjudication, arbitration, or litigation proceedings as an independent expert witness.
Rowfield is a Corporate Partner of the Association of Project Managers and a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors regulated firm.
NEC Support Services
In 2016, a survey of nearly 1,000 UK construction businesses confirmed that the New Engineering Contract (NEC), Engineer and Construct Contract (ECC) was now the most popular procurement route for clients as it continued to increase its market share against other standard forms. The NEC is endorsed as the contract of choice by the UK Government Construction Strategy as well as by the Construction Clients' Board, the Crown Commercial Service, the Facilities Management Board of the UK Cabinet Office, the Association ....
Commercial Management
Rowfield helps you improve commercial performance by minimising cost and increasing contract value. Our services assist with every stage of the construction process, tailored to your needs. This might mean assigning you a single Quantity Surveyor or Project Planner, or a full commercial team. We can help you achieve additional value by enhancing your contract checks and tender risk appraisals, programme management, risk management, applications for payments and final account submissions....
Construction Claims
Variations, loss and expense, and damages claims for breach of contract are everyday life on construction projects. A high standard of claim preparation is not. Every claim arising under a construction contract is unique, and there are many variables to consider. Many claims are produced without considering the contract provisions in full, which outline conditions of entitlement and the rules of assessment. Similarly, other claims fail due to the absence of essential common law requirements, such as proof of causation....
Dispute Resolution
If you are in dispute with your employer, main contractor or subcontractor, we can manage this process on your behalf. Our consultants practise all established Alternative Dispute Resolution methods in the UK, including mediation, adjudication and arbitration. From the outset, we will always seek to resolve your dispute in a highly professional manner designed to maintain your business relationships. With dual qualified consultants and years of dispute resolution experience, you receive value for money compared to....
Expert Witness Evidence
An Expert Witness assists a court or tribunal by providing expert, independent opinion regarding matters on which case officials cannot be reasonably expected to form a view. Litigation, adjudication, arbitral and tribunal proceedings regularly hear evidence from Expert Witnesses. An expert’s overriding duty is to the tribunal in which the expert evidence is given. Part 35 of the Civil Procedural Rules sets out the conduct which Expert Witnesses must adhere to when giving evidence....
