Areas Of Practice
1. Claims Preparation and Appraisal
- CAB provides services to prepare, appraise and defend claims;
- When claims situations arise, CAB’s involvement at an early stage ensures records are kept and ensure timely claims submissions;
- CAB determines different types of delays, including compensable, non-compensable, excusable and non-excusable delays;
- CAB evaluates and quantifies entitlement for the cost of extra work, disruption costs, extended overheads, lost profits and financing costs.
2. Contract Administration
- Contract Administration is an essential element that enhances the performance of the parties to a contract legally
and financially, where it sums up in a better operational performance and a good tracking of the progress of contracts which
ends up to the benefit of both parties;
- Contract Administration ensures and enforces the contract conditions, as well as monitoring any changes that may arise
during execution;
- Adequate and efficient contract administration consequently reduces the likelihood of the occurrence of disputes
between parties to a contract;
- Construction projects produce contractual difficulties that must be resolved at an early stage, otherwise they
tend to escalate into bigger complications;
- CAB provides contract administration services based on both ad-hoc and standard forms of contracts,
including but not limited to FIDIC Forms, US Federal Contract Forms and ICE Contract Forms;
- Other contract-related services include:
-Drafting contracts and contractual advice
- Assisting clients in selecting the proper procurement and delivery methods of a project
- Providing clients with complete manuals required for the whole procurement process;
from consultancy appointments to the award of contracts
- Providing clients with forms required for the whole procurement process
- Review construction contract documents
- Reporting on risks within tender documents and negotiation of alternatives
- Advice upon the interpretation of contract documentation, where it is either silent or ambiguous upon a specific provision
- Assisting parties to any contract to maximize contractual entitlements by ensuring notices and correspondence are properly and
adequately maintained
3. Claims Management, Presentation and Defense
- CAB’s claims management plan serves to defend against unjustified claims;
- After analyzing claims, CAB prepares a report regarding results, including defense and possible counter-claims;
- CAB’s assists in claims negotiations in an attempt to amicably settle disputes in order to save the expense and time associated with litigation or arbitration.
4. Arbitration, Litigation and ADR
- Represent a party in arbitration or ADR;
- One of the most effective and uniquevv services CAB can provide is to assist during the course of arbitration or litigation proceedings. The provision of these services is a logical corollary to CAB’s distinctive provision of claims analysis and claims preparation services;
- As CAB becomes more knowledgeable of the facts and issues involved in disputes, CAB offers valuable assistance in the preparations and prosecution of the case;
- Production and retrieval of discovery documents is a crucial phase of arbitration or litigation. CAB assists in managing and preparing discovery documents using computerized organization procedures;
- Prepare expert witness reports on matter related to the involved dispute(s)
5. Claims and Disputes Avoidance
- CAB provides services aimed at minimizing and managing risks associated with a construction project which often lead to claims and disputes. In this regard our services include:
- Preparing conditions of contract, project management and scheduling services
- Assist clients in preparing contract conditions which can, if properly applied, reduce the possibility of claims and disputes
6. Training Services
- CAB provides training to a vast number of universities, training centers, institutions and companies including:
- CLAC (Contractual and Legal Aspects in Construction), which is provided in the American University in Cairo. Dr. Sherif El-Haggan is the program designer, coordinator and instructor in three of the six courses (FIDIC Forms – CLAC 025, Claims in the Construction Industry – CLAC 040 and Comparative Arbitration – CLAC 045)
- Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
- Kuwait Oil Petroleum Company (KOC)
- International Project Management Association (IPMA)
- Risk Management and Contract Management Courses, Egypt for Management and Engineering Development (EMEND)
- Economic Group, Qatar
- The National Holding Company for Construction, Egypt
- EBLA for Training and Consulting, Kuwait
- CAB also provides in-house trainings tailored to the clients’ needs and requirements
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