Contract Administration
The certifier the contract asks for, doing the work properly.
What this service covers
Once a building contract is signed, the named contract administrator has statutory duties that cannot be waved through. We act as CA under all common forms — JCT Standard Building Contract, JCT Intermediate, JCT Minor Works, and NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract — issuing instructions, certifying payments, agreeing variations, assessing extensions of time, and issuing practical completion certificates.
Our CA work is documented meticulously. Every instruction is written, every certificate is supported by the underlying valuation, every extension of time carries a reasoned assessment against the contract. When a dispute arises — and on complex projects one occasionally does — the contract-administrator's file has to stand up. Ours do.
We administer contracts across West Sussex for residential clients, developers and commercial owners. The practice's roots in quantity surveying mean valuations and variation assessments are grounded in real measurement rather than assumed round figures.
Typical deliverables
- Contract administration under JCT or NEC forms
- Certification of interim and final payments
- Written architect's / CA instructions
- Extension of time assessments
- Variation costing and certification
- Practical completion and making good certificates
When to call us
Before contract execution, so the CA appointment sits alongside the building contract.
Contract Administration across West Sussex.
We provide contract administration services across West Sussex from our Worthing office. Our work spans the coast, the market towns and Mid Sussex — we travel to sites and meetings across the county.
Other services from CSQS Ltd.
RICS Level 2 Homebuyer Survey
The mid-level RICS home survey for conventional houses and flats in reasonable condition, carried out to the RICS Home Survey Standard.
RICS Level 3 Building Survey
The most detailed RICS home survey, for older, larger, altered, listed or non-standard properties — a full analysis of construction and condition.
Preconstruction & Feasibility
Order-of-cost, feasibility and viability advice before you commit to a scheme.
Cost Planning & Quantity Surveying
Elemental cost plans, bills of quantities and pricing schedules aligned to RICS NRM1 and NRM2.
Talk to us about your project
We reply to emails quickly, and we meet in person across West Sussex — Worthing, Chichester, Horsham, Crawley and everywhere between.
Whether you have a scheme at feasibility, a project going out to tender, a contract that needs administering or a dispute that has already started, the first conversation is free and useful.