At Giffen, we procure, on behalf of the Owner, all materials, equipment and construction works necessary for the proper completion of the project.  We ensure the tenders are detailed to reduce change orders. We also provide technical and commercial clarification support, and contract negotiation support.

Giffen has over 20 years of contract management experience.  We ensure the contracts are in governance with the Owner’s requirements.  We can assist your project anywhere from completing the contracts plan to contract admin to contract close out.

Giffen provides detailed scheduling, cost controls, and forecasting from pre-feasibility to sustaining capital projects.  We will work with your ERP system, WBS, and accrual policies to ensure you are receiving information that makes sense to you.

We believe earned value methods should be set up before or during the contract and procurement plans.  This will enable us to capture the KPIs accurately for commodity, labour and schedule reporting.  We can help If you are struggling to produce or receive the required earned value reports as well as your weekly and monthly reports.

From design through to construction and handover, change management and trend analysis are crucial. We ensure modifications to scope, design, site conditions, schedule, and more, are captured for appropriate action and approval that is in governance.

Giffen has the experience to provide Project Administration support such as roster management, timekeeping, meeting minutes, document control, daily report support, document control and general site office management.

We can provide onsite and offsite document control support that follows the Client’s processes and principles of their document procedures, maintain Request for Information (RFIs) logs and distributing RFI responses, manage records, create document logs of project details, meeting minutes, technical specifications, drawings and other documents.

Setting up your new assets is crucial for cost savings and reduced risks.  We can help provide this set up during the construction, operational readiness and sustaining capital phases.  Our services include: asset integrity, spares analysis, and ERP analysis and support.

Giffen provides estimates for a wide range of complex and unique projects.  We can provide conceptual estimates, detailed design estimates, and new scope of work estimates.