Spring’s team has gained many years of industry experience in managing the commercial and contractual affairs of major contracting organisations. Spring’s clients are able to benefit from this valuable experience via training programmes that are designed to suit their particular needs.
Practical Solutions
We specialise in passing on knowledge, experience and skills to deal with real-life practical issues, without attempting to turn staff into quasi-lawyers. Difficult financial climates can place stress on many companies and in some instances this can result in cash flow issues being passed down the supply chain to creditors. As a result we are encountering an increasing volume of often unfounded payment reductions. Spring’s training programmes provide your staff with the skills to help deal with such situations, and supply practical self-help solutions to guard against common problems.
Our Approach
With new clients we take time to gain an understanding of the nature and culture of their business, together with the common issues that they experience. This brief consultation process allows us to correctly design and focus an appropriate schedule of training. We have found large lecture-style training to be of limited use and prefer to hold smaller workshop type sessions, with content to suit the varying needs of people at different levels within an organisation. The result is increased participation and learning.
When carrying out workshop training sessions we encourage those attending to bring current issues to the table. This approach lends real life context to the training and also adds value by addressing actual current problems, for which advice may otherwise need to be sought.
Common Training Areas
We tailor training sessions to match our clients’ needs, but common modules include:
- Basic principles of contract
- Commercial awareness and record keeping
- Requirements of the Construction Act
- Payment problems and withholding notices
- Delay and disruption
- Variation recovery
