Selected projects
Recent contracts
State highway, council and private infrastructure, from $500k to $42M.
Civil infrastructure · Bay of Plenty and Waikato
Engineer’s Representative, NZS 3910 contract administration and claim assessment for councils, NZTA and the consultancies that deliver their work. Practical on site, careful on paper.
Services
A whole contract from award to final account, or a single piece of it when you need a second pair of hands or an independent view.
Running the contract on site under the Engineer’s delegation. Instructions, notices, site verification, hold points, meetings and reporting.
More →Independent written assessments of variations, extensions of time and payment claims, with the reasoning set out so the decision holds if it’s challenged.
More →Surveillance plans, ITPs and hold points, inspections, test result review and non conformance through to closeout.
More →NZS 3910 documents written for the job in front of you, the Engineer’s estimate, tender evaluation and award.
More →Options papers, programme prioritisation and project management for asset owners who need a decision made on good information.
More →A named, accredited Engineer’s Representative or contract administrator for a job you’ve won or are tendering, working inside your systems.
More →Selected projects
State highway, council and private infrastructure, from $500k to $42M.
Why BlueWave
Site engineering for contractors in Dubai and Auckland, structural design and verification, then client side contract administration. I know where claims and quality problems start because I’ve seen them from each side.
Every assessment starts from the contract and the site record, not either party’s account. The reasoning is written down, fair to both sides and ready for the person who questions it 6 months on.
You deal with me directly, from the first call to the final account. Based in Mount Maunganui and on site when it matters, with specialist engineers brought in under the same appointment when a job needs them.
About
I’m a civil engineer with a BEng (Civil) (Hons) and a background that runs from contractor side site engineering, through structural design and verification, to Engineer’s Representative work for NZTA and councils.
BlueWave is deliberately small. Clients get an experienced engineer on their contract, not a name on a tender that hands the work down.
Tim ChristieDirector, BlueWave Consulting · MEngNZ
Insights
Practical guides drawn from real contracts, on the issues that cause the most argument.
Most back charges fail on the route through the contract, not the amount. How to test one before it goes into a payment schedule.
7 places a variation price goes wrong, from measured items priced twice to overheads applied on top of overheads.
Why delay is never measured from the instruction. How 3 timelines separate the Principal’s days from the contractor’s.
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