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Sep 25
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Mastering Contract Administration in the...

Cian Brennan
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This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in April 2024.


Most contract administrators are leaving money on the table without even realising it.

If you think your job is just submitting change orders and delay notices, you're missing the real opportunity.

Great contract admins do more than push paper.

They improve cash flow, increase margins, and protect the company from costly disputes.

In this episode, learn how to become the kind of contract administrator who gets noticed, promoted, and rewarded while helping your company thrive.

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Timestamps:

(1:26) - One of the key things that you have to remember as a contracts administrator is it's not about. pushing paper from A to B

(3:19) - Lawyers understand everything in the clauses for sure, of course they do, and they understand the risks, but they don't understand how it actually plays out on site

(5:34) - The biggest problem in construction is doing work for free

(7:10) - How do you be contractual without being aggressive? How do you do it in such a way is that they don't think you're combative?

(8:15) - Contracts administrators are not paper pushers. They're switched on commercially


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