SYDNEY | Preventing construction claims through project leadership

Event Overview

Despite decades of post-project reviews and “lessons learned” reports, many construction claims arise from recurring technical, coordination and governance failures. This panel session moves beyond contract mechanics to examine the upstream project behaviours that allow risks to escalate into disputes. Drawing on real project experience, panellists will explore how scope ambiguity, documentation gaps, design coordination breakdowns and delayed decision-making create fertile ground for claims. The discussion will focus on prevention rather than entitlement — examining how engineers can strengthen early risk identification, improve cross-discipline communication and embed organisational learning into everyday project delivery. Attendees will gain practical insights into fostering transparent project cultures, improving technical governance and intervening earlier to prevent issues from crystallising into formal claims.

Learning Outcomes

In this presentation, you will:

• identify systemic technical, coordination and behavioural risk factors that commonly precede construction claims

• recognise early warning indicators within scope definition, documentation quality and stakeholder…