This is QS.Zone
THE place for subcontractor support in the Construction Industry
HELPING SUBCONTRACTORS THRIVE
BEEN UNFAIRLY TREATED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS? LOOKING TO SHARPEN YOUR CONTRACTUAL KNOWLEDGE? WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED.
FEATURED MASTERCLASS
SUBCONTRACT
101
PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS
In this course, we get you started with all the basics. Where to start with understanding your subcontract, how to identify onerous terms, how to identify and charge for changes and how to manage time under your subcontract.
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FEATURED CONTENT
GETTING PAID
CONTRACTOR NOT PAYING REGULARLY?
We explain the details that go in to applications for payment, the law and common contract terms behind payments and how you can use your subcontract to your advantage to get you paid.
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SUPPORT COMMUNITY
HELP EACH OTHER THRIVE
In an industry where competition is rife, and contractors regularly take advantage of smaller companies within their supply chain, build your support network of useful industry contacts as you learn and grow together.
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NEW CONTENT EVERY WEEK!
Continue to BUILD your contractual knowledge, as we build our library of online lessons, how-to demonstrations, templates and insights from industry experts.
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MEET YOUR HOST
JACOB AUSTIN
MRCIS, MCInstCES, BSc (Hons)
Jacob has worked for industry titans Kier, Balfour Beatty and Vistry Group in a career that has seen him manage in excess of £360M of building contracts, procuring, running and final accounting thousands of subcontracts. His portfolio of experience spans all manner of work from minor extensions worth £'000s through to multi-milllion pound hospitals, schools and housing developments.
He is well versed in all matters contractual and commercial and will act as your sherpa-guide navigating you safely through the pitfalls of the subcontracting world.
Supporting Your Success
After witnessing firsthand the wrongful treatment of some excellent suppliers at various points in his career, Jacob is passionate about righting the wrongs of the contractor:subcontractor relationship. Arming you with the knowledge, skills and tools to protect your business, maximise your opportunities and navigate around risks.
Jacob wants to bring an end to the late payment culture in the construction industry and prevent large contractors with armies of quantity surveyors and legal support from trampling on the very suppliers they cannot function without.
Subcontractors are the backbone and the workhorse of the construction industry. In a world where main contractors rarely employ as much as 10% of the typical project workforce, subcontractors should be supported and treated as part of team. However they are regularly dealt large risks, under harsh contractual terms, and onerous conditions.
Coupled to this around 53% of all payments in the construction industry are made late. It's plain to see how cashflow becomes a problem and insolvency in the industry is worryingly common.
Jacob's mission is to support the 1 Million SME contractors working within the construction industry. Creating an industry-changing education and support community for sub-contractors.
This is excellent.
It strips back the payment conundrums to a basic analysis of what to insist on and look out for in order to be paid fairly and promptly.
Excellent. Very informative and to the point.
Great thing you're doing for the industry.
Particularly relevant to the smaller subcontractors, who are routinely bullied financially by certain of the big boys who feel that this is something to be tolerated in exchange for the privilege of working for a blue chip contractor.
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