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Tracking Contractor Earned Value Performance

Understand Earned Value performance measurement, reliable baselines, contractor performance, recovery forecasting, and integration with contract administration and early risk intervention.
A practical course for Superintendents, Contract Administrators and project professionals who want a more objective way to assess contractor progress and emerging performance risk. Learn how to use Planned Value, Earned Value, Actual Cost, CPI, SPI and forecasting measures to identify schedule slippage, cost inefficiency, productivity problems and unrealistic recovery plans. The course shows how to combine Earned Value with program, cost and progress records to strengthen reporting, early warning, program assurance and contractor performance discussions. Designed for projects using AS-series, TMR TIC-CO and NSW GC21-style contracts, it focuses on measuring performance objectively while keeping contractual entitlement, causation and compensability as separate assessments. Measure performance. Identify risk early. Test the cause. Make better-informed contract decisions.

What You'll Learn

Know what the numbers mean – PV, EV and AC tell the performance story; CPI, SPI, EAC and VAC show direction and forecast exposure

Put reliable inputs first – poor baselines, measurement rules or progress records create false precision

Use accepted work, not merely claimed work – reconcile quantities, inspections, program updates and supporting site evidence

Treat ratios as triggers, not conclusions – CPI and SPI flag performance risk but don't determine causation, contractual default or entitlement

Challenge unsupported recovery forecasts – test claimed improvement against resources, productivity, critical path, float and measurable outputs

Keep performance and entitlement separate – use Earned Value for early warning and governance, then assess entitlement through the applicable contract process

Identify the ten habits that separate defensible contract administration from exposed administration

Apply a simple check before issuing or responding to any notice

Spot early warning signs that a variation or delay claim is heading for dispute

Know exactly what to document — and when — to protect your position

Avoid the three most common mistakes that undermine a superintendent’s certification

Walk away with a one-page reference you can pin above your desk

Who Should Attend

This session is for anyone who measures, reports on or forecasts contractor performance – including contractor personnel who prepare progress reports, forecasts or recovery plans.
Superintendents and Contract Administrators
Project Managers and Project Engineers
Planners, Schedulers and Project Controls personnel
Commercial and Contracts Managers
Quantity Surveyors and cost-control teams
Principal / client-side delivery and governance teams
Contractor personnel preparing progress reports, forecasts or recovery plans

Session Agenda

0–10 min
Why Earned Value matters – and how it fits AS-series, TIC-CO and GC21 administration
10–25 min
EV terms, core calculations and building a reliable performance baseline
25–40 min
Reading the curves, progress measurement methods and diagnosing poor contractor performance
40–52 min
Forecasting completion, linking EV to program assurance and managing contractor narratives
52–60 min
Reporting to the Principal, the intervention toolkit and live Q&A

What's Included

Live facilitator-led session

Presented live by Dyrick Hobbs, online or face-to-face.

Session slides & reference notes

The full presentation to keep and revisit after the session.

One-page reference sheet

A printable summary of the ten rules for your desk or site office.

Certificate of attendance

Issued after the session for your professional development record.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Dyrick Hobbs

Founder of Enginuity Training. Twenty years administering standard form construction contracts across live infrastructure and building projects in Australia.

Marissa Wise

Principal Trainer at Enginuity Training. Civil engineer, adjudicator and infrastructure leader with extensive experience administering construction contracts and resolving complex project delivery issues across Australia.

Ready to Lock In Your Ten Rules?

Book your seat in the next live session, online or face-to-face.

Group and corporate bookings available

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