Blaze Business & Legal

My firm, Blaze Business & Legal, is an innovative boutique management consultancy and law firm in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

I have 23+ years of experience as a strategic management consultant/business adviser, and senior lawyer specialising in construction law, contracting, major projects, risk, compliance, and procurement for business and government

I have acted as General Counsel, Procurement Adviser, Commercial Officer, Contract Administrator, Senior Legal Counsel and Strategic Adviser in different organisations - these roles have given me a depth of experience that is rare for most lawyers.

My knowledge of various industries allows me to effectively contribute to the overall strategic direction and performance of my clients. I have practiced in industries such as construction, property and development, retirement, government, Defence, ICT, infrastructure, civil, services, mining, water and wastewater. I have substantial experience in many forms of project delivery

I’m a strategic problem-solver who considers issues holistically from a combined legal, commercial and operational angle

I specialise in:

🔹drafting contracts
🔹providing strategic legal advice
🔹providing strategic procurement advice and drafting procurement documents
🔹drafting innovative contracts and other legal documents
🔹risk analysis and mitigation
🔹resolving problems for the organisation
🔹advising in relation to contract management
🔹analysing and advising in relation to compliance with policies and procedures and relevant laws 
🔹governance issues

Blaze Business & Legal specialises in construction law, commercial law, legal advice, legal advisory services, major projects, infrastructure, collaborative contracting, civil, mining, business advisory services, management consulting, change management, procurement, probity, risk analysis, risk advice, risk mitigation, compliance, governance, commercial advice, strategic advice and leadership development.

Managing Director

Blaze Professional Learning

I help Lawyers and Non-Lawyers work better with Contracts and improve their skills in Contract Planning, Contract Drafting, Contract Review, Contract Negotiation and Contract Management. I also work with Professionals to help them overcome their Imposter Syndrome.

Owner

Team Downer MSP

Commercial Manager

Australian Government Solicitor

I specialised in construction law, legal advice, legal advisory services, major projects, infrastructure, collaborative contracting, civil, government contracts, government advice, Defence advisory, procurement, probity, risk analysis, risk advice, risk mitigation, compliance, and governance.

Senior Lawyer

Defence Housing Australia

I acted as General Counsel of DHA and provided senior legal advice and high-level strategic input to the Board and Managing Director of DHA. Role included leading the legal team, managing all matters, supervising hire and performance of external lawyers and all General Counsel roles.

Acting General Counsel

Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers

Senior Associate

Airservices Australia

Senior Legal Counsel

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Construction and Major Projects Group, Engineering Procurement Infrastructure Construction Division

Solicitor

Laing O'Rourke

Secondment to Laing O'Rourke in-house legal team

Corporate Legal Counsel

Thiess

Secondment as Acting General Counsel - NSW

Acting General Counsel - New South Wales

Helping you solve your Business Challenges:

💎 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: Know something is not right with your business, but you don't know who to ask for help? The structure doesn't reflect where your business is at now, things feel cobbled together and your procurement, contracting, compliance, risk management and governance need work. And it's all causing inefficiencies, compliance issues, loss of revenue and loss of sleep! You have 20 different problems in a giant ball that needs untangling. Let's chat, this is what I do!

💎 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀: Need help communicating your strategic direction to your CEO and implementing changes without causing waves? Or do you need a strategic adviser (who has also been a Board Member and is experienced in Governance) to help you work out the best future path for the organisation, then help communicate this to the CEO and get buy-in?

💎 𝗖𝗘𝗢𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀: Need a Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel but don't have the budget to hire one full-time? Need help solving specific problems and implementing solutions? Or need a strategic analysis of your organisation to work out the cause of your problem(s), then help fix them?

💎 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹: Having problems within your Legal Division or with internal relationships in your organisation? Fixing these is a speciality of mine. Need extra senior resources on a flexible plug-and-play basis? Need a Senior Strategic Adviser to carry out a discrete legal or compliance project for your Division or the organisation as a whole?

💎 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀: Need help restructuring your Division, putting in place policies and procedures, implementing compliance, streamlining processes, or help putting in place tighter workflows with other Divisions (then documenting those workflows in diagram form)?

I use my combined strategic advisory, management consultancy and legal skills to help you to:

🔹Carry out major projects
🔹Manage and mitigate risk
🔹Improve your business
🔹provide strategic legal advice
🔹provide strategic procurement advice and draft procurement documents
🔹Make your processes more efficient and aligned with best industry practice
🔹Resolve Business Challenges
🔹Ensure compliance with relevant laws
🔹Draft policies and procedures 
🔹Deal with governance issues
🔹Improve cross-functional dynamics
🔹Improve your bottom line

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Rachelle Hare

Alshaya Enterprises

Regional Contracts and Commercial Manager - GCC 

Ahmadiah Contracting & Tr. Co.

Contracts Manager

Dutco Group

Change and claim Management 
Contractual Correspondence 
Contract Management
Sub-contract Management
Review and assess S/C Claims
Review and assess S/C variation proposal
Managing Delay register
Managing change Notice Tracker

Contract Management Specialist

CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGRG. CORP. (MIDDLE EAST) (L.L.C.)

•	Understand contracts competitively in accordance with company guidelines.
•	Prepare monthly costs and proper reports to head office and consultant.
•	Chair site meetings with staff regarding progress, cost and attend head office meetings regarding the same.
•	Manage negotiation for sub-contractors and suppliers from tender to award.
•	Interpret plans and estimate costs and quantities of materials needed.
•	Plan construction methods and procedures.
•	Coordinate the supply of labor and materials.
•	Study building contract documents and negotiate with building owners and subcontractors.
•	Control preparation of cost estimates and the documentation for contract bids.
•	Control payment to subcontractors by valuation of completed works.
•	Assist with structuring and development of future projects around the UAE. You will have substantial exposure to construction management of high-rise towers.
•	 involved in all aspects of contract agreements & costs, and should be competent to make recommendations and bring value engineering to the project.
•	Monitoring and controlling of contract activities and reporting to the senior on critical issues required in maintaining contractor progress according to project schedule or building program.

Mega Projects Tender Department 

Seidco General Contracting Company

•	 follow up material submission, approvals, and procurement schedules.
•	 liaise with subcontractors, and ensure all progressive works are well coordinated.
•	 motivate and organize site personnel to achieve high performance level.
*      Monitoring the construction progress and controlling any delay in the same.
*      Supervision the site and visit the site daily to follow the quality and progress.
Assist the project manager and deputy in the execution of simultaneous tasks. 
 Facilitate the communication and interaction amongst the functional representatives. 
 Assist the project manager and deputy in tracking the project against the schedule and budget. 
 Prepare reports to clients reflecting the project progress as stated in the contract on daily, weekly and monthly basis. 
*      Handing over the site to the Municipality engineers to get the necessary approvals.

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Zahrat Al Safa - General contracting

• Coordination and checking of engineering deliverables.
• monitor master program and track critical paths and milestones.
• monitor all productivity related activities of subcontractors’’ staff and equipment on site.
• attend meetings with client/consultant to propose technical & contractual solutions for any
       Outstanding disputed issues.
• follow up material submission, approvals, and procurement schedules.

Quantity Surveyor

Zahrat Alsafa General Contructing

•	Day- to – day management of the site including supervising and monitoring the site labor force and the work of any subcontractor.
•	Planning the work and efficiently organizing the site in order to meet agreed deadlines

Site Engineer

Experienced senior Contracts/Commercial Manager with a demonstrated hands on and experience of working for tier 1 International construction companies. Competent negotiator strengthened with critical thinking and data analysis talents. Highly skilled in  FIDIC, EPC, D&B, Alternative Dispute management, Claims preparation & evaluation and  Estimation. Strong program and project management professional with a Master's degree focused in Construction Project Management from Heriot-Watt University.

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