Brindabella Business Park — Bathroom Refurbishment
Building 2, 18/20, Canberra ACT
Size: 350 sqm · Value: $300k
Contract administration, risk and cost oversight
Legal & Financial
Canberra ACT·Brisbane QLD·Service 04 / 05
Legal & Financial provides contract administration, risk mitigation and financial oversight — giving owners, developers and tenants clarity and protection across every commercial aspect of the project lifecycle.
Live
Risk registers
AS+GC21
Contract experience
Owner
Side commercial
Audit
Ready records
How We ProtectMoltus
How We Protect
How we hold the commercial line.
Legal & Financial sits across your contracts, cost plans and risk registers. We translate construction documents into commercial decisions — so you always know what you're signing, what you're paying and what's exposed.
01
Contracts read, redlined and administered
We review head contracts and trade contracts before execution, flag exposure, and then administer them day-to-day — instructions, RFIs, EOTs, variations and certificates handled in writing.
02
Cost and claims independently tested
Tendered prices, progress claims, variations and final accounts are tested against independent cost benchmarks — so what you pay reflects what was built, not what was claimed.
03
Risk on a register, not in someone's head
Project risks are captured on a live register with owners, mitigation plans and quantified contingency advice — reviewed monthly with the client team.
DeliveryMoltus
Commercial Engagements
Commercial support across the lifecycle.
Use us to administer a head contract end-to-end, to run an independent cost or claims review, to support a dispute, or to set up a probity and governance framework before procurement.
01
Contract Administration
End-to-end administration of head contracts and trade contracts — instructions, variations, EOTs and certificates.
02
Independent Cost Review
Independent review of tendered prices, contract claims, variations and final accounts.
03
Risk & Dispute Support
Programme reviews, EOT and variation assessments, and expert input on construction disputes.
04
Probity & Governance
Procurement probity, governance frameworks and audit-ready documentation for government and institutional clients.
Where We Protect OwnersMoltus
Where We Protect Owners
Where legal & financial protects the owner.
Commercial protection matters most at three moments: when the contract is signed, when claims and variations land, and when the project closes out. We sit alongside owners through all three.
01
Developers, investors and funds
Head-contract administration, lender-aligned cost reporting and risk management for projects where margin, programme and exit value all depend on commercial discipline.
02
Government and institutional clients
AS, GC21 and bespoke contract administration with probity-aligned procurement, audit-ready records and structured governance frameworks.
03
Tenants and asset owners
Tenant fitout contracts, make-good obligations, body-corporate works and capex programmes reviewed, administered and closed out with clear paperwork.
ProcessMoltus
How We Deliver
A commercial process your auditors will love.
Briefing, risk register, contract setup, live administration, claims and dispute support, and a written final account close-out — every step documented.
Stage 01
Contract & risk briefing
We review the contract, project brief and stakeholder map to understand commercial exposure.
Stage 02
Risk register & strategy
A live risk register, mitigation plan and contingency strategy are agreed with the owner team.
Stage 03
Procurement & contract setup
Tender documentation, contract terms and special conditions reviewed before execution.
Stage 04
Live administration
Day-to-day contract administration through construction — instructions, RFIs, EOTs, variations and certificates.
Stage 05
Claims & dispute support
Forensic review and response to contractor claims, EOTs and disputes as they arise.
Stage 06
Final account & close-out
Final account negotiation, security release and a written commercial close-out report.
Why MoltusMoltus
Why Moltus
Why choose Moltus for legal & financial.
Contract risk and cost exposure are construction issues, not just legal ones. Our commercial team comes from delivery, so the advice translates into what actually happens on site.
01
Construction-grade contract knowledge
AS 4000, AS 4902, GC21 and bespoke contracts read by people who have administered them on real projects — not just in textbooks.
02
Independent cost benchmarking
Variations and claims tested against independent rates and our own delivery records — so contractor pricing is judged against reality, not against itself.
03
Owner-side, audit-ready records
Risk registers, monthly cost reports, certificates and correspondence kept in audit-ready form — ready for lenders, boards, investors or disputes.
Recent Work
Projects you can point at.
Canberra Advice — Office Fitout & Façade Upgrade
Canberra ACT
Size: 150 sqm · Value: $300k
Taqwa School — Multi-Stage Works
Moncrieff, Canberra ACT
Size: 2,000 sqm · Value: $1.4M
Next step
Need contract, risk or cost oversight?
Send the contract, the claim or the cost question you need resolved and we'll define the right commercial scope.
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