Clients. Consultants. Contractors. The Contract. Four Cs - One engine driving better project delivery.
The SCCP Summit 2026 is a one‑day event bringing together practitioners from across New Zealand’s construction sector to strengthen contract administration practice and improve project outcomes.
This inaugural Summit focuses on practical insight, real experience, and constructive conversation.
Event Details
Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
Venue: The Maritime Room, Princes Wharf, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Time: 9am – 4.30pm, Networking 4.30pm - 6.30pm
Format: In-person
Includes: Full-day programme + networking session
Clients. Consultants. Contractors. The Contract. Four Cs - One engine driving better project delivery.
The SCCP Summit 2026 is a one‑day event bringing together practitioners from across New Zealand’s construction sector to strengthen contract administration practice and improve project outcomes.
This inaugural Summit focuses on practical insight, real experience, and constructive conversation.
What to expect
Across three facilitated sessions, the Summit will explore:
Contract Administration as a Team Sport
Reframing contract administration as a collaborative effort across Clients, Consultants, and Constructors - with the contract as an enabler of better outcomes.
Excellence in Practice
Lifting our game – lessons from industry. Honest discussion about what works, what fails, and why.
Building a Shared Movement and Community
A forward‑looking discussion on how we collectively lift standards and sustain improvement across the sector.
Who should attend
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Contract administrators
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Project managers and commercial managers
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Client-side project leaders
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Consultants and constructors involved in project delivery
Event Programme
9:00 - 11:00 | Session 1: Contract Administration as a Team Sport
Set the tone. Establish the Four Cs, reposition the contract as an enabler, and challenge traditional adversarial assumptions.
Explores contract administration as a team sport played by the Four Cs, using NZS 3910:2023 to sharpen role clarity and unpack the differences between independence and impartiality so the project “engine room” can operate confidently and cohesively.
9:00: Welcome - Sharon Durno (MC)
9:20: Chair’s Address - Value Proposition & the Collective Obligation – Gavin Shaw
9:40: Opening Keynote - “Collaboration in Action” – Pamela Bell
10:10: Why Clients Value Contract Admin Excellence - Murray Burt
10:35: Where Rigour Meets Ease of Doing Business – A Contractor’s Dilemma - Craig Treloar
Key Takeaway: Contract administration works best when all Four Cs understand their part and play it deliberately.
11:00 - 11:45 | BREAK
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11.45 – 1:45 | Session 2: Excellence in Contract Administration in Practice
Uses successful projects and targeted legal insight to show how disciplined contract administration by consultants and constructors drives better delivery outcomes, distilling the behaviours that define excellence across all Four Cs.
11:45: The Lawyer in the Room - Scott Thomson
12:10: What the Liquidator Sees - Andrew Grenfell
12:35: SH25 – The Story Never Told - Jo Wilton, Lucas Nikkel, Fraser Wyllie
1:15: Public vs Private Sector Delivery Challenges - Lessons from Industry - Ross Copland
Key Takeaway: Excellence is behavioural, observable, and repeatable.
1:45 - 2:30 | BREAK
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2:30 - 4:30 | Session 3: Building a Shared Movement and Community
Brings the Four Cs into a shared conversation about how they will collectively lift the contract administration bar in the coming years, positioning SCCP as the professional home that keeps the contract engine room – and its community – moving forward beyond the summit.
2:30: Beyond Legal Advice – Lawyers as Strategic Partners in Delivery Outcomes: - Hamish Bolland, Tom Horder
3:05: Panel of the 4 C’s - What Must We Each Do? - Patrick Dougherty, Andrea Rickard
3:50: Closing Keynote: Policy & Infrastructure Leadership Open the Door, But Industry Must Walk Through - Geoff Hunt
4:20: Wrap up & networking
Key Takeaway: Raising the bar only sticks if there is a community that carries it forward.