Summit 2026
Shaping better projects together
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
Tickets
Tickets are now available.
Capacity is limited to ensure a high‑quality, discussion-led experience, so early registration is recommended.
Pricing excluding GST.
SCCP Members - $310
Non-SCCP Members - $395
Group booking (8 pax) - $2,400
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
Programme for the Day
Session 1: Contract Administration as a team sport
Explores contract administration as a team effort across the Four Cs, using NZS 3910:2023 to clarify roles and unpack the difference between independence and impartiality so the project engine room can operate confidently and cohesively.
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Welcome
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Chairs Address
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Opening Keynote – Pamela Bell
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Perspectives from the 3 C’s: Consultant, Contractor and Client
Key takeaway: Contract administration works best when all Four Cs understand their part and play it deliberately.
Break
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
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Lifting our game – lessons from industry (3 presentations)
Key takeaway: Excellence is behavioural, observable, and repeatable.
Break
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.
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Legal insight
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Panel of the 4 C’s
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Closing Keynote
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Wrap
Key takeaway: Raising the bar only sticks if there is a community that carries it forward.