Contracts are your organization's primary financial protection on a capital project. Craze, Monroe & Associates' (CMA) contract management team ensures yours are enforced from award through closeout, with rigorous oversight at every stage.
From pre-award structuring to closeout and fund recovery, CMA provides end-to-end contract management support, entering at any phase to stabilize controls, reduce exposure, and recover what's owed.
Align contract terms, pricing models, and risk allocation with your organization's objectives before a single dollar is committed.
Evaluate scope, pricing, and backup documentation so only fully justified changes are approved, and every dollar spent is defensible.
Audit pay estimate, backup documentation, and retainage to identify underpayments, improper deductions, and withheld funds, and build the record to support recovery.
Build client-ready documentation and negotiation strategy to resolve disputes faster and with less litigation exposure.
Reconcile final costs, confirm all deliverables are met, and document lessons learned so future agreements start from a stronger position.
Identify and pursue unpaid funds owed to your organization through structured, documented recovery actions.
On large capital projects, contracts define what you're entitled to, but entitlement and payment are not the same thing. Most contractors and project organizations don't have the dedicated, credentialed expertise to enforce their contractual rights effectively, and they leave money on the table: in underpaid applications, withheld change orders, disputed balances, and funds that never get pursued.
CMA fills that gap with contract management professionals who are fluent in contract law, construction industry standards, and the specific compliance requirements of government, education, and corporate clients. We don't just review documents. We build the case for what you're owed and pursue it.
Many clients discover significant underpayments or improperly withheld funds during a CMA contract review. Schedule a free consultation to discuss your situation. No obligation.
Schedule a Free ConsultationWeeks 1–2
Discovery, contract review, and stakeholder interviews to establish baseline.
Weeks 3–4
Audit sampling, risk analysis, and priority issue identification.
Weeks 5–6
Actionable recommendations and documented recovery actions delivered to your team.
Ongoing
Monthly oversight, performance reporting, and dispute support as needed.
Ideally before award, but we can enter at any stage. Whether a project is just getting started or already in execution with unresolved disputes, we assess current exposure and take immediate action to stabilize controls and pursue recovery.
Yes. We coordinate closely with internal and external counsel to align commercial, operational, and legal strategy, and to ensure documentation is litigation-ready if disputes escalate.
Both. We support single high-risk projects and portfolio-level engagements with standardized governance, templates, and controls applied consistently across projects.
Practical tools and guides for Contract Management. Read the post or get the download below.
A section-by-section checklist covering contract documentation, change orders, invoices, compliance, and closeout, with sample checks that show what a complete audit record looks like and where gaps may be.
Get ChecklistA ready-to-use tracking template for every change order on your capital project, and the foundation of any underpayment or change order recovery claim.
Get TemplateA comprehensive contractor-side checklist for collecting final payment, releasing retainage, and closing out your contract without leaving money on the table.
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