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Build a delay and disruption claim with evidence

Open the claim under the right contract clause, pull the site diary records that prove the event and its effect, tie in the change history that drove it, then assemble a substantiated narrative and value in one report.

4 steps12 minGeneral contractorSpecialist subcontractorCost consultant / QS

How it works, step by step

4 steps across the platform - what you do at each one, and why it matters.

1

Open the claim under the clause

Contracts

Open a claim against the contract, citing the specific clause that gives the entitlement and the event that triggered it, with the dates and notice requirements set out.

Why: A claim with no clause behind it is just a complaint. Anchoring it to the right provision, and to the notice the contract demands, is what makes it an entitlement the other side has to answer.

InContract termsEntitlement clauseTriggering eventOutOpened claimNotice of claim
2

Pull the site evidence

Daily Diary

Pull the diary entries, labour and plant returns and photos that show the event happened, when it happened, and how it stopped or slowed the work on the ground.

Why: Delay argued from memory gets argued down. Contemporaneous site records are the difference between a claim that gets paid and an assertion the other side simply denies.

InSite diary entriesLabour & plant returnsSite photosOutContemporaneous recordEvidence timeline
3

Link the change history

Change intelligence

Tie in the changes and instructions that drove the delay, showing the chain from the event through the affected activities to the programme slip.

Why: A big number with nothing behind it invites a fight. Linking each day of delay back to the change that caused it is what turns a round figure into a substantiated cause and effect.

InChange instructionsAffected activitiesSite recordOutCause-and-effect chainQuantified programme slip
4

Assemble the claim

Reports

Pull the clause, the records and the change chain into one claim document that sets out the narrative, the entitlement and the time and money being sought.

Why: A claim scattered across emails and folders never gets read, let alone paid. One assembled, evidenced narrative is what a client, an adjudicator or a court can actually assess and agree.

InClaim narrativeEvidence bundleCause-and-effect chainOutSubstantiated claim reportTime and money claimed

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