Construction cost overrun reporting an owner usually sees last
Construction cost overrun reporting an owner gets lags the site by two to four months. The delay is structural, and three added lines remove most of it.
Claims, notices and reporting
Notice deadlines, delay claims, and what the monthly report leaves out.
What this covers
The questions in this category
- Notice deadlines and what a missed one costs
- Delay claims and how to answer one
- The change order log to require in the contract
- What the monthly report leaves out
- Reporting movement by cause
- Closeout and the late changes
Published
11 pieces
The construction sponsor report an investor gets, and what it leaves out
The construction sponsor report an investor gets is accurate and incomplete. Four figures are missing from almost every one, and each is easy to request.
The monthly construction report an owner should be demanding
A monthly construction report usually describes progress. The six numbers that describe exposure instead, and why the standard format never contains them.
Construction claim documentation an owner already has, and never files
Construction claim documentation is usually assembled after a dispute starts, from records kept for other reasons. What to keep from day one, and why.
A differing site conditions claim, and who carries the ground
A differing site conditions claim turns on what the contract said the ground was. Type one and type two, the notice clock, and the reports that decide it.
A construction disruption claim, and the hours nobody can see
A construction disruption claim is about lost hours rather than lost days. How loss of productivity is measured, and the four questions that narrow one.
A construction acceleration claim, directed and constructive
A construction acceleration claim can arrive with nobody ordering acceleration. How it is built from a refused extension, and what holding the date costs.
A construction schedule update review an owner can do monthly
A construction schedule update review takes an hour and answers one question: what moved. Five checks that find the change before the completion date does.
Construction delay claim owner response, and the three questions to ask first
A construction delay claim owner response starts with three questions about the schedule, not with a view about whether the delay was the contractor fault.
Construction contract notice deadline an owner should know by heart
A construction contract notice deadline an owner misses turns a valid position into nothing at all, and the clock starts before anybody has a number.
Claim vs change order, and the moment one becomes the other
Claim vs change order is not a question of size but of agreement, and the moment one becomes the other decides what an owner is still able to negotiate.
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