Is your claim ready? A 10-question check
Answer ten questions about your claim for time or money under a FIDIC contract. You get a score, what is missing and the document that fixes each gap.
Do you know the date you became aware of the event?
Have you sent the notice of claim, within 28 days of that date?
Was the notice sent to the Engineer, at the address and in the way the contract requires?
Have you named the Sub-Clauses that give you time or money?
Are you keeping contemporary records of the event and its effect?
Do you have an accepted programme to measure the delay against?
Can you show the effect on the critical path?
Have you separated your own delays from the Employer’s?
Have you costed the time-related costs, with the records behind each figure?
Will the fully detailed claim go in within its time limit?