25 Tips to Help You Avoid Costly Claims and Disputes
Often people ask us, 'what are the key things we must do to avoid disputes and claims?'. Good news - we've compiled all of them into one handy document of top tips to avoid claims and disputes!
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Contractors! Are Your Claims Responded to Correctly?
EC Harris’ (now Arcadis) Global Construction Dispute Report has, for many years, cited inadequately expressed claims as being one of the top five causes of disputes in the construction industry.
Online Learning | 6 Tips for Success
Online learning has become a great way for busy professionals to study whilst balancing a busy professional and family life…but, as I’ve learnt over the past year, it’s not without its challenges.Read more
Late Payment: What Can We Do When We Don't Get Paid?
What can we do if we don't get paid or suffer from late payment? We get this question a lot at claims class, along with similar questions about late certification.
In some regions, this is less of a problem because legislation is quite strict on payment terms. However, elsewhere, it is common for the paying party to hang onto money for as long as possible.Read more
Trying Your Luck - Where do you draw the line with your claim submissions?
I was recently asked a question by one of our distance learning students which, at some time or another, you may have asked yourself. The question was:Read more
A Simple and Effective Way to Improve Claims: Visuals in Narratives
One of our distance learning students recently raised a point that graphics and other visuals can be effectively used in narratives to enhance a claim document. I agree with him, provided that you follow some basic rules. In this blog we look at visuals in narratives and how they could improve your claim.Read more
Top 10 Secrets of Successful Subcontract Commercial & Claims Management
It is no secret at all that subcontracting is one of the highest risk sectors within our industry. Subcontractors suffer more than most from the mistakes and misdemeanours of others. If the project is poorly funded then the Main Contractor’s first course of action is to reduce outgoings. The easiest way to do this is to delay or limit payments to Subcontractors.Read more
The Second Edition of the FIDIC Rainbow Suite has Arrived
At a packed International Contract Users’ Conference held in London on 5-6 December 2017, FIDIC finally unveiled the Second Edition of the 1999 Rainbow Suite, Red, Yellow and Silver Books. Whilst the Second Edition largely follows the 2016 pre-release version of the Yellow Book, FIDIC have taken on board some of the comments made by the friendly reviewers, and made a number of important changes.Read more
20 Changes in the FIDIC 2017 Editions From a Claims Perspective
I have just returned from the FIDIC International User’s Conference in London, attended by roughly 400 delegates and speakers, all there to hear about the new editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver FIDIC Forms of Contract. In this blog, I have highlighted 20 changes that are of particular relevance to claims practitioners. They include a number of new terms, including 'Exceptional Events' to replace 'Employer's risk' and 'force majeure' events and many more:Read more
Why is it important to understand your contract (from a claims perspective)?
Did you know that there are 11 clauses in the FIDIC Red Book form of contract that allow the Employer to claim money from the Contractor and 16 clauses that allow the Contractor to claim either time, money or both from the Employer?Read more