Claims & Notices
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How to Write a Notice of Claim: Complete Guide
Step-by-step guide to drafting a compliant notice of claim. What to include, when to send it, and common mistakes that invalidate claims.
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FIDIC Clause 20.2: How to Write a 2017 Edition Notice of Claim
Why Clause 20.2 replaced 20.1, the 84-day fully detailed claim, and a Notice of Claim template built for the 2017 Rainbow Suite.
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How to Write a Weather Delay Notice
When adverse weather qualifies for an extension of time, what evidence you need, and how to structure your notice.
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How to Write an Unforeseen Conditions Notice
How to notify the Engineer when ground conditions differ from what was reasonably foreseeable at tender stage.
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How to Write a Variation Claim Notice
How to handle instructed and constructive variations, valuation disputes, and the notice requirements.
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How to Write an Access to Site Delay Notice
What to do when the Employer fails to provide timely access and how to protect your entitlement.
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How to Write a Delayed Drawings Notice
How to claim when drawings or instructions are issued late and it impacts the critical path.
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How to Write a Delays by Authorities Notice
Why a stuck permit or customs hold only gives an extension of time, not cost — and the three conditions the claim must satisfy.
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How to Write an Employer's Risks Notice
Why only two of the eight Employer's Risk events under Clause 17.3 carry profit as well as Cost — and how to draft the notice.
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How FIDIC Payment Notices Actually Work
Interim certificates under Clause 14.6, the 56-day payment deadline, and how to calculate financing charges for late payment under 14.8.
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FIDIC Interim Payment Certificate Template: A Sample You Can Adapt
Certificate vs Statement — who actually writes what, a fill-in monthly payment application, and how the 28-day and 56-day clocks really stack.
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FIDIC Taking-Over Certificate Template: A Sample You Can Adapt
Certificate vs Application — who actually issues what, a fill-in Sub-Clause 10.1 application, and how the 14-day and 28-day clocks work.
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Delay Notice Template: A Sample Letter You Can Adapt
A fill-in-the-blanks delay notice plus a worked example. What every notice must contain and how to prove you sent it on time.
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Extension of Time Claim Letter: Template + How to Write It
The seven things every EOT claim letter must contain, an adaptable template, and a section-by-section worked example.
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Variation Order Template: A Sample You Can Adapt
A fill-in VO template plus the confirmation letter for verbal instructions — and why the 28-day clock runs from the instruction.
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FIDIC Notice to Correct (Clause 15.1): How to Respond
The first step on the road to termination. What makes a 15.1 notice valid, and the two-track response that protects you.
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Weather Delay Notice Template: A Sample You Can Adapt
What counts as exceptionally adverse weather, the evidence bar it must clear, and a filled-in worked example.
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FIDIC Notice of Claim Template: A Sample You Can Adapt
One notice protects every claim — time, cost, or both. The five required parts, plus the 1999 vs 2017 differences.
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Delay Notice to a Subcontractor: Template + Rules
Why the letter beats the phone call, the five things it must contain, and a template you can adapt today.
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Prolongation Claim Template: A Sample Letter You Can Adapt
A fill-in covering letter for a prolongation cost claim, a worked example, and which clauses actually carry Cost.
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Project Delay Letter to Client: A Sample You Can Adapt
Who "the client" actually is under FIDIC, a fill-in letter, and the one channel check to run before you send it.
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Project Delay Letter to Contractor: A Sample You Can Adapt
The Sub-Clause 8.6 Rate of Progress letter, a fill-in template, and how it differs from a Notice to Correct.
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FIDIC Force Majeure Clause: The 14-Day Notice Rule Explained
Why force majeure (Exceptional Event in 2017) runs on a 14-day clock, not 28, and what actually qualifies.
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FIDIC Early Warning Notice: When and How to Send One
What Sub-Clause 8.3 (1999) and 8.4 (2017) actually require, why it still matters with no sanction attached, and how it differs from the formal 28-day claim notice.
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FIDIC Yellow Book Variation Procedure: How It Works
Why Contractor design responsibility changes the Sub-Clause 13.3 proposal on a Design-Build job, and why the notice clock still runs from the instruction.
