How to Recover Your Delay Costs - Easily

Extension of time costs can be recovered. You just need a system to make it easier.

Most modern contracts make provision for the contractor (and subcontractor) to recover certain delay costs. Usually it applies to "client" caused delays. Even when there is no "delay damages clause", the costs can sometimes be recovered.

Q: What can be claimed?

A: Almost every cost proven to be caused by the delay. Successful claims have included:

Labour costs/ financing costs/ lost productivity/ plant and equipment/ adverse weather/ site establishment costs (or "preliminaries")/ administrative overheads/ insurances/ lost profit/ overtime/ direct material costs/ temporary works.

But "proving" the cost claim isn't easy . . .  unless you have a system.

Let Offsider show you how to set up a system. It involves:

• Ensuring that the "delay damages clause" is not deleted;
• Structuring your tender offer to disclose three important price elements;
• Using structured price breakdowns for all contract administration purposes;
• Promptly claiming "delay costs" after any reimbursable delay;
• Early negotiation.

This system is to get you early payment of most of your delay costs, without getting "legal". Forget the rest. The cost of "proving" them isn't worth it!

Interested? Phone now on 0412 210 998
and learn how you can
easily recover your delay costs.