Guides

Site records that stand up when it matters

Practical, plain-English guides for contractor site and commercial teams, written from construction commercial and claims experience.

Guide 1

The complete guide to construction site diaries

What a site diary is for, why contemporaneous records carry commercial weight, exactly what to record each day, and where paper falls down.

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Guide 2

Recording standing time so you can recover it

Standing labour and plant is money burning quietly. What to capture on the day it happens, and why reconstructed claims get discounted.

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Guide 3

Evidencing delay, disruption and instructions

The records that decide delay and change disputes: causes and effects tied to labour and plant, instruction registers, and notice awareness.

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Guide 4

Records for NEC compensation events

What an NEC4 compensation event needs from site records: early warnings, the eight-week notification clock, and Defined Cost of people and Equipment.

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Guide 5

Records for JCT loss and expense and extensions of time

Relevant Events and Relevant Matters, prompt notices, causation, and why affected labour and plant decide whether a claim avoids the global claim trap.

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Guide 6

Daywork sheets that get paid

What a daywork sheet must carry, the common reasons dayworks are rejected, and how prime cost definitions fit in.

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