The notice that was late
A missed 28-day notice can cost a claim that was otherwise sound.
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For contracts and commercial managers: every clock, every certificate
BuildCore tracks the letters that start contractual clocks, the hindrances behind an extension of time, the FIDIC claims against their Clause 20 deadlines, and the certificates and variations that turn entitlement into money.
Sound familiar?
What gets in the way
Evidence rebuilt for the claim
When the EOT application goes in, the record has to be assembled from diaries and email.
Certificates by spreadsheet
Retention, advance recovery and previous certificates recalculated by hand every month.
How BuildCore helps
What you'd use, and what it does
Letters and time bars
- Contractual significance and time bar on every registered letter
- Time bars inside seven days flagged; overdue replies flagged
- AI analysis on request: risk score, likely clause, suggested actions
Hindrances and EOT
- Clocks for CPWD, NHAI, Indian Railways, FIDIC and NEC4 contracts
- Letters drafted from templates and issued with a workflow
- An indexed evidence pack for the EOT application
FIDIC claims and variations
- Notice and detailed-claim deadlines computed for 1999 and 2017
- Late notices flagged time-barred
- Variation orders with cost and schedule impact, linked to their source
Certificates and cost
- IPCs valued from cumulative work, with retention and advance recovery deducted
- Budget lines from committed to accrued to actual
- Approved, reversible budget transfers
In practice
From a letter to a certified variation
1
Register
The Engineer's instruction is logged with its time bar.
2
Notice
The notice goes out before the deadline, on letterhead.
3
Claim
Particulars submitted against their own clock.
4
Vary
A variation order records cost and schedule impact.
5
Certify
The IPC deducts retention and advance recovery.
6
Track
Certified, received and outstanding on the dashboard.
Questions
Common questions
No. It tracks deadlines, records the facts and drafts letters on request. Your team decides, and the Engineer determines under the contract.
FIDIC 1999 and 2017, NEC4, and India's CPWD GCC 2023, NHAI EPC and HAM, and Indian Railways GCC 2022 — with a custom regime for everything else.
Yes. Each client IPC deducts retention and mobilisation-advance recovery at the contract's rates.
Other roles
BuildCore for the rest of the team
- Project directors
- Planning managers
- Document controllers
- QA/QC managers
- HSE managers
- Procurement managers
- PMC & consultants
Modules on this page: Communications · Hindrance & EOT · Contract Management · Commercial & Finance
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