Insights

Notes on notices, deadlines and contract administration

Time bars

FIDIC notice of claim: the 28-day time bar

Under FIDIC, a claim not notified within 28 days can be lost outright. What counts as a notice, when the clock starts, and what Obrascon decided.

Time bars

Why contractors lose entitlements to time‑bars

Contractors rarely lose entitlements for being wrong. They lose them for being late. Where notice events hide on site and how to stop missing them.

Contract basics

NEC4 61.3: how the eight‑week notice clock works

Miss NEC4 clause 61.3's eight-week notice window and the compensation event is usually lost outright, however strong the claim. How the clock works.