Ascertaining loss and expense

One head at a time

1. Open Loss and Expense and add a head.
2. Choose it: prolongation, disruption, head office overheads, finance charges, additional supervision or claim preparation.
3. Enter the period the loss was incurred over, and the amount.
4. Link it to the delay event that caused it.

The warning that saves the claim

Loss and expense needs a relevant matter under clause 4.21. An extension of time needs a relevant event under clause 2.29.

Record the basis

Prolongation calculated as the tendered weekly preliminaries multiplied by the weeks of delay is a price, not a loss. The claim is for what was actually incurred, evidenced from the accounts.

1. Write the basis against each head: payroll, plant hire invoices, allocation sheets.
2. QScope flags anything marked as ascertained with no basis recorded.

Into the final account

Claimed and ascertained are shown separately, because they are different numbers and conflating them damages the credibility of the rest of the account.

1. Set the status to Ascertained once the figure is settled.
2. Click Use in final account.