Seeking assistance re: Project Recovery

Sanjay,

Your question has escalated from a simple, , almost  academic question of recovering a program to a cost claim. I don't think anyone will have the level of detail you will need to substantiate a claim. There are many, many variables, one of which is which T & C are you are under , (Black book perhaps) to substantiate a claim. 



You mention you are trying to resolve permit being delayed by 2 hours, I would need to hear a lot more to see if that is a significant problem. Contract position is unlikely to be that accurate, and the terms "reasonable" etc will be in your argument and justification, more than telling me an EoT is justified because of a 2 hour permit delay in 1 year Contract. I think you have a hard job. I'm being devil advocate, but you need to go through that conversation before discussing with client. This forum is friendly in comparison.



The reason I point at Black Book is that you have to give notice at the time of the variation otherwise forfeit your claim. After all , the client should have the right to tell you not to proceed as the costs are too high from your adjusted work profile. Telling him after the event is unfair. Agreeing costs before the work is executed is of course a clean discussion, and fair to both parties, no ambushing, no unpleasant surprises.

A  reflection of my own life, I like to embrace client variations at the end of the contract, dead easy to show additional costs. Not always possible, but makes the conversation clean, which is always desirable.

Sorry, so much more to your answer than just a print off of a Gnatt Chart.

Sanjay,

Your question has escalated from a simple, , almost  academic question of recovering a program to a cost claim. I don't think anyone will have the level of detail you will need to substantiate a claim. There are many, many variables, one of which is which T & C are you are under , (Black book perhaps) to substantiate a claim. 



You mention you are trying to resolve permit being delayed by 2 hours, I would need to hear a lot more to see if that is a significant problem. Contract position is unlikely to be that accurate, and the terms "reasonable" etc will be in your argument and justification, more than telling me an EoT is justified because of a 2 hour permit delay in 1 year Contract. I think you have a hard job. I'm being devil advocate, but you need to go through that conversation before discussing with client. This forum is friendly in comparison.



The reason I point at Black Book is that you have to give notice at the time of the variation otherwise forfeit your claim. After all , the client should have the right to tell you not to proceed as the costs are too high from your adjusted work profile. Telling him after the event is unfair. Agreeing costs before the work is executed is of course a clean discussion, and fair to both parties, no ambushing, no unpleasant surprises.

A  reflection of my own life, I like to embrace client variations at the end of the contract, dead easy to show additional costs. Not always possible, but makes the conversation clean, which is always desirable.

Sorry, so much more to your answer than just a print off of a Gnatt Chart.