Claims Avoidance
Claims
Avoidance ties hand-in-hand with Risk Management. Claims Avoidance requires
attention to operational details by all levels of management. At Tectonics,
Inc. we advocate direct assistance to all levels of personnel – mentoring,
advising and assisting in the creation of an ongoing knowledgebase and
associated skills for each level.
·
Field Personnel
§
Recognizing claim
situations
§
Maintaining job
diaries
§
Attendance at field
meetings
§
Job site photos
§
Progress schedules
§
Productivity
records
§
Notification
requirements
§
Change order
management.
·
Office Personnel
§
Drawing approvals
§
Equipment cuts
§
Plans and
specifications
§
Separation of costs
§
Record keeping
§
Job cost systems
§
Special coding for
delay related items.
·
Management
§
Review of bidding
requirements
§
Notification
requirements
§
Record keeping
§
Timeliness of claim
filing
§
Negotiation tactics
§
Court action vs.
Arbitration or Mediation.
All
personnel must stay tuned into the ever changing conditions –
communication is the key – as all watchful eyes monitor
different aspects of the project progress, continuous review of
causes for action will be assured:
·
Excessive change
orders required
·
Constructive
changes that will affect schedules
·
Schedule slippage
and deviation
·
Interference by
others
·
Inspection and
testing problems
·
Delayed submittal
approvals
·
Concealed and
differing conditions
·
Design errors and
omissions
