Final Account, Claims & Disputes
With our extensive quantity surveying experience gained directly within housebuilding, we understand how contracts, valuations, variations and final accounts are assessed from the other side of the table. We know where value is commonly missed and provide practical commercial support to identify legitimate entitlement and resolve disagreements before they escalate into formal dispute proceedings.
Identify missed value. Resolve disputes early.
We review the contract, payment applications, variations, instructions, notices, measurements and project correspondence to identify work or entitlement that may not have been fully valued, claimed or supported. We then set out what can reasonably be pursued and the records needed to substantiate it.
Contract & Final Account Review
Disputes Before They Escalate
We provide an independent assessment of the facts, contractual position and commercial value of a disagreement before further costs are committed. This helps you negotiate from an informed position and decide whether adjudication, expert determination or legal proceedings are genuinely justified. We review the relevant contractual obligations and project records to establish responsibility and provide a clear recommendation on the next step.
How We Can Help
Focused commercial support for contractors, subcontractors, developers and client, whether you are preparing an account, assessing a claim or trying to resolve a disagreement.
Contract & Entitlement Review
Review the contract, amendments, notices, payment provisions and project records to identify potential entitlement, exposure and missing supporting information.
Claims Assessment & Substantiation
Present a clear commercial position, challenge unsupported claims and support settlement discussions before matters progress to adjudication, expert determination or legal proceedings.
Final Account Preparation & Review
Don't sign your final account before speaking to us! We prepare, rebuild or independently review the account to capture all measured work, variations, agreed rates, materials, retention and other amounts properly due under the contract.
Negotiation & Dispute Avoidance
Prepare or assess claims for variations, delay, disruption, loss and expense using contemporaneous records and a clear calculation of the amount claimed.
Where Value Is Commonly Missed
Our housebuilder-side experience helps us focus quickly on the areas where entitlement is often overlooked, incorrectly valued or unsupported.
Variations & Additional Work
We review instructions, drawing revisions, site records and correspondence to identify additional work that may not have been fully notified, valued or included within the final account.
Measurement, Rates & Scope
We test quantities, rates, provisional sums, attendance, exclusions and scope boundaries to identify omissions, duplication or incorrect valuation.
We assess loss and expense, prolongation, contra-charges, damages, set-offs and retention against the contract requirements and available project evidence. We review cumulative contract works to indentify missing claims and entitlement you are owed.
Unclaimed Funds & Retention
Understand Your Position Before Taking the Next Step
Speak directly with us about your contract, final account or dispute. An initial conversation will help establish what information is available, where value may have been missed and whether a detailed review is commercially worthwhile.
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