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Should losses require you to file a claim and you don't have good daily tracking, it will cost twice as much to produce a claim document and will not be as strong as if you had completed your "best practices." To make matters worse, you may end up getting all the way to the courthouse steps and be rejected because you can only show a Total Cost Claim. That would be a waste of time and money for everyone concerned.
So, big job or small, some form of daily tracking must be done every day. This is how risk is reduced without increasing costs. There is a balance between what your crews can and/or will do and what information there needs to be collected. Many companies have been doing the same thing in the same way for so long they have no idea how to improve their systems - to think outside the box. In those cases, bringing in a consultant with litigation experience to help tune-up your administrative systems could be well worth the money. Regardless of how you do it, best practices give you the best opportunity for success.
Douglas D. Harding is a licensed attorney and consultant in Sacramento, Calif. He is a partner in the firm of Capital Project Solutions, dedicated to working with subcontractors for more than 17 years. You can get in touch with Mr. Harding via the firm's website at www.cpsolutions.info or by phone at (916) 447-7038.
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