Quantum
Quantum: proving recoverable cost
Entitlement comes first, then causation, then measurement. A quantum model built before the first two are settled is arithmetic in search of a case.
- ProlongationTime-related cost for a compensable period, proved from the ledger rather than from a rate.
- Disruption and productivity lossThe cornerstone: prove the changed work, not the overrun.
- The measured mile and comparabilityThe strongest productivity method, and the comparability tests it has to survive.
- Loss and expenseA UK contract mechanism, not a universal label. Relevant Matters, notice and causation.
- Damages: causation to recoveryBasis, causation, remoteness, mitigation, certainty, caps, interest and tax.
- Avoiding double recoveryThe reconciliation matrix that keeps one cost from being claimed three ways.
Where the record comes in
Every mechanism on this page turns on evidence: what happened, what was known and when. A record built as the job happens is worth more than any argument assembled afterwards. Construction Metric keeps that record automatically, from the messages, photographs and voice notes a site team already sends.
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The analysis on this site is only as fast as the evidence behind it. AI Metric builds bespoke systems for consultancies, contractors and claims teams: document and correspondence triage, event registers assembled from the project record, programme and cost reconciliation, and drafting support that always cites the document it came from. Built for review by your own experts, never to replace their judgement.
General explanation of how contract mechanisms, analysis methods and legal principles generally work. It is not legal or contractual advice, not an opinion on any project, and no standard-form contract wording is reproduced anywhere on this site. Standard forms are routinely amended, so every default described here, including every time period, can be different on your project. Your executed contract, as amended, and the governing law and forum always control. Deadlines may already be running: if an event has occurred, preserve your position and take qualified advice.