Strategies to Avoid Rejected EOT Claims

Dear BIVILLEPM Community,

Two things that can potentially save you from filing an EOT Claim that will be rejected are:

1. Having good estimates and using good norms to define your activities, duration, and resources before baselining your work.

2. Documenting everything, including delays, disruptions, and downtime and include in the reporting (daily, weekly etc.) for client to sign and take ownership.

If you fail in either of these two, then you are at the mercy of the asset owners (clients) "if they don't like your face". lol

Begging for extra time at your own cost is not something I recommend a contractor should be doing. Instead, they should hire a good project controls team during tendering and executing, respectively.

I understand many contractors are under pressure to secure contracts by promising ridiculous timelines, and I sympathize. However, it’s up to the asset owner to recognize that some timelines are too unrealistic to meet and encourage contractors to provide accurate estimates. They should also reward those that produce good estimates during tender and deliver as promised.

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Warm regards,

Engr. George (Chìsom) ÑWÒGU (MBA, PMP®️)

Motto: Humanity First, then Smart and Green. 🚀

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