Causes And Effects Of Contractors Claim And Claim Management

Construction claims have such high impacts on the projects‟ cost and time that the contractors should establish the effective claim management in their organizations. In general, it is known that contractor‟s claim for extension of time, additional cost or both. To enhance the chances of success, contractors submitting claims must closely follow the steps stipulated in the contract conditions, provide a breakdown of alleged additional costs and time, and present sufficient documentation. On the other hand, project owners need to follow an overall comprehensive systematic procedure for tracking and managing the claims submitted by contractors. This seminar aimed at presenting the causes and effects of contractor‟s claims, and claim management, focusing on the contractors‟ point of view. The first chapter of our study focuses on introduction about the claim, description of project study, general and specific objective of the project. In this regard Claim, Types of claim, contract, types of contract, contract document, contract administration, contractors claim considering MDB-FIDIC Clause, and claim management are given emphases under the topic. To assess the causes of the contractor‟s claim, In addition to questionnaire survey, interview, site visitation was done. The questionnaire contains ten causes of claim from contractor‟s side and additional question, which indicate contractors profile is included. The last chapters are the result of data collected in above chapter. After analysis and discussion of the data, conclusion and recommendation is drafted for our case study.