Insights and guides on delay evidence, EOT preparation, plant and labour productivity loss, and practical field documentation for civil subcontractors.
Construction Delays
6 July 2026 · 5 min read
Spreadsheets, email, shared drives, WhatsApp and pen-and-paper: the five ways subcontractors track site delays, where each falls down at claim time, and what a claim actually needs.
Construction Delays
29 June 2026 · 5 min read
OneDrive vs a purpose-built delay record for tracking site evidence: where cloud storage falls down for a claim, and what evidence needs to actually hold up.
Construction Delays
29 June 2026 · 5 min read
The seven types of construction delay subcontractors hit most often — weather, access, design info, variations, idle plant, concurrent, and non-excusable — and which ones you can actually claim.
Claims Management
29 June 2026 · 5 min read
How a subcontractor makes a construction delay claim: serve the notice on time, record the cause and impact, price labour and plant, and submit with matching evidence.
Construction Delays
26 June 2026 · 8 min read
Seven common construction site delay scenarios subcontractors should record properly, including blocked access, late design information, weather stand-down, idle plant, labour standby, and client instructions.
Dayworks
24 June 2026 · 8 min read
Learn the practical difference between dayworks and variations in construction, what site teams should record, and what evidence supports labour, plant, materials, and instruction records.
Construction Delays
22 June 2026 · 7 min read
Learn the difference between a construction site diary and a delay record, what each one proves, and what to capture when a delay may affect time, cost, labour, or plant.
EOT Claims
19 June 2026 · 8 min read
Learn the five key evidence types that support an EOT claim, including notices, site diaries, photos, programme impact records, and labour and plant records.
EOT Claims
17 June 2026 · 8 min read
A practical EOT claim checklist for subcontractors covering notices, delay cause, affected works, programme impact, evidence, labour, plant, and site records.
Delay Notices
15 June 2026 · 7 min read
Learn what to include in a construction weather delay letter, what evidence to keep, and how to record weather impacts on labour, plant, and programme.
Claims Management
12 June 2026 · 8 min read
Learn the common documentation mistakes that weaken construction delay claims, including vague notes, missing times, unclear causes, and poor evidence records.
Labour & Plant Costs
10 June 2026 · 9 min read
Learn how to calculate labour standby cost during a construction delay, what evidence to keep, common mistakes to avoid, and how to create a clearer idle labour record.
Labour & Plant Costs
8 June 2026 · 11 min read
Learn how to calculate plant downtime cost during a construction delay, what evidence to keep, common mistakes to avoid, and how to create a clearer idle plant record.
Labour & Plant Costs
5 June 2026 · 10 min read
Site delay costs are often under-recorded because teams focus only on the obvious labour impact. A stronger record also captures idle plant, supervision, materials, remobilisation, subcontractor charges, and evidence time.
Dayworks
3 June 2026 · 5 min read
A useful dayworks docket records the labour, plant, materials, time, notes, evidence, and instruction details needed to explain the cost clearly.
EOT Claims
1 June 2026 · 14 min read
An extension of time claim is usually prepared later, but the evidence is created while the delay is happening. Site teams need clear records of the cause, timing, impact, and evidence before the claim reaches the commercial team.
Construction Delays
29 May 2026 · 12 min read
A useful delay record does more than say work was held up. It records what happened, who was affected, what it cost, and what evidence supports the delay.
Delay Notices
27 May 2026 · 14 min read
A practical construction delay notice template covering cause, date, affected works, likely impact, and evidence before you send a delay notice.
Product Updates
29 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
DelaySolve is civil construction delay software built for subcontractors. Discover how it helps engineers document delays in minutes, recover costs with evidence, and why we’re opening 3 exclusive design partner spots for subcontractors on Tier 1 and Tier 2 projects.
Construction Delays
29 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
Practical steps for civil subcontractors to record weather, stand-down, and access delays with timestamps, costs, and evidence so EOT and delay cost claims stand up to Tier 1 scrutiny. Includes a free dayworks PDF path for same-shift records.
Claims Management
29 Apr 2026 · 7 min read
A practical framework for civil subcontractors to evidence idle plant, standing labour, and cascading delay costs—so variation and delay claims reflect real site economics, not guesswork.
Construction Delays
29 Apr 2026 · 8 min read
A Tier 1–friendly checklist for civil subcontractor site diaries: what to log daily so Extension of Time (EOT) notices and delay cost recovery stay contract-compliant and audit-ready.
Claims Management
21 May 2025 · 5 min read
Discover how subcontractors in NSW can strengthen delay claims and recover costs with better documentation and evidence.