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Contract Cheatsheet

The contract, translated for the people who live with it.

The contract translated for the site team: the notices, deadlines, records and habits this job runs on, on one sheet they can keep in the cabin. Whoever controls the contract, usually the quantity surveyor, reviews it once and pulls out what the site team needs: what must be confirmed in writing, which deadlines bite, what records to keep daily, and the warning signs that mean pick up the phone.

What you get

Preview of the Contract Cheatsheet template
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Preview of the Contract Cheatsheet filled in on its EXAMPLE tab
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How it works

Reviewed once, used every day

The people who run the site rarely read the contract, yet they are the ones whose daily decisions decide whether its rules are kept. The cheatsheet closes that gap: one review by whoever controls the contract, distilled into the handful of rules the site team actually needs.

Contract-specific and general habits together

One part holds what this contract says: its notice periods, its confirmation requirements, its named people and its time bars. The other holds the habits that protect you on any job: confirm verbal instructions the same day, photograph what gets covered up, keep the diary daily.

Both directions of claim

The same sheet keeps you on the right side of the contract and alert to the other side of it: the records and habits that help you avoid claims being made against you, and the events worth flagging because they may carry entitlement you would otherwise walk past.

An Excel template with no macros. Only the yellow cells can be edited, the Guide tab explains every step, and it prints on A4. Your contract's terms come first.