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Payments

Everything your construction payments need, from setting up the cycle to running your claim.

Payment ApplicationThe payee claims the sum dueTiming set by the contractDue DateWhen payment falls duePayment NoticeThe sum the payer considers duePay Less NoticeLast chance to reduce the sumFinal Date For PaymentThe Notified Sum must be paid5 days to serve the Payment NoticePay Less Notice due 7 days before the Final DateLast 7 days: the sum to be paid is fixed17 days in total, from the Due Date to the Final Date For Payment

= the Notified Sum, due in full: fixed by the last valid notice in the cycle, or by the application itself where the payer stays silent. From day 10 it can no longer be reduced, and paying it late or short opens suspension, statutory interest and adjudication for the full sum.

Hover or tap any point on the timeline for the detail behind it. Miss both notices and a valid application can itself become the Notified Sum, payable in full.

The interim payment cycle under the Construction Act, shown with the Scheme for Construction Contracts periods; your contract can set its own.

Problems

Find the one that reads like your problem. Each page explains what is actually happening and the way out of it.

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Before you sign anything

The easiest payment problem to fix is the one you refuse to sign up to.

Before you sign anything

The easiest payment problem to fix is the one you refuse to sign up to.

Before you sign anything

The easiest payment problem to fix is the one you refuse to sign up to.

Count the days once, then let a diary do it

Deadlines are missed by people counting under pressure, not by people who can't count.

Count the days once, then let a diary do it

Deadlines are missed by people counting under pressure, not by people who can't count.

Count the days once, then let a diary do it

Deadlines are missed by people counting under pressure, not by people who can't count.

Sending the application

A perfect valuation sent the wrong way is a payment problem you built yourself.

Sending the application

A perfect valuation sent the wrong way is a payment problem you built yourself.

Sending the application

A perfect valuation sent the wrong way is a payment problem you built yourself.

Sending the application

A perfect valuation sent the wrong way is a payment problem you built yourself.

Evidence everything, every time

Applications aren't usually cut down because the work wasn't done. They're cut down because nobody could see it was.

Evidence everything, every time

Applications aren't usually cut down because the work wasn't done. They're cut down because nobody could see it was.

Evidence everything, every time

Applications aren't usually cut down because the work wasn't done. They're cut down because nobody could see it was.

After you press send

Submission isn't the end of the job. It's the halfway point.

After you press send

Submission isn't the end of the job. It's the halfway point.

After you press send

Submission isn't the end of the job. It's the halfway point.

Keep a file that could go to an adjudicator tomorrow

The discipline isn't for the dispute you're in. It's for the one you can't see coming.

Keep a file that could go to an adjudicator tomorrow

The discipline isn't for the dispute you're in. It's for the one you can't see coming.

Keep a file that could go to an adjudicator tomorrow

The discipline isn't for the dispute you're in. It's for the one you can't see coming.

Watch every cycle, on every job, at once

Individual cycles fail quietly. It's the ledger that shows you the pattern.

Watch every cycle, on every job, at once

Individual cycles fail quietly. It's the ledger that shows you the pattern.

Watch every cycle, on every job, at once

Individual cycles fail quietly. It's the ledger that shows you the pattern.

When payment doesn't arrive

The Act gives you real remedies. They only work if you use them properly.

When payment doesn't arrive

The Act gives you real remedies. They only work if you use them properly.

When payment doesn't arrive

The Act gives you real remedies. They only work if you use them properly.

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