Contractual claims

Contractual claims have a direct reference to conditions of contract .When the contract is signed by the two parties , the contractor and the employer , there is a formal agreement to carry out and complete the orks in accordance with the information supplied through the drawings , specificationa dn contract bills . Where the works constructed are of a different character or executed under different conditions then it is obvious that different costs will be invoklved . Some of these additional costs may be reoupled under the terms of the contract , theougfh , for examle , remeasurement and revaluation of the works , using the appropriate rules from the contract . Other additional costs that an experienced contractor had not allowed for within the tender may need to be recovered in a different way . This is usually under the heading of a contractual claim .