Construction Claims — Defence Against Contractor Demands

What This Service Is

Contractors often send inflated bills for extra work, ask for more time without good reason, and use arbitration — a way to resolve disputes outside court — to push for payments. If you, as an owner or developer, don't have a strong technical and legal response, you might end up paying claims you don't owe or facing unfair arbitration decisions.

This service gives you a full plan to defend yourself. We review your contract, analyze the contractor's claims, find the weak points in their legal and technical arguments, and suggest a defense strategy.

What the Service Entails

First, we will review the construction agreement — your contract with the builder. We'll also look at the contractor's claim or notice, all orders for changes in work, progress reports, and payment certificates. Second, we will prepare a preliminary defense analysis. This report identifies your strongest arguments and any weaknesses in the contractor's claim. Third, you'll have a 60-minute discussion with an attorney to go over this analysis. Fourth, you'll receive a final defense strategy report. This includes a recommended action plan, a draft response to their notice or an arbitration defense (if you request it), and a checklist of evidence you'll need.

Our Specialized Inputs

Defending construction claims requires an expert who can understand a schedule delay analysis — a report showing project timeline changes. They must also challenge a defect quantification report — a document detailing construction flaws and their costs. At the same time, they need to argue points based on FIDIC (a standard set of contract conditions for international construction projects) or your custom contract clauses. The IndiaPropLaw team has an engineering background (B.Tech from IIT Delhi) and is appointed by the Supreme Court as a Techno-Legal Expert. This makes our team uniquely qualified to review and challenge contractor claims with precise technical knowledge.