Drafting of Claims under Construction Contracts

What This Service Is

When you work on a construction project, you might have claims for things like unpaid bills, extra costs because of delays, money to fix problems, or losses due to poor work. You need to write a detailed document explaining your claim. This document must clearly lay out the terms of your contract, the facts of what happened, and how you calculated your losses. If your claim is vague or not well-organized, it might be rejected or you might get much less money than you deserve.

This service helps you write a formal claim (or a counter-claim if someone is claiming against you). We do this for both contractors who want to get paid and for property owners who need to defend themselves against exaggerated claims from contractors.

What the Service Entails

A construction claim is a detailed legal argument, not just a complaint letter. How convincing it is depends on its structure: each part of the claim must be separate, supported by the contract, backed by facts, and show a clear way you calculated the money involved. IndiaPropLaw will first review your contract documents, site records, payment history, and all past communications. This helps us find every valid claim you have and gather the evidence to support it.

Then, we design your claim document. Each claim will show its basis in the contract, the facts that prove it, and how the amount was calculated. This applies whether you are a contractor seeking unpaid amounts or costs for delays, or a property owner claiming money for damages or setting off against contractor bills. We also prepare a summary of all claim amounts. You can use this for negotiations.

We will review the first draft of your claim to make sure everything is consistent. Then, we will share it with you. After we discuss the best way to resolve your dispute—through talking, formal decision-making, or arbitration—we will give you the final claim document, including all attachments and a formal statement of your position.

Our Specialized Inputs

Calculating construction claims accurately requires understanding both the rules in your contract and the real-world engineering and project management situation. Our team at IndiaPropLaw has civil engineering degrees from IIT Delhi and practical experience working with government bodies and private multinational companies. This allows us to carefully check delay calculations (like comparing your planned schedule to what actually happened, or how delays impacted your project), how productivity losses are figured, and what it really costs to fix defects. We can spot exaggerated amounts or errors in calculations in a contractor's claim before they become a legally binding decision by an arbitrator.