Tools
Free tools for contractors and consultants.
Interactive, no signup needed. Built to be genuinely useful on live projects, not as marketing pretending to be useful. If a tool here saves you from a bad notice, an avoidable retention, or a missed entitlement, it has done its job.
Notice deadline calculator
Enter the date you became aware of an event and your regime (FIDIC 2017, NEC3, NEC4); get your Notice of Claim and fully-detailed-claim deadline dates and how many days are left. Calendar days, every period editable to your Contract Data.
Work out the deadline →Delay damages exposure
Estimate your liquidated / delay damages exposure from the daily rate, the days of culpable delay (net of any EOT you are entitled to) and the cap. See where the cap bites.
Estimate the exposure →Prolongation cost estimator
A quick, indicative read on the time-related (preliminaries) cost of a prolongation period — your weekly or daily run-rate against the delay duration. A ballpark, with the valuation caveats spelled out.
Size the cost →Notice of Claim health check
Score your project's notice and claim administration discipline against FIDIC Sub-Clause 20.2.1 and NEC compensation-event practice. 10 questions, around three minutes, red / amber / green result with personalised actions and a printable takeaway.
Take the check →NEC compensation-event timeline
Map the procedural rhythm of a single NEC compensation event — notification (8 weeks), quotation (3 weeks) and Project Manager reply (2 weeks) — to dates, with the governing clause on each step. NEC3 and NEC4.
Map the timeline →Compare contract forms
Pick two construction contract forms (FIDIC Red, Yellow, Silver, Emerald; NEC3; NEC4; JCT; ICC) and see a side-by-side commercial comparison across notice regime, time risk, payment, change control and dispute path.
Compare contracts →Particular Conditions risk flagger
Toggle the common Particular Conditions deviations from the unamended FIDIC 2017 form — shortened notices, deleted late-notice relief, condition-precedent time bars, fitness-for-purpose and more — and get a prioritised, contractor-side flag list.
Flag the risks →Subcontract back-to-back checklist
Work through where a subcontract may not be back-to-back with the main contract — stepped-down obligations, notice periods, payment timing, dispute path, programme and damages — and get a flag list of the misalignments to check.
Run the checklist →DAAB submission outline builder
Build a printable outline for a FIDIC 2017 DAAB referral — the standard heads of submission, a records checklist and the procedural reminders, tailored to a time, money or combined dispute. It organises your material; it does not draft the argument.
Build the outline →CVR variance dashboard
A single-page cost-value reconciliation across your projects: enter value and cost to date, see margin, margin % and the blended portfolio position against your target. Runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Open the dashboard →Is the claim worth pursuing?
Weigh the expected value of pursuing a claim — realistic recovery, likelihood, and the cost of pursuing it — against a settlement offer on the table. A structured way to decide whether to fight or settle.
Weigh it up →Coming soon
Tools on the build list.
- ◆Retention release & cashflow tracker
- ◆EOT delay-analysis method selector (which method fits your facts and contract)
Want a specific tool that would actually help your team? Email craig@hardcastleadvisorygroup.com and we may build it next.
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Tools handle the structured part. A confidential 30-minute call handles the bit that needs judgement.
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