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Prolongation cost estimator.

A first-pass figure for the time-related cost of a prolongation: your preliminaries run-rate against the length of the delay. Useful to size a position quickly — but read the caveat below, because a real prolongation claim is more than rate × time.

Enter your preliminaries rate and the prolongation period to see an indicative figure.

Read this before you rely on the number.

This is an indicative time-related (preliminaries) cost only — not a prolongation claim valuation. A defensible claim also turns on: establishing entitlement (an EOT for an Employer-risk event) first; the contract’s valuation basis (usually actual cost incurred in the delay period, not a tendered rate); the actual time-related resources on site during the prolongation (not the average); mitigation and concurrency; and head-office / off-site overhead and finance, which are assessed separately (often via a formula such as Hudson or Emden) and are not in this figure.

Indicative only, not legal advice. Establish entitlement and value on actual cost where the contract requires it.

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