For NEC4 subcontracts
Seven weeks to notify. Every event on the clock.
On an NEC4 Engineering and Construction Subcontract, a compensation event you do not notify in time is lost, however good the claim. VariationFlow runs each event's clocks on the subcontract's own periods, not the main contract's, and shows every deadline before it closes.
What the subcontract asks of you
Notify within seven weeks
Clause 61.3: notify a compensation event within seven weeks of becoming aware of it. Miss it and the Prices and the Completion Date do not change.
Quote within two weeks
Clause 62.3: submit your quotation within two weeks of being instructed to. The Contractor then has four weeks to reply.
Three more weeks of silence
Clause 62.6: if the reply does not come, notify the failure, and a further three weeks of silence is deemed acceptance of your quotation.
How VariationFlow handles it
Your periods, not the main contract's
Every clock uses the subcontract's periods, so a deadline is never shown later than it really is.
Z clauses recorded once
If your amendments shorten the notification bar, as they often do, record it on the project and every event counts to that instead.
Contract Deadlines, most urgent first
Every notice across every project on one screen, with alerts before each one closes.
A record that stands up
Every action is timestamped and chained to the one before it, photos carry a SHA-256 fingerprint, and any variation exports as a verified audit document.
Related
Groundworks and civils
Unforeseen ground, dayworks and compensation events, with the clocks running.
Infrastructure
Civils, rail, highways and utilities, with every compensation event on the clock.
Bespoke subcontract
A main contractor's own form, set up in ten minutes with its watch-outs.
Clause numbers refer to the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Subcontract, June 2017 with the January 2019 amendments. Your own subcontract, and any Z clauses in it, take precedence. The clocks are decision support, not legal advice. Always check against your executed contract.
Free for your first job.
One project and two users, to capture, price and track the variations on your first job. No card and no minimum term.