What do you need from us to start?

The current drawing set with revision numbers, the specification if one exists, and the model if there is one. If part of that is missing we can still measure, with the gaps recorded as assumptions on the face of the schedule. What we will not do is silently fill a gap and let it read as a measured quantity.

Which standard do you measure to?

NRM2 for bills and pricing schedules, NRM1 elemental structure where the output feeds a cost plan . If a project is running to a different rule set, we will follow it and say so in the basis of measurement. What matters is that one rule applies throughout and that everyone pricing knows which one.

Our model is not very good. Is it still worth using?

Often yes, for the parts that are modelled properly. The judgement is which elements to trust and which to measure conventionally, and that judgement is made explicitly rather than assumed. A model that is only reliable for the frame and the envelope is still saving you time on the frame and the envelope.

Can you check quantities in a claim or final account?

Yes, and it is a frequent instruction. Remeasurement of contested work, verification of a contractor's quantities, and testing whether claimed items were already inside the original scope. That work sits alongside final accounts and disputes .

Construction Adjudication Support | Quantum

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An honest case assessment: what the commercial position is worth before you commit to a timetable you cannot stop once it starts.
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An evidence bundle that can be followed: the documents organised so somebody reading them for the first time, under time pressure, can find what matters.
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Quantum behind the referral: the numbers, their basis and the records behind them, set out so the other side can test each one.
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Quantum behind the response: the same discipline applied to somebody else's figures, including what they have assumed and not shown.

The timetable is short and it does not pause while you look for documents. Most of the work has to exist before the notice is served.

A referral assembled in a hurry carries whatever was to hand, and the gaps show up in the response rather than being noticed in time to fix them.

A responding party has even less time, and the instinct to answer every point equally costs the attention that should go to the points that decide the outcome.

The decision binds the parties until the dispute is finally determined, which in practice means it usually settles the matter. A weak case runs out of road quickly and expensively.

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Adjudication case assessment

The commercial strength of the position, the quantum at stake and the evidential gaps, assessed before a notice is served.

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Evidence bundle preparation

Contract documents, correspondence, records and schedules assembled and indexed so the case can be followed without reconstruction.

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Referral commercial and quantum support

The numbers behind the claim, their contractual basis and the records that support them, prepared so they can be examined line by line.

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Response commercial and quantum support

The same work from the other side: what the claimant has assumed, what they have evidenced, and where the figures do not hold.

This needs stating plainly. Reltic is not an accredited adjudicator and does not act as one. We do not conduct adjudication proceedings and we do not provide legal representation. What we provide is the commercial and documentary side: assessment, bundles and quantum.

Where procedural or legal expertise is required, and in adjudication it frequently is, we work alongside a construction disputes solicitor or an appropriately qualified practitioner. If your case needs one and does not have one, you will be told at the first conversation, not after the notice has been served.

No outcome is promised. An adjudicator's decision binds the parties until the dispute is finally determined, and a position that looks strong commercially can still fail on a point we are not qualified to advise on. That is exactly why the legal side belongs with somebody who is.

All claims and dispute services

Can you run the adjudication for us?

No. We are not an accredited adjudicator and we do not provide legal representation. We prepare the commercial case: assessment, evidence bundle and quantum. The proceedings themselves need a construction solicitor or an appropriately qualified practitioner.

Can you work alongside our solicitor?

Yes, and that is the usual arrangement. They handle procedure and legal argument, we handle the numbers, the records and the bundle.

We have been served with a referral. How quickly can you start?

Tell us the date of the notice and the deadline you are working to. Response timetables are short, so the first conversation decides whether the work is feasible in the time available, and we will say if it is not.

Will you tell us not to adjudicate?

If that is the honest assessment, yes. Adjudication is fast, binding in practice and difficult to stop once it starts. A case assessment that concludes you should settle instead has done its job.