Keep the Right to Be Paid

We found the notice clause
after the window closed.

Notice and submittal requirements each start on a trigger. The trigger is written somewhere in hundreds of pages nobody has time to re-read, and the window closes whether anyone saw it or not.

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10 days

To give written notice of a claim, or it is waived.

And 5 days to update the claim once the work is done. DFW Data Center 1, General Provisions §50-17.

Source: DFW Data Center 1Public bid package

Notice triggers

Trigger, window,
cut-off.

The windows as the standard form writes them. Supplementary conditions often change them, and that is what the review checks.

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Why it gets missed

Nobody misses a notice on purpose.

  1. 01
    The trigger is an event, not a date

    The clock starts when something happens on site, and the person who sees it is rarely the person who read the contract.

  2. 02
    The clause sits in a document nobody re-reads

    Notice provisions are spread across the agreement, the conditions and Division 01.

  3. 03
    The package changed the standard window

    Supplementary conditions can shorten the window your team remembers, and nobody compares the two.

What good looks like

Every clock known before it starts.

Every notice and submittal requirement, with the trigger and the window your package actually writes.

  • Every notice requirement, with its trigger, cited to clause and page
  • Who gives notice, and to whom, including requirements naming no party
  • The window as your package writes it, not the one remembered from the form
  • What would prove notice was given
Continue the commercial lifecycle
Know which requirements you can prove.

Every requirement marked by what is on file.

Evidence Review
Catch the change before you sign it.

What the supplementary conditions replaced, side by side.

Amendment Review
Know what you can still prove at closeout.

What the contract requires before the account is agreed.

Final Account & Closeout
FAQ

Common questions

Why do contractors miss notice deadlines?

The trigger is an event on site, not a date; the clause sits in a document nobody re-reads; and the package often changes the window the team remembers from the standard form.

How long is a typical construction claim notice period?

It depends on the contract. AIA A201-1997 sets 21 days for claims, while the public DFW Airport contract on our site requires written notice within 10 calendar days and before the work begins.

What does Halozen show for each notice requirement?

The trigger, the window as your package writes it, who gives notice to whom, and what would prove notice was given, cited to the clause and page.

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Show us the job
where the clock is running.

Scope and fee agreed up front. Findings in two weeks. NDA first.

No implementation. Start with the records you already have.