Statutory Notice & Time-Bar Clocks

In modern construction contracts, failure to issue a written notice of delay within strict statutory timeframes permanently extinguishes your legal right to additional time and prolongation costs. Forge automatically enforces contractual notice countdowns to eliminate condition-precedent forfeitures.

Standard Contractual Time-Bar Windows

FIDIC (Red, Yellow, Silver Books)Sub-Clause 20.1

28-Day Strict Time-Bar Window

Contractor must give notice of any event or circumstance within 28 days after becoming aware. Failure to give notice relieves the Employer of all liability.

NEC4 Engineering & ConstructionClause 61.3

8-Week Compensation Event Notice

If the Contractor fails to notify a compensation event within eight weeks of becoming aware, the Prices, Completion Date, or Key Dates are not changed.

AIA A201 General ConditionsSection 15.1.3

21-Day Claims Window

Claims by either party must be initiated within 21 days after occurrence of the event giving rise to such Claim or within 21 days after the claimant first recognizes the condition.

JCT Standard Building ContractClause 2.27

"Forthwith" Notice Standard

Contractor must give written notice forthwith upon it becoming reasonably apparent that the progress of the Works is being or is likely to be delayed.

Automated Entitlement Protection

Contemporaneous Signal Ingestion

The moment a delay signal is extracted from meeting minutes, daily logs, or RFIs, Forge establishes the baseline event timestamp.

Live Time-Bar Countdown Tickers

Active countdown badges (e.g. ⚠️ 14 days remaining under FIDIC 20.1) appear in Daily Triage and Claims Defense dashboards, escalating to red when approaching expiry.

One-Click Statutory Letter Drafting

Generate formal, contractual notice letters citing exact clause numbers, event descriptions, affected CPM activity IDs, and legal reservations of rights in seconds.