承包商的索赔

如果承包商认为，根据本条件任何条款或与合同有关的其他文件，他有权得到竣工时间的任何延长期和（或）任何追加付款，承包商应向雇主发出通知，说明引起索赔的事件或情况。该通知应尽快在承包商察觉或应已察觉该事件或情况后28天内发出。

如果承包商未能在上述28天期限内发出索赔通知，则竣工时间不得延长，承包商应无权获得追加付款，而雇主应危险有关该索赔的全部责任。如果承包商及时发出索赔通知，应适用本款以下规定。

承包商还应提交所有有关该事件或情况的、合同要求的任何其他通知，以及支持索赔的详细资料。

承包商应在现场或雇主认可的另外地点，保持用以证明任何索赔可能需要的此类同期记录。雇主收到根据本款发出的任何通知后，未承认责任前，可检查记录保持情况，并可指示承包商保持进一步的同期记录。承包商应允许雇主检查所有这些记录，并应向雇主（若有指示要求）提供复印件。

在承包商觉察（或应已觉察）引起索赔的事件或情况后42天内，或在承包商可能建议并经雇主认可的其他期限内，承包商应向雇主递交一份充分详细的索赔报告，包括索赔的依据、要求延长的时间和（或）追加的付款的全部详细资料。如果引起索赔的事件或情况具有连续影响，则：

（a） 上述充分详细的索赔报告应被视为中间的：

（b） 承包商应按月向雇主递交进一步的中间索赔报告，说明累计索赔的延误时间和（或）金额，以及雇主可能合理要求的此类进一步详细资料；

（c） 承包商应在引起索赔的事件或情况产生的影响结束后28天内，或在承包商可能建议并经雇主认可的此类其他期限内，递交一份最终索赔报告。

雇主在收到索赔报告或对过去索赔的任何进一步证明资料后42天内，或在雇主可能建议并经承包商认可的其他期限内，做出回应，表示批准，或不批准并附具体意见。他还可以要求任何必需的进一步的资料，但他仍要在上述时间内对索赔的原则做出回应。

每次其中付款应包括已根据合同有关规定合理证明是有依据的、对任何索赔的应付款额。除非并直到提供的详细资料足以证明索赔的全部要求是有依据的以前，承包商只有权得到索赔中他已能证明是有依据的部分。

雇主应按照第3.5款［确定］的要求，就以下事项商定或确定：（ⅰ）根据第8.4款［竣工时间的延长］的规定，应给予的竣工时间（其期满前或后）的延长期（如果有）；和（或）（ⅱ）根据合同，承包商有权得到的追加付款（如果有）。

本款各项要求是对适用于索赔的任何其他条款的追加要求。如果承包商未能达到本款或有关任何索赔的其他条款的要求，除非该索赔根据本款第二段的规定被拒绝，对给予任何延长期和（或）追加付款，应考虑承包商此项未达到要求对索赔的彻底调查造成阻碍或影响（如果有）的程度。

If the Contractor considers himself to be entitled to any extension of the Time for Completion and/or any additional payment, under any Clause of these Conditions or otherwise in connection with the Contract, the Contractor shall give notice to the Employer, describing the event or circumstance giving rise to the claim. The notice shall be given as soon as practicable, and not later than 28 days after the Contractor became aware, or should have become aware, of the event or circumstance.

If the Contractor fails to give notice of a claim within such period of 28 days, the Time for Completion shall not be extended, the Contractor shall not be entitled to additional payment, and the Employer shall be discharged from all liability in connection with the claim. Otherwise, the following provisions of this Sub-Clause shall apply.

The Contractor shall also submit any other notices which are required by the Contract, and supporting particulars for the claim, all as relevant to such event or circumstance.

The Contractor shall keep such contemporary records as may be necessary to substantiate any claim, either on the Site or at another location acceptable to the Employer. Without admitting liability, the Employer may, after receiving any notice under this Sub-Clause, monitor the record-keeping and/or instruct the Contractor to keep further contemporary records. The Contractor shall permit the Employer to inspect all these records, and shall (if instructed) submit copies to the Employer.

Within 42 days after the Contractor became aware (or should have become aware) of the event or circumstance giving rise to the claim, or within such other period as may be proposed by the Contractor and approved by the Employer, the Contractor shall send to the Employer a fully detailed claim which includes full supporting particulars of the basis of the claim and of the extension of time and/or additional payment claimed. If the event or circumstance giving rise to the claim has a continuing effect:

(a) this fully detailed claim shall be considered as interim;

(b) the Contractor shall send further interim claims at monthly intervals, giving the accumulated delay and/or amount claimed, and such further particulars as the Employer may reasonably require; and

(c) the Contractor shall send a final claim within 28 days after the end of the effects resulting from the event or circumstance, or within such other period as may be proposed by the Contractor and approved by the Employer.

Within 42 days after receiving a claim or any further particulars supporting a previous claim, or within such other period as may be proposed by the Employer and approved by the Contractor, the Employer shall respond with approval, or with disapproval and detailed comments. He may also request any necessary further particulars, but shall nevertheless give his response on the principles of the claim within such time.

Each interim payment shall include such amounts for any claim as have been reasonably substantiated as due under the relevant provision of the Contract. Unless and until the particulars supplied are sufficient to substantiate the whole of the claim, the Contractor shall only be entitled to payment for such part of the claim as he has been able to substantiate.

The Employer shall proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 [Determinations ] to agree or determine (ⅰ) the extension (if any ) of the Time for Completion (before or after its expiry) in accordance with Sub-Clause 8.4[Extension of Time for Completion], and/or (ⅱ)the additional payment (if any) to which the Contractor is entitled under the Contract.

The requirements of this Sub-Clause are in addition to those of any other Sub-Clause which may apply to a claim. If the Contractor fails to comply with this or another Sub-Clause in relation to any claim, any extension of time and/or additional payment shall take account of the extent (if any) to which the failure has prevented or prejudiced proper investigation of the claim, unless the claim is excluded under the second paragraph of this Sub-Clause.