Contractors should follow contract procedures for notices, time extensions, and variation requests from day one. This creates a paper trail that protects your position and prevents relationship breakdowns when formalities get ignored later.
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get people on board who know about this stuff, and that's it. And then the relationship goes out the window, completely kaput. That's the absolute worst way to do it. That's generally what happens. A really good way to do it instead is start off the contract submitting your notices and your EOTs and variations just how the contract says you're supposed to do. And whenever you're questioned about it, or if you're questioned, because you shouldn't be if you're doing it from the start, you say, hey, that's what the contract says to do. I don't want to do it, It's a real pain in my ass, you know, I have to go home every day and, you know, write these things up after I've done delivering work for you guys, move these guys over here, logistically doing all of this stuff, and now I've got to go back and submit all this paperwork. I kind of have to do it.