Cian BrennanFounder, Quantum Contract Solutions · Founder

Closeout doesn’t create problems. It reveals them. Here’s how to stay ahead of them.

Name: Closeout doesn’t create problems. It reveals them. Here’s how to stay ahead of them.
Uploaded: 2026-02-27T04:00:33+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Cian Brennan
Description: The final 25% of construction projects is where disputes and cost overruns surface. Closeout doesn't create problems, it reveals them. Keep paperwork…

27 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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The final 25% of construction projects is where disputes and cost overruns surface. Closeout doesn't create problems, it reveals them. Keep paperwork current throughout the project so you can prove compliance and protect your money when clients try to claw costs back at the end.

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Construction projects always blow up in the last 25% of the project. We can see this time and time and time again. Alex Ferguson, the famous Man United manager, used to call this squeaky bum time. That's what we're trying to protect ourselves in contracts. We want to do all of the paperwork as it happens so that in the last quarter when the client is looking for money, trying to save money across the projects, more often than not they're losing money and they're trying to claw back some money. They want to look at you and go, now this guy's got all his paperwork in complete order. In the book, The Subcontractor's Edge, we talk about this in excruciating detail. Chapter 7: How to Avoid Disputes.