Site Records Are Oxygen to NEC Processes | Gather

1 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker explains that contemporaneous site data, captured via the Gather platform, is essential—likened to oxygen—for NEC contract processes. Site records substantiate compensation events and claims by justifying accounts and defining cost, aligning directly with the schedule of cost components (both short‑form and full). Beyond traditional cost justification, modern contracts increasingly require prospective assessments, where Gather’s productivity insights provide run‑rate evidence that enables reliable pre‑work estimating and forecasting of defined costs. This forward‑looking use of data builds confidence in pricing and assessment decisions.

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Ben, how does having contemporaneous site data actually help us substantiate compensation events and claims? So I think site records are like oxygen to NEC processes. They breathe life into those assessments and they help in a couple of ways. They help in the traditional sense of justifying your accounts and records, or defining cost in the case of compensation events, to demonstrate what you spent and how. And, you know, the way in which Gather captures that data is very aligned to the schedule of cost components. So, you know, whether it's short form or the full schedule of cost components, we're still demonstrating things in terms of defined cost. But it's not all about that, and a lot of modern contracts are prospective in their assessment. So there'll be elements where we're effectively doing— it's less QSing and more estimating. We're effectively doing an estimate for something that we, you know, that we haven't yet done. And pricing that in advance prospectively. There gathers productivity insights are extremely useful. So we can look and point at evidence of run rates and productivity that build confidence in our forecasting of defined cost and prospective assessment.