7DEC
7 - 11 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
Professional training course · CM-040
Construction Claims Quantum and Cost Substantiation
Establishing entitlement to additional time or money is only half of a successful construction claim. The other half is quantum: proving, with reliable records and sound…
- 5 daysClassroom
- 49Upcoming dates
- 12Cities
- £2,250Fees from
Course overview
Introduction
Establishing entitlement to additional time or money is only half of a successful construction claim. The other half is quantum: proving, with reliable records and sound methods, exactly how much the claimant is owed. Many claims fail or are heavily reduced not because entitlement is weak but because costs are poorly substantiated, double counted or calculated using inappropriate methods.
This Construction Claims Quantum and Cost Substantiation training course provides a detailed, practical understanding of how to prepare, present and evaluate the financial value of construction claims. Participants learn about heads of claim, the valuation of variations, prolongation and disruption costs, head office overheads, loss of productivity, finance charges and the records needed to support each element.
The course is relevant to both contractors preparing claims and employers, consultants and assessors who need to evaluate them objectively.
Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the relationship between entitlement, causation and quantum
- Identify the main heads of claim in construction disputes
- Value variations using contract rates, fair rates and actual cost
- Calculate time-related prolongation costs accurately
- Apply recognised methods to quantify disruption and lost productivity
- Evaluate head office overhead and profit claims
- Assemble records and evidence that substantiate costs
- Assess and respond to quantum submissions objectively
Target Audience
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including:
- Quantity surveyors and cost managers
- Commercial and contracts managers
- Claims consultants and analysts
- Project managers and project directors
- Employer representatives and engineers
- Legal advisers working on construction disputes
Training Methodology
The course uses worked examples, sample claim documents and case studies based on realistic projects. Participants value variations, calculate prolongation and disruption costs, test overhead formulae and review a quantum submission to identify weaknesses. Group discussion compares contractor and employer perspectives.
Target Competencies
- Heads of claim analysis
- Variation valuation
- Prolongation cost calculation
- Disruption quantification
- Cost record substantiation
- Quantum assessment
Course outline
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1Day One: Foundations of Claims Quantum
- Entitlement, causation and quantum explained
- Contractual and legal bases for financial recovery
- Common heads of claim in construction projects
- Global claims and the risks of composite approaches
- Burden of proof and standards of evidence
- Reasons quantum claims are reduced or rejected
- Exercise: identifying heads of claim in a case study
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2Day Two: Valuing Variations and Changes
- Contract valuation rules for variations
- Using bill rates, star rates and fair valuation
- Valuing omissions, additions and substituted work
- Dayworks and actual cost records
- Changes affecting the value of unchanged work
- Agreeing variations promptly to avoid disputes
- Exercise: valuing a set of variations
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3Day Three: Prolongation and Time-Related Costs
- Linking delay analysis with time-related cost recovery
- Site establishment and preliminaries costs
- Staff, plant and equipment prolongation costs
- Concurrent delay and its effect on cost recovery
- Acceleration costs and mitigation measures
- Assessing subcontractor prolongation and delay claims
- Workshop: calculating prolongation costs
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4Day Four: Disruption, Overheads and Finance Charges
- Defining disruption and loss of productivity
- Measured mile and other productivity comparison methods
- Earned value approaches to disruption
- Head office overhead formulae and their limitations
- Loss of profit and opportunity claims
- Finance charges, interest and claim preparation costs
- Exercise: quantifying disruption using a measured mile
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5Day Five: Records, Presentation and Assessment
- Contemporary records needed to support quantum
- Cost reports, timesheets, invoices and ledgers
- Presenting quantum clearly in claim submissions
- Avoiding duplication and inflated claims
- Evaluating quantum as an employer or consultant
- Quantum experts in adjudication and arbitration
- Personal action plan for claims quantum
Schedule
Dates and fees
49 upcoming dates in 12 cities. Fees are per delegate; bring colleagues and every seat is discounted.
December 2026
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
14DEC
14 - 18 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
21DEC
21 - 25 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
January 2027
4JAN
4 - 8 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
GenevaSwitzerland · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
11JAN
11 - 15 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
18JAN
18 - 22 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
25JAN
25 - 29 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
February 2027
1FEB
1 - 5 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
8FEB
8 - 12 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
IstanbulTurkey · Classroom
£2,850per delegate2+ people: £2,280 each
15FEB
15 - 19 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
22FEB
22 - 26 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
March 2027
1MAR
1 - 5 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
8MAR
8 - 12 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
15MAR
15 - 19 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Classroom
£2,250per delegate2+ people: £1,800 each
22MAR
22 - 26 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
April 2027
5APR
5 - 9 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
12APR
12 - 16 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
19APR
19 - 23 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
26APR
26 - 30 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MadridSpain · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
May 2027
3MAY
3 - 7 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MunichGermany · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
10MAY
10 - 14 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
17MAY
17 - 21 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
24MAY
24 - 28 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
June 2027
7JUN
7 - 11 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
14JUN
14 - 18 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
21JUN
21 - 25 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
July 2027
5JUL
5 - 9 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
12JUL
12 - 16 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
19JUL
19 - 23 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
RomeItaly · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
26JUL
26 - 30 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
August 2027
2AUG
2 - 6 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
9AUG
9 - 13 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
16AUG
16 - 20 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
23AUG
23 - 27 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
ViennaAustria · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
September 2027
6SEP
6 - 10 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
13SEP
13 - 17 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
20SEP
20 - 24 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
October 2027
4OCT
4 - 8 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
11OCT
11 - 15 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
Cape TownSouth Africa · Classroom
£2,840per delegate2+ people: £2,272 each
18OCT
18 - 22 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
25OCT
25 - 29 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
November 2027
1NOV
1 - 5 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
8NOV
8 - 12 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
15NOV
15 - 19 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
22NOV
22 - 26 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
December 2027
6DEC
6 - 10 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
13DEC
13 - 17 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
20DEC
20 - 24 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
27DEC
27 - 31 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
GenevaSwitzerland · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Construction Claims Quantum and Cost Substantiation course?
The course runs over 5 days of classroom training, usually Monday to Friday.
When is the next Construction Claims Quantum and Cost Substantiation course?
The next public date is 7 - 11 Dec 2026 in Frankfurt. There are 49 upcoming dates in total.
Where is this course held?
Upcoming sessions run in Frankfurt, London, Barcelona, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Madrid, Munich, Rome, Vienna, Cape Town, Dubai.
How much does the course cost?
Fees start from £2,250 per delegate, depending on the city. Fees include tuition and course materials.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Delegates who complete the course receive a London Leadership Management Innovation certificate of completion.
Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. LLMI can tailor and deliver this course privately for your organisation at your premises or in one of our training cities.
Course information last updated 14 November 2026.
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