The claim, checked against the floor.
Hold the month's claim next to what the walks show was installed inside the claim period. Every billing line arrives beside the frames that prove it — approved with the evidence attached, or returned with the shortfall quantified in money.
What it does
A claim arrives as a schedule of values. Each line is matched to the areas and trades it covers and to the progress read from the walks that fall inside the period — so “level 9 drywall, 80%” is checked against level 9 as it actually stood on the 28th, not as it stood whenever the file was last opened.
Lines that agree are approved with their evidence attached. Lines that don't come back with a number — claimed 80%, verified 62%, difference $74,000 — and the frames behind it. The subcontractor opens the same vantage points the estimator did, which is usually where the argument ends.
How it works
- 01
Map the schedule of values
Each billing line is tied to the areas and trades it covers, once, when the contract is set up. Every later claim on that contract reuses the mapping — nobody rebuilds it monthly.
- 02
Read the period
Progress from the walks captured inside the claim window is rolled up per line: what was installed between the 1st and the 28th, dated, not whatever the record has ever shown.
- 03
Approve or return
Approve a line with its frames attached, or return it with the verified percentage, the money difference and the vantage points. Both sides read the same record, at the same time.
Spec
- PERIOD
- CLAIM WINDOW · DATED WALKS
- EVIDENCE
- FRAMES PER LINE
- TYPICAL DELTA
- CLAIMED VS VERIFIED 11%
- TURNAROUND
- SAME DAY
$74K
Difference found on one drywall line, level 9