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FIDIC 2017 · FIDIC 20.2.1

Notice of Claim

The first Notice of a Claim, describing the event. It is due within 28 days of becoming aware, or the right to claim is lost.

The contract's words

“28 days after the claiming Party became aware, or should have become aware” (FIDIC 20.2.1)

On the Aldermere project

Owen gave the Notice of Claim for the buried concrete on 6 March 2026, received on 7 March.

Also written as

  • Notices of Claim

Where you meet it