Time saved / Raise the variation
Variation notice template for subbies, with the deadline
Capture the site instruction on your phone, see the notice deadline from your contract, price it and send the notice, then carry it to the next claim.
The site manager tells you to do extra work. If the notice is late, the contract can bar the claim, and the instruction was only ever spoken.
- By hand
- 22 h
- In Excel
- 18 h
- In YourCA
- 2 h 24 min
- Saved
- 19 h 36 min
Estimate for a 6-month electrical job with 10 people on it, each variation. Set your own job.
The risk it heads off
- Notice goes in after the contract deadline, so the claim is barred.Shows the deadline and its clause when you record the variation.
- A spoken instruction is remembered differently later.Records it on the day, with photos and who gave it.
- An approved variation never reaches a claim.Every variation lands on the next claim.
Step by step
| Step | By hand | Excel | YourCA | What YourCA does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write down the instruction on site | 15 min | 15 min | 2 min | Record it on your phone in thirty seconds, with photos. |
| Find the notice period in the contract | 15 min | 15 min | 0 min | Shows the notice deadline and the clause that sets it. |
| Price the variation | 30 min | 20 min | 5 min | Add each line from your own rates. The sums are done for you. |
| Write the notice | 25 min | 20 min | 3 min | Drafts the notice as Word or PDF for you to send. |
| Write the email that sends it | 10 min | 10 min | 1 min | Drafts the email in your own mail, addressed to the builder, with the notice saved to attach. |
| Follow up approval and put it on the claim | 15 min | 10 min | 1 min | Shows where each variation stands and puts it on the next claim. |
| Total, each variation | 110 min | 90 min | 12 min |
How to do it in YourCA
Questions subbies ask
- What if I am already past the notice deadline?
- YourCA shows it as late, so you can still give notice and keep the record.
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