A contractor’s ability to recover on a claim may turn on whether the contractor provided timely notice of the claim to the project owner.  Claim notice requirements in contracts are “…legal and binding on the parties in the absence of special circumstances, such as waiver or estoppel.”[i] Claim notice provisions in construction contracts vary in their specific requirements and should be reviewed on each project, but they typically require that the party making a claim provide written notice delivered in person or sent by registered, certified, or statutory overnight mail (e.g. Fed Ex) to the other party.[ii]   But what happens… Read more