Schedules of values
One breakdown of the contract sum that both sides claim against, with the previous-to-date figure carried forward automatically.
Get paid on a record nobody can argue with.
Plato puts progress claims, variations, retention and schedules of values on one record that the subcontractor and the head contractor share. Every change is signed and every approval can be traced, from the site all the way to payment.
| Item | Contract | Previous | This claim | Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Preliminaries | 120,000 | 60,000 | 12,000 | 60% |
| 2 · Formwork L1–L4 | 340,000 | 204,000 | 61,200 | 78% |
| 3 · Reinforcement | 285,000 | 142,500 | 42,750 | 65% |
| 4 · Concrete pour L4 | 190,000 | 0 | 38,000 | 20% |
| V-032 · Slab edge rework | 18,400 | 0 | 18,400 | 100% |
- Gross this claim
- $172,350.00
- Less retention (5%)
- −$8,617.50
- Net payable (ex GST)
- $163,732.50
- Submitted25 Sep · Subcontractor
- Under reviewContract admin
- Payment scheduledue 9 Oct
- Paid—
Where the money gets stuck today
The work gets done on site, but the payment depends on paperwork that was never designed to be shared.
1
Claims live in spreadsheets
Each side keeps its own copy of the schedule of values, and the copies stop matching by the second month.
2
Variations live in email
A variation gets agreed verbally on site, confirmed in a thread somewhere, and disputed at final account.
3
Retention nobody tracks
Money is held back across dozens of claims, with release dates that are easy to lose track of.
4
Disputes rebuilt from PDFs
When something goes wrong, someone spends weeks piecing together who agreed to what, and when.
How a claim flows
Both sides work from the same numbers.
The head contractor invites a subcontractor to one contract's claims and nothing else. The subcontractor never joins your organisation or sees your other packages.
- Subcontractor
Draft
Update percentage complete against the schedule of values from the site or the office. Approved variations flow in automatically.
- Subcontractor
Submit
Submitting signs the claim and fixes it on the record. The statutory clock starts from a time that both parties can see.
- Head contractor
Review
Certify each line or adjust it with a reason. The payment schedule is issued from the claim itself, not typed up afterwards.
- Both · early access
Pay
Payment moves from the approved claim, with retention held and released against the same record.
Everything a package needs, and nothing it doesn't
You start from a construction model, and it's yours to change. If your contracts work differently, the model changes to fit them.
Progress claims
Monthly claims built from the schedule rather than copied into it, signed on submission and never edited after the fact.
Variations
Raise a variation from site, price it, and get it approved on the record. Once it's approved, it can be claimed straight away.
Retention
See what's held on every claim, when it's due for release, and who released it.
Payment schedules
Issued from the reviewed claim, with reasons attached to every line that was adjusted. Deadlines are visible to both parties.
Early access
Payments
Pay approved claims from the place where they were approved. There's no re-keying into another system.
Agents on site
The agent drafts the claim. You sign it.
You can ask for this month's claim to be drafted from the site diary, or for a variation to be priced from a photo and a note. The agent prepares a proposal and you see exactly what it would change. Nothing reaches the record until someone with authority approves it.
Draft October's claim for Harbour St from the site diary. Include the slab edge rework.
I've drafted PC-15 with 5 line updates and V-032 at 100%. Two diary entries mention pour delays on L4, so I've held that line at 20%.
Proposal · PC-15+ $148,920.00
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Built for every side of the contract
Subcontractors and fabricators
Claim faster, show exactly what you're owed, and stop chasing approvals over email. Being invited to a client's claim costs you nothing.
Head contractors and builders
See every package's claims, variations and retention in one place, and certify them against a record you don't have to reconcile.
Developers and design-build
Follow committed cost from contract to payment, with the full history behind every figure that reaches your board or your lender.
Send your next claim on Plato.
We'll set it up with your schedule of values, and your counterparty can join through the claim.