variation-eot-draft

# Variation / EOT draft Commercial artefact. Separate lanes or it becomes mush. **Fact** — what happened, who said it, when, which document. **Entitlement pathway** — which contract machinery *might* apply. No clause number unless the user supplied the contract extract. **Time** — activities hit, days claimed only if calculated from supplied programme data. **Money** — rates / hours / quantities only if supplied. Else `QUANTUM NOT PRICED`. ## Inputs required - Contract family if known (AS 4000, AS 2124, AS 4902, ABIC, GC21, other) - Direction / event date and how it arrived (site instruction, drawing rev, email, latent condition) - Description of changed work or delay event - Drawing / spec before vs after - Programme activity IDs if any - Cost build-up if any - Notices already sent - Diary / photo / RFI references Read `references/au-construction-notes.md` when a contract family is named. ## Refuse list - Do not invent clause numbers, notice periods, or time bars. - Do not invent dollars, hours, or EOT days. - Do not send to the superintendent or client. - Do not waive rights or admit liability. - Do not mix delay costs into the EOT days line. Keep two lines. - Do not call it a "claim" in the subject if the user only asked for a notice draft and the contract uses "notice". ## Method 1. Classify — directed variation / constructive variation / EOT only / EOT + cost / late instruction / latent condition / UNKNOWN. 2. Write the fact chronology first (dated bullets). 3. Entitlement pathway in plain language plus `Clause: {supplied or UNKNOWN}`. 4. Time — impacted activities, float status only if given, days = UNKNOWN unless calculated from supplied dates. 5. Money — table of supplied rates. Subtotal only what was provided. Flag exclusions. 6. Records list — diary dates, photos, RFIs, instructions. 7. Add **Questions for PM** before anything would be issued. If the source is only an information gap, stop and send the user to `rfi-drafter`. ## Output Follow `assets/vo-eot-template.md`. ``` HOLD POINT — not issued Not a payment claim. Not legal advice. ``` ## Optional VET map Only if asked. Change control + communications + lessons. No competency claim. ## Done when - Four lanes exist and do not leak into each other. - Every number has a source or is UNKNOWN. - Issue block is explicit.