QScope

Written for the people who value the work

Payment, valuation, variations, retention and the final account. 174 pieces, no sign-up, and no piece that ends in a sales pitch.

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UK21/01/2026
Extension of time and delay records in QScope

QScope holds the notice, relevant event and programme impact together, so an extension of time claim rests on contemporaneous records under JCT and NEC4.

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Retention21/01/2026
Retention on variations and loss and expense

Variations attract retention because they are work. Loss and expense normally does not, because there is no work in it that can be defective.

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UK19/01/2026
Closing the final account in QScope under JCT and NEC4

QScope carries the contract sum, variation register, remeasurement, provisional sums and retention into a final account that closes because it was kept live throughout.

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UK16/01/2026
Cash flow forecasting in QScope on a UK payment cycle

QScope turns the valuation cycle and the final date for payment into a cash flow forecast, so a contractor sees when money lands, not just when it is earned.

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UK14/01/2026
VAT, the reverse charge and CIS on a QScope valuation

QScope keeps the valuation net, then applies VAT at twenty per cent, the domestic reverse charge for construction services and CIS deductions on the payment.

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Retention14/01/2026
What happens to retention when someone goes bust

The direction matters entirely. Money you hold and money somebody holds for you behave in opposite ways when a company fails.

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UK12/01/2026
Retention tracking in QScope for UK contracts

QScope tracks retention cumulatively across valuations, releases the first moiety at practical completion and the balance at the end of the rectification period.

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Variations12/01/2026
Is it actually a variation? Instructions, clarifications and change

Not every instruction is a variation and not every variation arrives as an instruction. How to tell the difference, and what to do about verbal instructions on site.

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UK09/01/2026
Valuing variations in QScope under JCT and NEC4

A live variation register valued against bill rates or compensation events, keeping unagreed change out of the certified sum until it is agreed.

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