The numbers leave clues.
These are anonymous examples from founder-led construction claim reviews. They show the kind of error a calm, independent look can uncover.
A missing $39K travelled through almost 20 certificates.
The project was still active. The error was nearly two years old. It had been carried forward from one payment certificate to the next.
The issue was detected on day one of the data review, before rebuilding every claim by hand.
A claim can look familiar and still carry an old mistake. Checking how each certificate opens against the previous approval makes the hidden break visible.
About $300K of rise-and-fall errors were hiding in the claim process.
Complex indices, base rates and timing rules made the adjustment easy to get wrong—and hard to see when everyone was working from the spreadsheet.
A rate or index used in the wrong month can flow into downstream claims and formal letters. The contract rule and the supporting source need to be checked together.
Anonymous MSA review example. Gross historical error value, rounded for this page; not a guaranteed recovery or app-generated result.
Find the break.
Ask the right question.
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The project, company and people in this example are intentionally anonymous. Amount and timing are founder-supplied historical review details. This page describes a real review finding, not a guaranteed result from the Claim Check app.