Every adjustment from the original contract sum to the final balance due, in the order RICS sets out, so the client can follow it without a covering letter explaining the spreadsheet.
The argument at final account is almost never about the total. It is about one adjustment the client did not expect and cannot trace.
QScope lays out the ladder: original sum, variations, omissions, provisional sums, remeasurement, dayworks, fluctuations and loss and expense, then what has been certified and what remains.
The argument at final account is almost never about the total. It is about one adjustment the client did not expect and cannot trace back to anything.
QScope lists each category on its own line, in the order RICS sets out, and prints only the ones that are not zero so the statement stays readable.
Yes. Omitted work carries through as a negative adjustment, and provisional sums, remeasurement, dayworks, fluctuations and loss and expense each have their own line so the client can see what moved and why.
Because retention has not been paid yet, so it is added back on the next line as a release. Deducting net would quietly lose the retention from the account. The statement shows both steps rather than hiding the arithmetic.
That is the point of it. Anticipated final cost against the approved budget is available from the first valuation, and the variance is shown as a figure rather than a colour, so it survives being printed in black and white.
Enter their purchase order or reference in the project settings and it prints on certificates and reports, so their accounts team can match it without emailing you.
Not your whole portfolio. One live job, one certificate. If it does not save you time the first time you use it, walk away and take your data with you.