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Contracts·4 min read·2025

Claims are Born Long Before the Dispute

Claims do not appear when the conflict explodes. They are incubated much earlier—in daily execution.

Every informal instruction. Every undocumented technical adjustment. Every detour accepted 'not to stall progress'. That is where the claim begins.

Not in arbitration. Not in mediation. Not in front of lawyers.

It begins when execution departs from the contract and a coherent technical trace is not built to explain the gap.

Most teams believe they are delivering progress. In reality, they are accumulating unstructured exposure.

When the dispute finally emerges, the discussion is no longer about what happened—it is about what can be proven.

A claim is not an event. It is the predictable result of broken traceability.

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Ing. Juan José Ramón Berraondo

Founder & Director — RB | Ingeniería & Contratos

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