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Your total annual turnover across all projects. Used to estimate your variation pool.
Industry average is 4–10%. Higher on brownfield, shutdown, and complex projects.
What share of your variation claims get pushed back, reduced, or never paid? Industry data puts it at 55–65%.
About these defaults: The 5% variation rate is consistent with KPMG and AIQS benchmarks for commercial subcontracting — higher on brownfield and shutdown work. The 60% unagreed default is based on SOPA adjudication data from NSW Fair Trading: subcontractor variation claims succeed approximately 41% of the time when disputed — meaning 59% are rejected, reduced, or settled at a discount. The primary reason for rejection is documentation quality — not the legitimacy of the claim.
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