Mr. Fred Barry:

No, they would not. There is not a single norm. Some contractors put in extremely high claims and they come down an awful lot. Some put in more measured, considered ones and they still come down. One cannot really benchmark claims on the basis of the amount claimed and say that, therefore, there would be so much to pay. However, one can say that, over the life of a construction project, it would be most unusual if a contractor could not find some things that were additional to the original.