Project Management
How to check a progress valuation on an Italian renovation
Before payment, every amount should connect to completed quantities, contract rates, approved variations and quality checks.
This guide helps organise questions, records and checks. It does not replace project-specific diagnosis, design, site supervision or legal advice.
What to check
Fix the valuation date
Work and materials relate to a precise cut-off and should not be counted again.
Measure by item
Generic percentages should, where possible, be replaced by quantities or contract milestones.
Separate variations
Only approved, recorded changes enter value while requests under review remain separate.
Connect quality and payment
Defective or unverifiable work should not automatically become earned value.
Evidence and records to retain
- measurement record
- located cut-off photographs
- previous/period/cumulative schedule
- approved-variation register
- defect, reservation and retention record
Records should identify date, location, revision and responsible party. Photographs or figures without context cannot reconstruct a decision or compare it with design, contract and actual condition.
The warning sign
Paying by elapsed time confuses programme with value: half the planned days does not mean half the work is complete.
A practical sequence
- Record the condition without concealing uncertain areas.
- Define performance, responsibility and acceptance criteria.
- Compare alternatives, quantities, cost and programme effect.
- Approve the solution and update documents before execution.
- Inspect while the work remains visible and close non-conformities.
Frequently asked questions
Are materials on site payable?
Only under agreed contract rules covering ownership, delivery evidence, insurance and acceptance.
Who checks the valuation?
Roles and authority depend on appointments and contract and should be clear before payment.
Does a requested variation enter immediately?
No. Request, assessment and approval are distinct states.
Conclusion
A sound valuation is cumulative and auditable, aligns cash with accepted work and makes the forecast at completion visible.
The existing call to action on this page can be used to contact MANINI Restorations about project-management method. Any property-specific advice requires surveys and records.
Primary sources consulted
- D.Lgs. 36/2023 — Codice dei contratti, accessed 4 September 2026.
- Regione Toscana — Prezzario 2026, accessed 4 September 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are materials on site payable?
Only under agreed contract rules covering ownership, delivery evidence, insurance and acceptance.
Who checks the valuation?
Roles and authority depend on appointments and contract and should be clear before payment.
Does a requested variation enter immediately?
No. Request, assessment and approval are distinct states.
