强化水电工程施工中的索赔意识

水电工程受工期长、规模大、技术复杂、地下条件的不确定性、气候条件复杂多变、市场波动以及合同条款、规范、标准文件和施工图纸的变更、差异、延误等因素的影响，在工程实施过程中，出现索赔在所难免．做好索赔工作是承包商保护自身正当权益、弥补工程损失、提高经济效益的重要和有效手段．

Strengthening the consciousness of claim in carrying out a hydropower project construction

The project of hydropower development is chara ct erized by long period of construction, large volume of work, complex technologie s, uncertain subsurface conditions, variable climatic features, changeable marke t prices, and in particular frequent modifications for contracts, specifications , design documents and construction drawings, as well as construction delays. A claim is inevitable for these reasons. A contractor has a power to make for his own losses a claim as an effective tool to raise his own economic profits.