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The agreement stays one record

Hold the agreement as one record. Bring people in. Keep changes and payment on that record, with less time spent chasing the pieces.

The sample agreement

Open the reading

Transformer delivery and commissioning

A supply and commissioning agreement between a principal and a provider, eighty pages of promises, dates and money.

From the obligations

The Provider shall complete commissioning by the end of week 36.

Words kept from the agreement

This example follows one agreement from the last signature to accepted close-out.

The walk begins

It starts at the last signature

Start from the signed documents, not another round of copying them into tasks. Review the work, responsibilities and dates the documents wrote, then put the team to work.

A project coordinator carefully checks the commissioning clause in a printed agreement.
The commissioning deadline is read from the agreement and carried into the plan.
Explore the agreement reading and the accepted record

Reading assurance

You decide what changes the record.

Open the sample reading

Reading

The documents write the rules

Nebula brings together responsibilities, dates and amounts from the documents, with the original wording beside each finding.

Source quote
required for each reading result
Clear actions
drawn from the documents
See the agreement reading
Product / ReadingSwipe to inspect
WHAT NEBULA READSWHAT NEBULA FOUNDTransformer delivery and commissioning80 pages / Section 4 / obligationsTHIS AGREEMENT is between the Principal and the Providerfor the supply, delivery and commissioning of thetransformer described in Schedule 1, on the terms below.2.DELIVERY2.3The transformer is delivered to site in week 30.Transport, access and cranage are in Schedule 2.2.6Risk passes to the Principal on delivery.4.OBLIGATIONS4.7The Provider shallcomplete commissioning by the end of week 36.The commissioning tests are set out in Schedule 5.6.CLAIMS AND PAYMENTEach claim is made against the Payment Schedulewith a valid tax invoice, exclusive of GST, and:6.2The Principal responds to a claim in 10 business days.The response and its reasons stay on the record.6.4The responded amount is payable in 30 days.8.VARIATIONSA variation is priced and approved before the workproceeds, and its programme effect is stated.12.GENERALWarranties, insurance and notices are in Schedule 6.readingOBLIGATIONDeliverableTransformer to site, week 30OBLIGATIONMilestoneCommissioning, end of week 36DETAILResponse windowRespond within 10 business daysDETAILPaymentResponded amount, 30 days

Week 1The reading becomes the shared record.

The record

Accepted work stays on one record

When you accept a requirement, it becomes part of the record. The source stays attached.

Supported readings
eligible to become accepted items
Draft for review
unresolved ownership or confidence
What stays in draft

A requirement with uncertain ownership or a low-confidence reading stays in draft.

A delivery planner compares a commissioning agreement with the plan at her workstation.
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/projects/transformer-delivery/plan

The agreement’s delivery plan

Plan items

6

Draft

2

Accepted

4

Plan changes

  • 09:12Plan item acceptedM1 · Design and shop drawings
  • 08:40Responsibility assignedCalder Transformer Services
  • 06:00Draft held for reviewOutage window · Schedule 1
  • Week 1Plan built from the reading6 milestones · clause 4.7
  • Week 1Deadline registeredCommissioning · end of week 36

Useful preparation

Get more of the preparation off your desk

Reports, work orders and notice drafts can start from the job already in Nebula. For technical work, Nebula turns a prompt or your documents into a drawing to review and edit.

Delivery reports
Bring progress, decisions and the current position into a report for the next meeting.
Specialist work orders
Set out the job, completion requirements and agreed terms for the person taking it on.
Notice drafts
Prepare the wording from the agreement and the event, ready to review before sending.
Technical drawings
Start with the electrical single-line example below. Review it, request changes and take the DWG into your own tools.
See the worked drawing example

The electrical single-line diagram comes first, as a DWG drafted natively in AutoCAD, with mechanical and other drawings to follow. Anything the documents leave unanswered is marked for your decision.

NEBULA · PRODUCED DELIVERABLE

Single line diagram · Harbour Pumping Station

PROPOSAL FOR REVIEW
B1 · 11 kV · MAIN BUSREQUIREMENT 01
T1 · 1.5 MVAREQUIREMENT 036.2% IMPEDANCE
B2 · 0.415 kV · DISTRIBUTIONREQUIREMENT 02
Requirement 01
Provide bus B1 at 11 kV.
Requirement 02
Provide bus B2 at 0.415 kV.
Requirement 03
Connect T1 from B1 to B2 at 1.5 MVA and 6.2% impedance.
Requirement 04
Provide suitable downstream protection.
DECISION REQUIRED 01

You decide the downstream protection not stated in the source.

You see no device, rating, curve or setting in the source, so the drawing leaves this open.

You can trace every placed element to its recorded requirement.

Waiting for the operator's decision
Worked example · generated from stated requirements, then offered undecided

Week 3One deliverable needs a specialist.

Hand over a brief they can start

Nebula drafts a one-page work order from the accepted record. Agree the scope and terms, then bring verified work back onto the same record.

See what goes with the work order

Quotes and offer terms stay private to the organisation. The head project's deadlines do not move.

The subcontract rests only on wording both parties signed.

Keep the job moving through to payment

See what is holding up delivery and awaiting a payment response. Claims, approvals and part-payments keep their history, so the next conversation starts with the position in front of you.

Weeks 9 to 14The switchgear slips, the first claim arrives and a response window opens.

Two project planners examine a printed programme and trace the sequence leading to commissioning.
The supplied weeks and durations form one path to the week 36 finish. The outage window stays unscheduled, because its duration was never supplied.
Explore time, money and deadline records

Schedule

See what sets the finish date

What needs to finish first, what depends on it, and which delay would move the recorded finish.

Critical work
the path that sets the scheduled finish
Unscheduled
work with incomplete dates
What scheduling draws on

Dates come from the dates and durations the documents provide. Work with incomplete dates stays unscheduled.

Money

See where payment stands

Claims, approvals, paid amounts and what is still unpaid stay on the same record.

Claim status
submission, review and payment records
Budget
recorded value and changes
How retention is estimated

Retention is estimated from the rate the documents state. Without a usable rate, there is no figure.

The payment claim lifecycle

You submit a payment claim, record the schedule and certification, and carry any shortfall forward until it is discharged.

Every position keeps its date, and Nebula moves no money; your later dispute opens on the recorded history.

A commercial coordinator compares a payment claim with delivery records and site photographs.

Deadlines

Have the follow-up ready

Trusted deadlines are checked every 15 minutes. Follow-up is prepared for review, not sent.

15 min
configured check cadence
Review first
follow-up prepared, not sent
How response windows are dated

Unsupported timing stays unknown

When a payment notice has no source-stated calendar response date, Nebula keeps the response-window state UNKNOWN and tells you to check the notice and source document.

A missed date sends nothing by itself. You review every follow-up after Nebula confirms the current state, certainty, sender authority and notification route.

How a missed deadline escalates

Nebula checks trusted deadlines every 15 minutes, records each reminder stage and holds every follow-up for your review.

A project manager reviews a commissioning deadline and prepares a follow-up for human approval.
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PAYMENT AND BUDGETIllustrative claim pathClaim progress to paymentClaim submittedmay be linked to a payment milestonePayment duecertified amount recordedPaidpaid amount matches the certified amountIllustrative budget positionUsed to dateAgreed budgetBudget change recordedcompare the current figureProgress comparison shown when inputs are availableDocument terms inform payment schedules and retention estimatesSubmitted to payment due to paid
Inspect schedule and deadline views
Product / ScheduleSwipe to inspect
CRITICAL PATHIllustrative scheduleWk 061218243036planned finish · wk 36 · 4.7Design and drawingsM1Switchgear supplyPO-02Transformer build and FATM2Delivery to siteM3InstallationM4CommissioningM5 · wk 36Controls the scheduled finishHas scheduling flexibilityThe fortnight slip recalculates later work
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DEADLINE CHECKScheduled every 15 minutesTime allowed to respondNebula can record each configured reminder stagewindow opensREMINDER50% of windowWARNING75% of windowFINAL90% of windowReminder attempt recordedREMINDER at 50%Warning attempt recordedWARNING at 75%Final notice attempt recordedFINAL at 90%Responsiveness -5NO RESPONSE OUTCOME RECORDEDConfigured stages at 50 / 75 / 90 percentTrusted missed responses can affect responsiveness
What the forward pass raises

You read the programme ahead through the forward pass, and each approaching bottleneck arrives as a finding for you to act on.

Your deliverable within five days of its deadline with no evidence attached raises its own alert. The pass writes nothing on its own, and every alert names what produced it.

If the engagement tightens

A response can harden into a dispute. Your record is ready without drama.

Formal notices

Required notices build from the agreement, with acknowledgement recorded.

Suspension rights

A suspension right is exercised from the clause window the agreement states.

Defect notices

A defect notice carries its rectification date and evidence.

Disputes

Grounds, evidence and outcomes stay on one dispute.

Exports

CSV, PDF, Word and ZIP files with audit and proof references.

How a formal notice is served

You serve a formal notice with its reference number, your signature and its proof reference in one act, with the notification outcome recorded beside it.

Whichever surface you serve from, the notice carries the same reference, signature and proof reference.

What a dispute brief holds

When an item is contested, you generate a dispute brief that holds the chronology, the agreement analysis, the submitted position and an evidence summary in one document.

The brief is marked as a Nebula reading, for your review, and it never stands as impartial evidence.

What an export renders

You export the agreed reading as one document that renders only what both parties signed, and an audit bundle containing its audit report, index and available proof bundles.

An insurance pack summarises the current delivery record, parties, item states, active packs and available proof references.

Week 15The slip needs more time, and the scope has grown.

A signed change updates the record

When a variation is signed, work, budget and schedule update together. An unsigned change is not in.

See the change record boundaries

The effect on price and programme is visible before agreement.

A lodged claim stays the stated position until the response is recorded.

YOUR CONTROLS

Week 17 · A variation arrives

You stay in control

Choose the read, steer another pass, correct the record and confirm consequential work.

Explore your controls and connected work

These controls do not bypass authority. Scope, cost and time changes still use the authorised change process that applies to you.

  1. CHOOSE

    Choose the read

    Select an available model and scope before a reading begins.

  2. STEER

    Steer another pass

    Point the next pass to a clause, risk or missing fact.

  3. CORRECT

    Correct the record

    Save a correction within your authority. Keep the original words and author.

  4. CONFIRM

    Confirm what changes

    Review consequential work before it enters the shared record.

Any morningOf everything in motion, a few things need you.

Companion

Get to the decisions that need you

A prepared brief for one project or across the portfolio, with the work behind each update a step away.

Project brief
linked back to the work
Portfolio summary
across recorded projects
Product / Companion
An illustrative Companion cycles through managing, review-ready, at-risk and verified engagement states.
See connected systems

Nebula

One view of the work

  • Microsoft 365Identity, documents and team collaboration
  • Google WorkspaceIdentity, files, mail and calendar
  • XeroFinancial context and payment records
  • QuickBooks OnlineInvoices, payments and time activity
  • MYOBCompany files, invoices and timesheets
  • ProcoreProjects, documents and field activity
  • Oracle AconexDocument revisions and correspondence

Connections require setup and permission for the sources you choose. Other systems can send approved events.

Give the next job a stronger starting point

Finished work leaves more than a folder behind. The delivery history stays with the business, with confirmed outcomes to support its reputation and a record the next team can build on.

Week 36Commissioning completes. Delivery becomes proof.

A delivery coordinator reconciles an event record with two separate confirmation documents.
One event record sits beside two independent confirmation receipts, and each carries its own anchor.
Explore confirmation and reputation records

Proof

Check an event record

A recorded event creates records on two networks, each checkable with its anchor ID.

Up to 2
external confirmation records
No account
needed for a public check
When anchoring runs

Anchoring runs where the project configuration enables it. Each record is checked on its own anchor ID.

Reputation

See a recorded reputation profile

The five-area profile changes only when a recorded event supports it.

5 areas
in one organisation profile
Recorded events
the input to a score change
A business owner reviews completed project records with a colleague to support a capability discussion.
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REPUTATIONUpdated from recorded activityElite90Established80Trusted70Emergingstarting point 75Reliability96Timeliness90Responsiveness83Collaboration78Documentation76OVERALL8575798285EstablishedSCORE95+90+80+70+<70Five areas combine into one organisation score.Marketplace directory: tier first; approved detail on request
See confirmation records
Product / ProofSwipe to inspect
CONFIRMATION RECORDSConfirmation reported independentlyRECORDED EVENTAccepted status recordedtwo records, made independentlyPUBLIC NETWORKPublic confirmationanyone can check itno account neededINDEPENDENT RECORDNebula confirmationthe event’s details, keptlinked back to the workBoth checks completeEach available confirmation is checked separately.

See recorded activity and retained standing

See the last 30 days of recorded activity apart from the standing you have retained across current engagements. Work through the records it lists for review, and take the same evidence with you through Take this record.

After the finish

Take the next opportunity into delivery

Take a finished engagement into the next one with its history intact.

Explore opportunities and marketplace trust

Your tender trail stays connected after award

Opportunities and tenders

Your posting, tender and revisions stay in one trail. An award opens your shared engagement; the resulting agreement still requires acceptance.

Your counterparty-confirmed delivery record can match you to opportunities by service region and engagement value. Self-reported profile fields do not affect that match.

Browse opportunities

Marketplace choice

Start with the tier, then ask for the detail

See organisations grouped by recorded reputation tier in the signed-in marketplace, and which have no recorded history. Ask for the scores out of 100 and recent reputation events; an owner or administrator at the other organisation decides the release.

  1. 01 Recorded tier
  2. 02 Request detail
  3. 03 Approved release

Start with work you have on now

Bring the agreement you are working from. See the instrument Nebula holds, then bring your team into the job.