It shouldn't just be that they don't like it or cant afford it, but at the end of the day the Project Manager can always make their own assessment under the second bullet of clause 64.1. Not correctly could be that the duration's considered too long, rates considered excessive, risk considered too high etc. They can carry out their own assessment, but it should be on that would stand up to adjudication as that is where the Contractor can go if they do not agree with the Project Manager assessment if it is implemented at their own assessment.
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