Adjudication is the fast statutory dispute process available on UK construction contracts: a party refers a dispute to an independent adjudicator who reaches a decision, typically within 28 days, that is binding unless and until finally resolved by court, arbitration or agreement.
Its speed is the point and the pressure: there is little time to build a case after the referral arrives, so parties effectively fight with the records they already hold.
That reality is the strongest practical argument for contemporaneous record-keeping. In a 28-day process, the party with the organised, dated, searchable project record starts several lengths ahead.