Many companies come to Levelset because they’re getting burned on a project and want help getting paid. Escalation Docs are effective tools for speeding up payment because they open up communication between you, the property owner and the GC who control money on the project.
The purpose of an Escalation Doc is to alert top-of-chain parties like the owner and GC that you have not been paid and give them a chance to resolve the payment dispute to avoid having a lien filed on their property.
Even if you missed your deadline to secure lien rights (look up deadlines here), you can still send an Escalation Doc to open up communication on the project and try to collect payment.