Construction delays : extensions of time and Profilongation claims

This practical, user-friendly guide for construction professionals and lawyers deals with Extensions of Time, and includes examples for detailed submissions, helpful charts, graphics and electronic templates. Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1 The aims of this book; 2 Extensions of time; 3 Prolongation claims; 4 The SCL protocol; Part II: Programmes and record keeping; 5 Background and history of planning; 6 Planning and programming; 7 The importance of a programme; 8 Programme submission, review and acceptance; 9 Programme updates and revisions; 10 Progress records and other record keeping; Part III: Contracts and case law; 11 Introduction; 12 Contracts: JCT and NEC; 13 Case law: Pre-1993; 14 Case law: 1993 to 1999; 15 Case law: 2000 to 2003 Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Part I: Introduction......Page 12 1 The aims of this book......Page 14 2 Extensions of time......Page 17 3 Prolongation claims......Page 19 4 The SCL protocol......Page 22 Part II: Programmes and record keeping......Page 30 5 Background and history of planning......Page 32 6 Planning and programming......Page 36 7 The importance of a programme......Page 51 8 Programme submission, review and acceptance......Page 55 9 Programme updates and revisions......Page 62 10 Progress records and other record keeping......Page 70 Part III: Contracts and case law......Page 78 11 Introduction......Page 80 12 Contracts: JCT and NEC......Page 83 13 Case law: Pre-1993......Page 90 14 Case law: 1993 to 1999......Page 101 15 Case law: 2000 to 2003......Page 113 16 Case law: 2004 to 2005......Page 120 Part IV: The ‘thorny issues’......Page 128 17 Introduction......Page 130 18 Float; ownership and utilisation......Page 132 19 Concurrency......Page 144 20 Mitigation and acceleration......Page 154 21 Time at large......Page 157 Part V: Extensions of time......Page 160 22 Introduction......Page 162 23 EOT assessment techniques......Page 168 24 Prospective analysis: Methodology and worked example......Page 193 25 Retrospective analysis: Methodology and worked example......Page 210 Part VI: Prolongation claims (and time-related costs)......Page 226 26 Introduction......Page 228 27 Contract requirements......Page 231 28 Prolongation claims......Page 237 29 Worked example......Page 244 Appendices......Page 250 Appendix 1: Definitions and glossary......Page 252 Appendix 2: Levels of programmes......Page 260 Appendix 3: Model specification for a ‘windows’ analysis......Page 268 Appendix 4: Charts for worked example: time impact analysis......Page 272 Appendix 5: Charts for worked example: windows analysis......Page 315 Index......Page 368

This book provides guidance on delay analysis, particularly in relation to extension of time submissions. It gives readers the information and practical details to be considered in formulating and resolving extension of time submissions and time-related prolongation claims. Useful guidance and recommended good practice is given on all the common delay analysis techniques, and worked examples of extension of time submissions and time-related prolongation claims are included.

Written in a practical and user-friendly style, the book includes helpful charts and graphics. It will be useful for construction professionals dealing with extensions of time and delay claims, and for lawyers and others who are involved in the contentious side of the construction and engineering industries.

Roger Gibson has over 40 years of planning & programming experience in the construction and engineering industries. During the latter part of his career his has received many appointments as an Expert in time-related disputes.