Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 6th Ed | 2024

Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 6th Ed | 2024

Now in its sixth edition, *Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts* continues to be a leading resource on the complex challenges that can arise in construction projects. This edition offers thoroughly updated content and introduces new chapters on topics such as standard form provisions for loss or expense recovery and the specifics of Chinese and Peruvian construction law.

The book provides a comprehensive approach to addressing delay and disruption at every phase of a construction project, from the initial stages through to completion and beyond. Key features include:

- Insights from a global team of specialized advisory editors
- Comparative analysis of construction law in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States, and various civil law jurisdictions
- Commentary and comparisons of standard forms from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, the US, and more, with several new forms included
- Chapters on adjudication, dispute boards, and the civil law framework
- Extensive discussion of Building Information Modeling (BIM)
- New chapters covering Chinese, Nordic, Peruvian, Singaporean, and Malaysian construction law
- In-depth examination of the JCT 2016 suite
- Updated case law, directly related to the principles discussed in the text.

This book is an invaluable reference for lawyers, dispute resolvers, project managers, architects, engineers, contractors, and academics engaged in the construction industry.

Table of Contents of Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 6th Ed

1. Introduction and terminology
2. The risk of development,
3. Project procurement,
4. Standard form provisions for time,
5. Standard form provisions for money,
6. Notices, claims and early warnings,
7. Extensions of time and time at large,
8. Planning and programming,
9. Presentation and approval of programmes,
10. Revising, updating, monitoring and reporting,
11. Project control,
12. Mitigation, recovery and acceleration,
13. Variation and change,
14. Construction records,
15. Cause and effect,
16. Forensic programme analysis,
17. Float and time contingencies,
18. Disruption to progress and lost productivity,
19. Concurrency, parallelism and pacing,
20. Total time, total loss and global Claim,
21. Apportionment,
22. Damages,
23. Construction delay insurance,
24. Negotiation and settlement of claims,
25. Dispute resolution,
26. An introduction to adjudication in the United Kingdom,
27. An introduction to dispute boards,
28. Mandatory laws in international construction contracts,
29. An introduction to Chinese construction law,
30. An introduction to Nordic construction law,
31. An introduction to Peruvian construction law,
32. An introduction to constrution law in Singapore and Malaysia,

Appendix 1: Glossary of terms and definitions,

Appendix 2: Types of document

About The Author:

Andrew Burr is a distinguished arbitrator, adjudicator, and prominent barrister in construction law. His expertise spans property-related arbitration, adjudication, and mediation, as well as construction and technology issues. He serves as Legal Counsel at Synthesis Chambers Solicitors Ltd and is an affiliated foreign lawyer with Varul in Vilnius, Lithuania. Recognized as an arbitrator in several jurisdictions, Andrew has also contributed to the ICC’s advisory committee for revising its Dispute Board Rules. Additionally, he is heavily involved in editorial work for the *Construction Law Journal*.

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