Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 4th ed

Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 4th ed

The new 4th edition of Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts offers comprehensive guidance on managing delays and disruptions in construction and civil engineering projects.

• It follows a chronological approach, beginning with project inception and risk assessment through to disputes and their resolution.

• The book provides practical solutions to common problems encountered in construction projects.

• It explores change management, project control, planning, and scheduling in detail.

• The law of proof of causation in delay and disruption claims is thoroughly examined.

• It reviews how the latest editions of standard forms of contract address extensions of time and compensation issues.

• Topics such as exclusion clauses, concurrency, parallelism, pacing, apportionment, total and modified total loss claims, and time-related claims are covered extensively.

• Guidance is given on the recovery of management time and lost profits as damages.

• Clear diagrams are used to explain complex matters including planning risks, GMP, target cost, partnering and alliancing contracts, notices, forensic schedule analysis, settlement, dispute resolution, and global claims.

• The text draws on practical insights from modern academic and legal theory, as well as recent case law.

• Comparative perspectives are provided on the law as it applies in England, Scotland, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the United States.

Contents of Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 4th ed

• Risk of Development
  
• Procurement
  
• Standard Form Provisions for Time and Cost
  
• Notices, Claims and Early Warnings
  
• Extensions of Time and Time at Large
  
• Planning and Scheduling
  
• Presentation and Approval of Schedules
  
• Revising, Updating, Monitoring and Reporting
  
• Project Control
  
• Mitigation, Recovery and Acceleration
  
• Variation and Change
  
• Construction Records
  
• Cause and Effect
  
• Forensic Schedule Analysis
  
• Float and Time Contingencies
  
• Disruption to progress and lost productivity
  
• Concurrency, Parallelism and Pacing
  
• Total Time, Total Loss and Global Claims
  
• Damages
  
• Apportionment
  
• Settlements and Dispute Resolution
  
• Appendices