Causation and Delay in Construction Disputes

Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
1.1 Introduction......Page 17
1.2 An outline of the battlefield – looking forward......Page 18
2.1 Allocating risk......Page 24
2.2 Timing obligations......Page 30
2.3 Planning tools......Page 37
2.4 Information – when and what......Page 53
2.5 Getting it right from the outset – contractual obligations......Page 55
2.6 The employer’s perspective......Page 71
3.1 Site organisation and reporting systems......Page 72
3.2 Notices......Page 82
3.3 Monitoring delays......Page 90
3.4 Conclusions......Page 98
4.1 Introduction......Page 99
4.2 Defining completion......Page 100
4.3 Calculating the delay......Page 101
4.4 Certificates of non-completion......Page 104
4.5 The duty to review......Page 105
4.7 The final certificate......Page 109
4.8 Time at large......Page 110
5.1 Objectives......Page 111
5.2 Example in practice......Page 114
5.3 Means and ends......Page 117
5.4 The legal framework......Page 128
6.1 When does a dispute become ‘legal’?......Page 137
6.2 Claims as negotiating tools......Page 139
6.3 Showing cause and effect......Page 141
6.4 Legal and practical consequences......Page 172
7.1 Objectives......Page 175
7.2 Strategic planning......Page 176
7.3 Project network techniques in programme preparation......Page 185
7.4 The critical path......Page 187
7.5 Resource analysis......Page 191
7.6 Overview......Page 195
8.1 Introduction......Page 199
8.2 Tender and programme analysis......Page 201
8.3 Cause and effect......Page 209
8.4 Analysing the effect of delays......Page 218
8.5 Float......Page 228
9.1 Introduction......Page 233
9.2 Practical concerns......Page 234
9.3 Programme and records......Page 236
9.4 Principles relating to delay and compensation......Page 240
9.5 Dealing with extensions of time during the project......Page 243
9.6 Dealing with disputed extensions of time after the project......Page 244
9.7 The PFE Change Management Supplement......Page 245
9.8 Some thoughts going forward......Page 247
10.1 General......Page 248
10.2 Putting together the submission......Page 250
10.3 Presenting the evidence......Page 257
10.4 Witnesses of fact......Page 258
10.5 Claims consultants......Page 259
10.6 Expert evidence......Page 260
11.1 Changing times......Page 264
11.2 Adjudication......Page 269
11.3 Mediation and alternative dispute resolution......Page 286
Appendix 1 Sample Preliminary Clauses Dealing with Programmes......Page 289
Appendix 2 Draft Notices of Delay......Page 295
Notes......Page 296
Table of Cases......Page 311
Table of Statutes......Page 315
Bibliography......Page 316
Index......Page 318