Contents

  • Table of abbreviations.
  • Table of cases.
  • Table of legislation.
  • Table of contract clauses.
  • List of diagrams.
  • Introduction.
  • The risk of development.
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Contract provisions of the standard forms
    • Allocation of risk
    • Tortious claims arising from delay
  • Standard form delay clauses
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • The conditions of contract
    • Classification of change
    • Standard clauses on delay
  • Notices, claims and extensions of time
    • Introduction
    • Notices
    • Extensions of time
    • Standard provisions for recovery of loss or expense
  • The master programme
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • The contract programme
    • Programme submission
    • Programme acceptance
    • Developers' programmes
    • Contractors' programmes
    • The contract period
    • Early completion
    • Milestones and sectional completion
    • Subcontractors
    • Work content
    • Logical relationships
    • Activity durations
    • Calculating durations
  • Presentation of the master programme
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Contract requirements
    • Bar-charts
    • Histograms
    • Graphs
    • Flow charts
    • Line of balance
    • Milestone charts
    • Critical path method
    • Network diagram method
    • Arrow diagram method
    • Cascade diagram method
  • The use of computers
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Contract provisions of the standard forms
    • The Bill of Quantities
    • Discrepancies and divergencies
    • Omissions
    • Acceleration
    • Constructive change
    • Consequential changes
  • Getting at the facts of delay
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Preparing contemporaneous records
    • Types of document
    • Document analysis
    • The retrospective assembly of evidence
    • Discovery, disclosure and inspection
    • Independent information management
  • Disruption to progress and loss of efficiency
    • Introduction
    • Industry standards
    • Experience
    • Time and motion study
    • Comparison with other projects
    • Productivity
    • Expert opinion
  • Demonstrating cause and effect
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Cause/effect matrix
    • Scott schedules
    • The as-planned programme
    • The as-built programme
    • Delay analysis without CPM
    • CPM-based techniques
  • Float
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Use of float
    • Who owns the float?
  • Concurrency
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Excusable delay
    • Compensable delay
    • Excusable and compensable delay on parallel critical paths
    • Apportioning the loss
  • Mitigation
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Contract provisions
    • Non-compensable delay to progress
    • Inexcusable delay to completion
    • Compensable delay to progress
    • Excusable delay to completion
    • Mitigating action by contractor
    • Mitigation by developer
  • Damages
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Contract provisions of the standard forms
    • Exclusion clauses
    • Cost factors
    • Calculation of damages
    • Formula adjustments
    • Quantum Meruit
    • Identifying the source of loss
    • Developer's damages
  • Presenting the claim
    • Terminology
    • Introduction
    • Contract provisions of the standard forms
    • Global claims
    • Who should prepare the claim?
    • Preparing the claim
    • Settlement
    • Terms of settlement
    • Formal proceedings
    • Misrepresentation and fraud
    • Statements of case
  • Appendices
    • Comparison of risks adopted by the developer
    • Comparison of programme requirements
    • Model specification clauses for contract programmes
    • Computer software for project management
    • Standard forms of contract

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