Are We Late? Oh, It’s Over Already? Which Delay Claim Methodology Should I Use?

Summary

In sports, games are influenced by particular measurements: the two-minute warning, the 24-second shot clock, arbitrary injury time; somehow all seem to work well for their respective games. Game completion can become painfully protracted with multiple time-outs, penalties and overtime, but the measurements, rules and instant replay provide well-defined tools to determine the final outcome. Similarly, multiple actions (and inactions) occur during the life of a construction project, resulting in delayed completion. However, what tools are available to measure construction delays and determine who’s responsible?

Construction delays can have a significant impact on the cost of performance for both the contractor and owner. Who ultimately pays for these delays is highly dependent upon a forensic schedule analysis to determine both responsibility and duration of each delay encountered. Over the years, more than a dozen methods have emerged to identify and measure delay, but each has strengths and weaknesses yielding different results for the same set of facts. There are multiple papers, guidelines and recommended practices on the topic, but how does a contractor sift through all this in deciding how to support a request for time extension. And how does an owner approach its own analysis to verify a contractor’s claim?

This webinar provides practical guidance for owners and contractors in the selection of a delay analysis method to meet the unique needs of a particular project. We’ll look at the strengths and weaknesses of the four most common methodologies to help identify approaches that can reasonably be considered given certain factual and contractual circumstances.

Attend this informative 90-minute webinar to help you:

Learn to choose a delay analysis method – forecast versus retrospective
Understand the method prescribed by the contract, if any
Identify the factors and issues that need to be considered before committing to a method
Determine the role of the two prominent published guidelines that are available and how to employ them:

AACE® International Recommended Practice No. 29R-03 Forensic Schedule Analysis
Schedule Delay Analysis, Standard ANSI/ASCE/CI 67-17

Identify the role of the person(s) performing the analysis and ultimate presentation in a dispute resolution setting; the use of Daubert challenges
Discover when and how to engage a consultant
And much more!