Chapter 12 Contractor Delay, Disruption Claims, and Damages

Index

• Section 12.1 Introduction
• Section 12.2 Additional Time—First Battle in the Delay War
• Section 12.3 Excusable Delays
• Section 12.4 Defined by the Contract?
• Section 12.5 Effects of Foreseeability and Owner’s Conduct on Excusable Delays
• Section 12.6 Foreseeability
• Section 12.7 Hindrance by Owner
• Section 12.8 Liquidated Damages
• Section 12.9 Notice Requirements
• Section 12.10 Role of Architect’s Decision on Extension Requests
• Section 12.11 Damages for Compensable Delays
• Section 12.12 No Damage for Delay Clauses
• Section 12.13 Delays Not Contemplated by the Parties
• Section 12.14 Delay Amounts to an Abandonment
• Section 12.15 Delay Was Caused by Bad Faith or Fraud
• Section 12.16 Active Interference by Owner
• Section 12.17 No Damage for Delay Clauses in Subcontracts
• Section 12.18 General Concepts
• Section 12.19 Total Cost Method
• Section 12.20 Modified Total Cost Method
• Section 12.21 Jury Verdict Method
• Section 12.22 General Conditions
• Section 12.23 Extended Home Office Overhead
• Section 12.24 Proving the Fact of Damage: Extended and Unabsorbed Home Office Overhead
• Section 12.25 Computing Unabsorbed General Overhead Costs Attributable to Delay
• Section 12.26 Equipment Costs
• Section 12.27 Interest
• Section 12.28 Jointly Caused or Concurrent Delays
• Section 12.29 Early Completion Delay
• Section 12.30 Generally
• Section 12.31 Constructive Acceleration
• Section 12.32 Notice of Acceleration
• Section 12.33 Disruptions and Change Orders
• Section 12.34 Practice Pointers