Delay claims allocate responsibility for schedule impacts. Excusable delays entitle a contractor to time, compensable delays to time and money, and inexcusable delays neither. Concurrent delay complicates the analysis.
Schedule analysis establishes causation.
Alternative Names:
Construction Delay Claim, Schedule Delay Claim
Why it Matters?
Critical path analysis determines whether a delay actually extended completion, since a delay to non-critical work absorbs float without affecting the end date. That distinction eliminates many claims before the entitlement question is reached. No-damages-for-delay clauses further limit recovery to time extensions in jurisdictions enforcing them, though exceptions for active interference and bad faith are widely recognized.
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What determines whether a delay is compensable?
What limits delay damages?
