Construction Litigation
Construction Claims
The claim quantifies reduced labor efficiency attributable to owner-caused conditions including overcrowding, sequence changes, weather exposure from delay, and excessive overtime.
Industry productivity factors are used where project data is unavailable.
Alternative Names:
Productivity Loss|Labor Inefficiency Claim
Why it Matters?
Industry factor studies quantifying efficiency loss from overtime, stacking, and other conditions provide a fallback where project data is insufficient, but they draw challenge as generic rather than project-specific. Courts and boards prefer measured mile analysis using the contractor's own data. Maintaining daily reports with crew sizes and quantities installed is what makes the superior method available later.
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