Delays Affecting The Construction Schedule

Describe common practices to estimate the duration of project activities as well as real reasons that cause project delays.

Codelfa Construction was not able to get any compensation for damages and delays according to the contract.

(2) The Contractor asserts its right to the adjustment within 30 days after the end of the period of work stoppage; provided, that, if the Contracting Officer decides the facts justify the action, the Contracting Officer may receive and act upon the claim submitted at any time before final payment under this contract.

The workers then have to redo the project. This takes up a lot of time. Now the workers are behind and might not finish in time. New workers also slow down the process. The contractors have to take the time to train the new workers. They also have a tendency to make more mistakes. Since the new workers have little experience, they are slower and usually are the ones to make most of the mistakes. This is why contractors prefer people with experience over new workers. The only problem is that people with experience want to get paid more. Good communication is always important to have for better productivity. It is very important so that the workers know what they are doing and how they are going to do it. Planning everything out before will create fewer problems, and the work will be more productive.

Any path that if delayed will delay the completion of the entire project is known as a:

The contractor, upon the breach of his obligations, he caused some damages to the owner and he should be exposed to forfeiture.

Where an insurer denies a claim and fails to provide funding for repairs, the insured is excused from failing to make repairs as soon as reasonably possible under the prevention doctrine. This is the recent holding of the California Court of Appeal in the case of Stephens & Stephens XII, LLC v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1131.

• But for the Texas customer’s failure to perform an inspection of Lyle’s installation work prior to or after Lyle left the work site, the injury would not have happened.

I have been doing some research on FAR Clause 52.212-4(c) and believe we can one (1) one mod all encompassing. The FAR Clause 52.212-4(c) allows for "change orders." The only stipulation I could find was the "change order" most be bilateral as the Contractor may be entitle to an equitable adjustment. As the "change order" was to add work/supplies to NAS JAX and Mayport (and it is within reason) and this change resulted in an equitable adjustment $13k 52.212-4(c) would apply. Also, moving down to (f) this clause allows for "excusable delays." The excusable delay that is allowable and pertains to this case is " Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity."

The contract had a completion date with a significantly daily liquidated damage penalty in the event the work was not completed within the specified contract time frame. However, the penalty amount was equal to a bonus amount for every day the work was completed before the completion date. After award, Western mobilized three portable dredges, worked seven days per week, 24 hours per day, and completed the work ahead of schedule to earn the bonus. Once again, the firm excelled in the performance of its contract requirements in a technically challenging and time sensitive

The Contracting Officer shall ascertain the facts and the extent of delay. If, in the judgment of the Contracting Officer, the findings of fact warrant such action, the time for completing the work shall be extended. The findings of the Contracting Officer shall be final and conclusive on the parties, but subject to appeal under the Disputes clause.

As stated, any such proceeding of an examination of an extension request in relation to the Work Schedule and in relation to variations that were approved by Prof. Wittke in the excavation rate takes place, according to the agreement, in real time, immediately after an extension request is filed, and not after all the works have been completed. I should point out: first, as stated in the affidavit of Mr. Giang Aimin, the defendants' claim that there was a change the variation in the round of excavation in dolomite and chalk rock is completely denied. Moreover, even if there was such change it was known to the defendants already at the time of signing the agreements3rd .addendum.

Having 3 days of delay in electrical can affect the whole project. Therefore, the negotiation of 15 working days would exceed up to 18 days, which could cause the penalty of $300 ($100 per extra day). In order to minimise a project’s critical path, sequencing of tasks should be changed. On the off chance that one can do a project’s tasks in alternate grouping to that initially proposed, one might have the capacity to shorten the critical path. A level of intricacy by striving for shortening the critical path, which is primarily hazardous, is unavoidably acquainted with the task. (Aydar, 2014) With a specific end goal to convey this shorter timescale, the critical path should be controlled

When engaging in a construction contract, time is of the essence and running over time projections can cause literally millions of dollars in additional non-contract costs. Therefore, construction contracts that can provide incentives to complete the project on time or early are beneficial because they effectively penalized contractors who fail to deliver on-time performance. With a CPIF contract, the

Even with prior planning uncertainties will happen. In this case, the contractor decided to outsource the concreted for the paid. The problem is that the concrete was not with codes and had to be removed and repoured. This delay caused budget overruns. This goes back to the quality not being measured in the earned value management (EVM) system. The 30 day project turned into 60 days and was ultimately over budget but the difference was paid by the contractor. Even