JCT changes to cover bombs, asbestos and epidemics

Contractors will be able to claim an extension of time and costs if asbestos or unexploded bombs are unexpectedly found during a design-and-build job, under new changes to the JCT contract. The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) yesterday (17 April) published a new edition of a… The post JCT changes to cover bombs, asbestos and epidemics appeared first on Construction News.

Did the coronation entitle contractors to an extension of time?

Thomas Haller is a senior associate at law firm BCLP This year there was an extra bank holiday to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. But did this extra bank holiday entitle the contractor to an extension of time under a JCT contract? First… The post Did the coronation entitle contractors to an extension of time? appeared first on Construction News.

King's College, London - 2022 Construction Adjudication in the United Kingdom: Tracing trends and guiding reform, October 2022

This Report provides a comprehensive survey of construction adjudication from the perspective of the users, designed to find out what users like about the process, and what they do not. It reveals many attitudes and statistics that support the generally positive view that construction adjudication has been and is successful. But see some key observations below (from the Foreword by The Right Honourable Lord Justice Coulson)

Fenwick Elliott - 2022 Construction Adjudication in the United Kingdom: tracing trends and guiding reform, 20012023

Fenwick Elliott Partner Claire King and 4 Pump Court's Lynne McCafferty KC review the findings of the recent King’s College London and Adjudication Society study on adjudication

HKA - CRUX Insight 5th Annual Report - Battling the Headwinds, A regional analysis of claims and dispute causation, Oct 2022

U.S. consultant HKA has carried out an integrated research programme that analyses and reports on the causes of claims and disputes on major capital and infrastructure projects worldwide. Their CRUX report is based on first-hand investigations by their consultants working on projects globally Their 5th Annual CRUX Insight Report is a distillation of their findings on more than 1,600 multi-year projects in 100 countries, over a 5 year period up until the end of July 2022

CABE - Administering Construction Contracts under the JCT Minor Works 2016, 17022021

This Webinar by Michael Gerard Michael Gerard Solicitors looks at administering Construction Contracts under the JCT Minor Works 2016 from the perspective of the Employer’s Agent.

Metroun - Force Majeure in Construction - Is Covid-19 a Force Majeure Event, 12012022

The construction industry (and many surveyors) have had to deal with the contractual implications of COVID-19 which has dictated new ways of working. This video animation highlights that 'force majeure' only applies if there is a force majeure clause in the contract – it is not a general legal principle of universal application. Also, many JCT contracts contain a force majeure provision, whereas NEC contracts contain the equivalent of a force majeure regime

How to determine the dominant cause of delay ? Is it simply first event dominates until overtaken and therefore substituted by subsequent events.

Do you re-align the Contract Prelims when there is a delay to the Completion Date but no Extension of Time has been granted?

Is it time that the JCT and/or NEC enable the parties to set out the methodology of Delay Analysis and how to deal with Concurrent Delay?

What delay analysis technique do you use?

Have you considered the impact of Covid 19 and the risk of Termination?

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