Jan 2018 Hardback Print GBP325.00 9780414055599 (All prices are inclusive of GST where applicable)

Construction Delay and Disruption: Practice and Procedure is the first title of its kind to provide the background and theory of this very technical field, with the underpinning of real-life experience and practical examples to enable readers to gain practical instruction on how to manage these issues in construction life, as well as in court/ADR/arbitration and dispute board settings. The author’s clear and understandable style presents this topic in a way that all practitioners – both contractors and legal professionals – can understand and make effective use of. 

Comprehensively covers the issues and procedures associated with construction delay and disruption:

• Reviews specific contract provisions and standard clauses on delay, and notice forms
• Looks at time extensions and related practice and procedure, and legal conflicts
• Addresses delay penalty issues and provisions for recovery of loss or expense
• Describes prevention strategies
• Gives real-world examples of project analysis and claims
• Provides legal arguments for use in practice, court, ADR and arbitration
• Includes forms for use in practice
• Covers the subject as dealt with in standard forms: FIDIC, NEC3, ICE and JCT
• Deals with risk assessment claim analysis, planning and scheduling risk
• Takes the reader through forensic delay analysis, causation and concurrency
• Looks at damages and their calculation
• Includes global claims
• Covers the law of the UK, related law in the US, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand and Sharia Law
• Written by a specialist practitioner and experienced author in delay and disruption claims in engineering and construction projects worldwide