This article describes my first two appointments as arbitrator in construction-related disputes.

Explore the complexities of assessing delayed preliminaries costs in construction projects. Dive into applicable periods and cost assessment

An in-depth look at the applicable period(s) during which the contractor’s entitlement to delay costs should be assessed.

The Ascon Contracting v McAlpine case law scenario also examined the evidence used by Ascon (a print-out of its accounts records) to support

In my last article, 014, I emphasised that the financial assessment of delayed preliminaries is not always based on cost and this article...

This article examines delayed preliminaries, often the most substantial part of a contractor’s claim for delay costs.

Article 013 is an introduction to quantifying delay costs which introduces the primary heads of delay cost claim, claims made for delay...

This article is an introduction to the quantification of delay costs. Delay costs Generally, it is the contractor who claims delay costs...

To date, I have written four articles on concurrent delay. The first provided an overview of concurrent delay (007), the second...

To date, I have written three articles on concurrent delay. The first provided an overview (007), the second identified what is not...

This article looks at the interrelationship between the ‘prevention principle’ and concurrent delay. As set out in my previous article...

My previous article (article 007), on concurrent delay briefly explored what concurrent delay is. To recap, the concurrent delay...

My previous article 006 provided an overview of the different types of delay that can occur on construction projects, namely:...

There are several different types of delay that can occur during the progress of the works on a construction project, each of which,...

What is float? The Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol second edition 2017, (“SCL Protocol”)[1] defines float as...