Delay, disruption & extension-of-time claims
Delay claims are where projects most often come apart. Who caused the delay, whether the events were concurrent, what an extension of time is really worth in prolongation cost — these are technical questions before they are legal ones. We build delay and disruption claims that hold up under scrutiny.
Extension of time and concurrent delay
An entitlement to an extension of time depends on the cause of the delay and the mechanism in the contract. Where employer risk events and contractor risk events overlap — concurrent delay — the analysis becomes contentious and the case law is unsettled. We approach it methodically, with a delay methodology suited to the records that actually exist on the project.
Disruption and loss and expense
Disruption — loss of productivity from out-of-sequence or interrupted working — is distinct from delay and is often under-claimed because it is harder to prove. We work with quantum experts to substantiate loss-and-expense and prolongation claims with measured-mile and other accepted techniques, rather than global claims that tribunals distrust.
Programme evidence
The strength of a delay claim lives in the contemporaneous programme and progress records. We help clients preserve and organise that evidence during the project, not just when the dispute crystallises, so the analysis rests on fact rather than reconstruction.
Model the LAD exposure
See how extensions of time change the liquidated-damages figure.
How we help
- Extension-of-time claims and assessments
- Prolongation and loss-and-expense claims
- Disruption and loss-of-productivity claims
- Concurrent delay analysis
- Instructing and working with delay and quantum experts
- Defending delay claims and levying liquidated ascertained damages
Common questions
What is the difference between delay and disruption?
How is an extension of time linked to LAD?
A payment claim just landed? The clock has already started.
Construction disputes run on deadlines — statutory and contractual. Tell us where you are and we will tell you, plainly, what your position is and what the next working days require. The first conversation is complimentary.