RICS in Birmingham: Preparing and evaluating a delay claim in a JCT building contract
Members Lounge, RICS, 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AA
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Overview
This CPD event will be a practical workshop focusing on how to prepare and evaluate a delay claim that has arisen under a JCT building contract.
The content of the workshop shall be:
- an overview of time obligations and the importance of a baseline programme
- notice of delay and how it should be drafted
- assessing an extension of time and dealing with concurrency
- claims for staff and supervision, and distinguishing between claims for staff based on site and at head office
- records and evidence of staff time allocated to the project and site
- evidence actual cost of staff costs and dealing with sensitive data
- when prolongation costs should be claimed (at the time of delay or delay period at the end?)
- dealing with delay claims by affected subcontractors, what level of detail is required and what a main contractor should consider when settling subcontractor claims
- loss of head office overheads and profit – basis of claim and how to calculate loss using formula method
- claiming the cost of presenting the claim
Schedule
08:30 – Registration, coffee and networking
09:00 – Presentation
10:30 – Q&A
Speaker
Nick Sunderland MRICS
Director, Sunderland Ives
Biography Nick Sunderland of Sunderland Ives has over 25 years' experience in dispute resolution in the construction industry, including preparing and defending claims for extensions of time and loss and expense.
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