Extension of Time and prolongation claims developed through forensic delay analysis and contract-aligned submissions across a high-end hospitality development affected by access constraints, design evolution, and multi-contractor dependencies.
A large-scale hospitality development delivered under an amended lump-sum contract as part of a landmark destination programme. The works comprised multi-disciplinary civil and structural builder’s works across a high-end asset, delivered within a multi-package environment involving significant interface coordination and overlapping workfronts.
The project was affected by a pattern of Employer-responsible delay events, including delayed and incomplete design information, prolonged approval cycles, restricted access to critical workfronts, late formalisation of instructed changes, and obstruction by other contractors across interconnected areas. These events disrupted planned sequencing and collectively impacted the critical path.
A further contractual challenge arose from prescriptive claims procedures and the interpretation of coordination obligations under the Cooperation clause, where entitlement was challenged on the basis of procedural compliance and coordination requirements. This required demonstrating that delays arose from Employer-controlled interfaces and third-party actions, and establishing entitlement through substantive compliance supported by contemporaneous records, programme evidence, and causation-based analysis.
Established entitlement to additional time and associated cost through forensic delay analysis and window-based assessment in accordance with contractual requirements and recognised delay analysis methodologies, supported by structured cause-and-effect evaluation across multiple Employer-risk events.
Entitlement was substantiated through alignment with contractual provisions, including demonstration of compliance through contemporaneous project records and detailed evidentiary support, consistent with contractual requirements.
Prolongation costs were contractually justified and substantiated through detailed review of contemporaneous records and systematic extraction of time-related overheads, including site running costs and attributable head office overheads, quantifying the recoverable cost associated with the extended duration of the Works.
Defined a substantiated and defensible basis for recovery, reducing exposure to unrecovered costs and advancing the Contractor’s commercial position across entitlement to time and prolongation cost, supporting favourable commercial settlement.
