Industrial Gas Infrastructure Programme (KSA)

Advancing entitlement within a high-control contractual environment

EOT, prolongation, and variation claims structured through contract-aligned submissions in a change-driven delivery environment.

Context

A large-scale industrial infrastructure programme delivered within a highly regulated environment, characterised by complex interfaces, evolving technical scope, and Employer-driven contractual controls.

Commercial & Contractual Challenge

The project was impacted by Employer-driven delay events, including late site readiness, prolonged approval cycles, and ongoing evolution of technical scope, which collectively affected planned execution and Programme performance.

These impacts were compounded by the non-recognition and delayed formalisation of variation submissions, creating a disconnect between executed works and contractual valuation. This constrained commercial recovery and required a structured contractual demonstration that changes to scope, access, and sequencing gave rise to entitlement to additional time and associated cost.

Our Approach

Established entitlement to additional time and associated cost through forensic delay analysis and structured cause-and-effect assessment, followed byaddressing Employer positions and substantiating entitlement in accordance with the Contract.

Time Impact Analysis, supported by contemporaneous records, was utilised to demonstrate Programme delay arising from design development, access constraints, and interface dependencies. Prolongation costs arising from the extended duration of the Works were derived from project records, substantiated, quantified, and contractually justified in accordance with the Contract.

In parallel, variation claims were structured and advanced in alignment with contractual provisions, linking instructed and evolving scope to programme impact and cost entitlement, and addressing the non-recognition of submitted variations through a contract-led recovery strategy.

Entitlement positions were aligned with the contractual framework, positioning Extension of Time, prolongation, and variation claims for assessment and supporting the Contractor’s commercial recovery position.

Impact

Defined a substantiated and defensible basis for recovery, reducing exposure to unrecovered costs and advancing the Contractor’s commercial position across time, cost, and variation entitlement, positioning the claim for determination and commercial settlement.