SESSION 1: ALL ABOUT BASE LINE PROGRAM

Establishing a robust base line program; Importance of baseline program and its regular
monthly updates; understanding delay and
entitlement due to delay; revalidation of
baseline program; constructing factual as-built
program; practice issues

SESSION 2: DELAY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

Classification (of delays); Excusable delay, compensable delay, critical delay and concurrent
delay; Event Analysis Sheet and Delay Register; Template for collection of delay data from
construction site, collation of data; Delay Analysis Techniques (DAT) like Impacted
as planned, Time impact analysis, As planned and As built and Collapsed As Built;
The strengths and weaknesses of each of the above method; Choosing the appropriate delay analysis method; Relevant Issues not
Addressed by Existing Delay analysis methods

SESSION 3: CONTENTIOUS ISSUES IN DELAY ANALYSIS

Float Ownership- Owner’s view of float ownership, Contractor’s view of float,
Guidance from Society of Construction law
on float ownership; demystifying Concurrent
Delays, Legal principles associated with
concurrent delay like Prevention principle,
Dominant theory, Apportionment analysis and
Malmasion approach/SCL guidance; Principles
of acceleration, types of acceleration like instructed, own initiative and Constructive
Acceleration; Pacing delays, direct and indirect
pacing, owner’s and contractor’s arguments

SESSION 4: DIFFERENTIATING DISRUPTION FROM DELAYS

What is “disruption”; compare and contrast
with delay; Why disruption claims are tricky;
Establishing a successful disruption claim;
Productivity and factors affecting productivity; Quantifying disruption claims, measured mile
analysis; Calculating prolongation costs, issues
arising in international arbitrations and courts

SESSION 5: WINDOW ANALYSIS DEMYSTIFIED; A DETAILED CASE STUDY

Contractual entitlement for delays; Dealing with
time/delay under standard form of contracts;
Detailed case study of a sample project using
various delay analysis techniques like Baseline
and critical path, Impacted As planned, As planned As built, As planned but for from
Contractor view, As Planned but for from owner
view, Collapsed as built, Window slice analysis
and Time impact analysis

SESSION 6: WHAT IS A GLOBAL CLAIM?

Understanding Global claims; Why they
are not acceptable; case laws; When the global
claims will be acceptable; recent trends in
global claims; Society of construction law
protocol relating to global claims; Owner’s claims and Contractor’s claims in standard
forms of contracts; condition precedent
explained; Importance of contemporary
records; Record versus witness statement and
Courts view on contemporary records

SESSION 7: THE CLAIM PROCESS EXPLAINED

Invisible claim chain, Causation link explained,
Practical examples; The Claim cycle, Various phases in claim management, Importance
of claim management, How to effectively
communicate; How to defend contractor’s claims, Claim process in Nutshell, Layman’s
view, Structuring the whole process of claim;
When to approach a “Claim Expert”? Role of
a claim expert and Value added services by
expert

SESSION 8: DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

Multi-tier dispute resolution mechanism explained, The three pillars of dispute
resolution; Statutory adjudication;
Contractual adjudication; Introduction to
dispute boards; CIPAA; Timeline for
resolving disputes under standard contracts; Arbitration process explained; Tips for avoiding
disputes for Owners and Contractors