Standinger, M L (2000) The evaluation of time claims in construction projects. PhD thesis, Loughborough University, UK.
Abstract
This thesis is concerned with the investigation of various aspects of the analysis of delay claims, including previous literature, problems of practical application and legal principles and jurisprudence. The research includes the analysis of material generated in the UK and the USA where the techniques of delay analysis are in common use and have reached a level of sophistication that has wide acceptance amongst practitioners. A secondary strand concerns the problems that affect construction works and the impact that those problems have on the process of delay analysis. The thesis proposes a process that will lead to the production of delay analyses and presentations that are clear, concise and have sound evidential value. Little is recorded in respect of the way in which construction analysts approach delay analysis. By analysing details of construction disputes and the decisions in respect of construction disputes that have been the subject of litigation or arbitration, a set of principles has been distilled. Problems of collecting and analysing data have been identified and details of the type of information that should be recorded and subsequently collated and presented have been established. This has been done by reference to the matters that have been identified as being necessary by those trying construction disputes and recorded in their decisions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | claims; contract; delay analysis; law; prototype development; time |
| Index terms: | delay analysis, practitioner, construction project, prototype, construction dispute, arbitration, investigation, construction work, litigation |
| Subjects: | production management, project controls, data collection methods, practitioner, dispute resolution, operations management, modelling and simulation |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Engineering Principles, Project Management, Time Control, Research Practice, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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