The Construction Delay Analysis and Claims Management Training Course by Oxford Training Centre provides practical knowledge of analysing construction delays, identifying responsibility, and managing contractual claims. As part of the Legal, Contracts and Procurement Training Courses, the programme explores the critical path method, delay attribution, programme analysis, and claim substantiation. Participants will learn how to assess delay events, evaluate entitlement to extensions of time, prepare evidence-based claims, and support effective dispute resolution in construction projects.
Objectives
By the end of this construction delay analysis and claims management course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles and terminology of construction delay analysis and claims management.
- Identify common causes and types of construction delays.
- Apply the critical path method to analyse project schedules and delay impacts.
- Distinguish between excusable, non-excusable, compensable, and concurrent delays.
- Apply appropriate techniques for delay attribution and responsibility assessment.
- Evaluate extension-of-time and disruption claims.
- Develop effective approaches to claim substantiation using contractual and project evidence.
- Analyse baseline programmes, updates, schedules, and contemporaneous records.
- Prepare and review construction delay claims and supporting documentation.
- Understand contractual provisions relating to delays, notices, extensions of time, and compensation.
- Improve strategies for preventing, managing, and resolving construction claims and disputes.
Target Audience
This course is suitable for:
- Construction and project managers
- Contracts and commercial managers
- Quantity surveyors
- Contract administrators
- Planning and scheduling professionals
- Claims consultants and claims managers
- Civil engineers and construction engineers
- Project controls professionals
- Procurement and commercial specialists
- Legal professionals working with construction contracts
- Consultants involved in construction disputes
- Professionals responsible for extension-of-time and delay claims
Course Content
Module 1: Fundamentals of Construction Delay Analysis and Claims Management
- Principles of construction delays
- Types and classifications of delay
- Relationship between delay, disruption, and prolongation
- Contractual foundations of construction claims
- Key terminology and industry practices
Module 2: Construction Programmes and Schedule Analysis
- Baseline programmes and approved schedules
- Programme updates and progress records
- Critical path identification
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Float and critical activities
- Schedule integrity and programme quality
Module 3: Delay Analysis Techniques
- As-planned versus as-built analysis
- Impacted as-planned analysis
- Time impact analysis
- Time-slice and windows analysis
- As-built critical path analysis
- Choosing an appropriate delay analysis methodology
Module 4: Delay Attribution and Responsibility
- Identifying delay events
- Contractor and employer-responsible delays
- Excusable and compensable delays
- Concurrent delay
- Cause-and-effect relationships
- Delay attribution and responsibility assessment
Module 5: Extension of Time and Delay Entitlement
- Extension-of-time principles
- Contractual notice requirements
- Assessing entitlement to additional time
- Delay events and contractual provisions
- Prolongation and associated costs
- Evaluating time-related entitlements
Module 6: Claims Preparation and Claim Substantiation
- Structure of an effective construction claim
- Establishing contractual entitlement
- Demonstrating causation and impact
- Evidence requirements
- Programme and schedule evidence
- Cost and time records
- Claim substantiation techniques
Module 7: Evidence and Contemporary Project Records
- Site diaries and daily reports
- Correspondence and contractual notices
- Progress photographs and site records
- Meeting minutes
- Payment and cost documentation
- Change orders and variation records
- Maintaining reliable contemporaneous evidence
Module 8: Disruption, Prolongation, and Loss of Productivity
- Difference between delay and disruption
- Prolongation costs
- Loss of productivity
- Disruption analysis
- Resource impacts
- Linking disruption to project events
Module 9: Concurrent Delays and Complex Claims
- Understanding concurrent delay
- Identifying overlapping delay events
- Assessing responsibility for concurrent delays
- Contractual and factual considerations
- Analysing complex project scenarios
- Practical approaches to disputed delay claims
Module 10: Claims Review, Negotiation, and Dispute Resolution
- Reviewing delay and claims submissions
- Identifying weaknesses in claims
- Negotiation strategies
- Mediation and alternative dispute resolution
- Expert evidence and delay analysis reports
- Supporting construction claims through formal dispute proceedings
FAQs
1. What is construction delay analysis and claims management?
Construction delay analysis and claims management involves examining project delays, identifying their causes and responsibility, establishing contractual entitlement, and preparing evidence-supported claims.
2. What will I learn about the critical path method?
You will learn how to use the critical path method to identify critical activities, assess programme impacts, evaluate float, and determine how delay events affect project completion.
3. Why is delay attribution important in construction claims?
Delay attribution helps determine which project party or event caused a delay and supports the assessment of contractual entitlement, responsibility, and potential compensation.
4. What is claim substantiation?
Claim substantiation is the process of supporting a construction claim with relevant contractual provisions, programmes, records, correspondence, cost information, and other project evidence.
5. Who should attend this construction delay analysis course?
The course is suitable for project managers, contract managers, quantity surveyors, planners, claims professionals, engineers, contract administrators, consultants, and legal professionals involved in construction projects.
6. Does the course cover extension-of-time claims?
Yes. The programme covers extension-of-time principles, contractual notices, delay events, programme analysis, entitlement assessment, and supporting evidence.
7. Does the course address concurrent delay?
Yes. Participants examine concurrent delays, overlapping delay events, responsibility assessment, and approaches to analysing complex delay claims.
8. What type of evidence is used to support construction delay claims?
Evidence may include baseline programmes, updated schedules, site diaries, progress reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, contractual notices, cost records, and other contemporaneous project documentation.