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Can you delineate delays if an item like "special fire wall" are coming 2 months after the project is complete?

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Can you delineate delays if an item like "special fire wall" are coming 2 months after the project is complete?



I assume you can call the item above for "fairness" - if not there is no way around it being the "critical path" / "longest path" - at least per the computer - persnonally I would not call that the critical path because there is no path.  Does anyone assess liquidated damages for some one item thing?  Does it depend solely on if you call it punchlist or not if there is a temp workaround?

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I thought you for concurrent delays you got time but not money, evidently not the case?

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I have read that you only get time for time that only the owner delayed the project, how can this be - because that would be compensatable.  So time extensions are not granted for perfectly equal delays by owner and contractor?  For example, I found this example:  (seems crazy)

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Aren't "windows" delay analysis flawed by the common condensing of schedule as schedule goes on?

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Aren't "windows" delay analysis flawed by the common condensing of schedule as schedule goes on?  -  Do if the project is complete and you have 5 delays at 20 days each, but he job is only 20 days late - couldn't you just prorate each delay - because none should get credit for other changes to bring it back onto "close to"  schedule?

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Does a contractor get a delay at the beginning of the job added to the end no matter what?

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Does a contractor get a delay at the beginning of the job added to the end no matter what?  What if there is a 20 day access to site owner delay, then later a 40 day contractor delay, but the job ends 21 days late.  The contractor made up 40 days.  Who is the delay on?  Does it matter which is first?

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Concurrent Delay: muti shipment materials, what if the start was delayed and fin. delayed but not in the middle?

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Concurrent Delay: muti shipment materials, what if the start was delay 30 days in the start, most shipments came in as needed first 50 days AS NEEDED for 100 days of construction, then the last shipments were delayed 20 days (due to failed qa/qc testing) on day 90 - and yes on the critical path. Do you get 240 Days of Concurrent Delay (yes other delays) or do  you only get 40? Can the owner compel the contractor to keep it 1 activity which makes it look worse?   If 1 bar, really is that long.

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Concurrent delay: if an owner delays a job for 4 months, can you simply subtract all contractor delays during that time?

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Concurrent delay: if an owner delays a job for 4 months, can you simply subtract all contractor delays during that time?

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Concurrent delay: if an owner delays a job for 4 months, can you simply subtract all contractor delays during that time?

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Concurrent delay: if an owner delays a job for 4 months, can you simply subtract all contractor delays during that time?

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What if the owner caused delay is the same duration as the contractor caused delays - just in diff. timeframes?

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What if the owner caused delay is the same duration as the contractor caused delays - just in diff. timeframes?  Do you have the owner pay full OH fees and then contractor pays full liquidated damages?

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Owner caused delay - most basic cost %?

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Ok, so there is an owner caused delay, say it is 30 days.  So the Contractor gets a 30 day time extension and what % of Gen. OH costs = 4%, 6% of contract value - what is the general rule of thumb?  I know there are 10 ways to calc it, what is most simple?  what is most common?  If there was a cost loaded schedule, couldn't they supercede that simply because accounting has better numbers or industry precedence?

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Owner caused delay - most basic cost %?

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Ok, so there is an owner caused delay, say it is 30 days.  So the Contractor gets a 30 day time extension and what % of Gen. OH costs = 4%, 6% of contract value - what is the general rule of thumb?  I know there are 10 ways to calc it, what is most simple?  what is most common?  If there was a cost loaded schedule, couldn't they supercede that simply because accounting has better numbers or industry precedence?

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