Engineering management of time extension claims for the National Water Supply and Drainage Board.

Abstract

In the sphere of construction contracts where the two parties Client and Contractor are involved it is characteristic to anticipate the susceptibility of the construction projects to many variation claims which generally cover a vast scope. These claims include Increase of Cost and/or Time Extensions. This research which has been limited to the subject of Time Extension Claims has been done with the objective of enlightening the NWS&DB Engineers with the problems associated in Time Extension Claims. In order to achieve this target a familiarization was found necessary of the Conditions of Contract (ICTAD 1989), Government Financial Regulations (Ministry of Finance 1992) and delegation of Financial Authority (NWS&DB 1991), which have been studied in relevance. It was found practically helpful and interesting to analyse a number of case studies from various construction contracts that were relevant to Time Extension Issues in order to give better expression to the subject under scrutiny, thus enabling achievements of the required objectives.