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Delay and extension of time

Notices travel up within their time limits, the Engineer decides, the Employer approves, and the result comes back down.

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10 steps in this process
Procurement routeApplies to the Employer, consultants and Main Contractor

The Employer designs through its consultant, tenders complete drawings and bills, and the contractor builds. FIDIC 1999 Red Book.

EmployerSupervision ConsultantMain ContractorSubcontractorEarly warning noticeEarly warning notice1Subcontractor notice of delay and claimSubcontractor noticeof delay and claim2Notice of claimNotice of claim3Engineer’s response to notice and request for particularsEngineer’s responseto notice and requestfor particulars4Contemporary records pack and delay event logContemporary recordspack and delay eventlog5Fully detailed extension of time and prolongation claimFully detailedextension of time andprolongation claim6Engineer’s determinationEngineer’sdetermination7Engineer’s recommendation to the Employer (time and cost)Engineer’srecommendation to theEmployer (time…8Extension of time approval and award letterExtension of timeapproval and awardletter9Subcontract extension of time grant or rejectionSubcontract extensionof time grant orrejection10
1Early warning notice
SubcontractorMain Contractor
RB 8.3 Promptly, when a probable future event may delay or disrupt the works
AED 39
2Subcontractor notice of delay and claim
SubcontractorMain Contractor
SC 20.2 Within 21 days of awareness, so the main contractor can notify within its own 28 days
AED 59
3Notice of claim
Main ContractorEngineer
RB 20.1 Not later than 28 days after awareness of the event, or the claim is lost
AED 59
4Engineer’s response to notice and request for particulars
EngineerMain Contractor
RB 20.1
AED 49
5Contemporary records pack and delay event log
Main ContractorEngineer
RB 20.1
AED 99
6Fully detailed extension of time and prolongation claim
Main ContractorEngineer
RB 20.1 Within 42 days of awareness of the event
AED 249
7Engineer’s determination
EngineerMain Contractor
RB 3.5 The Engineer responds within 42 days of receiving the detailed claim (Sub-Clause 20.1)
AED 79
8Engineer’s recommendation to the Employer (time and cost)
Supervision ConsultantEmployer
RB 8.4
AED 79
9Extension of time approval and award letter
EmployerMain Contractor
RB 8.4
AED 59
10Subcontract extension of time grant or rejection
Main ContractorSubcontractor
SC 8.4
AED 49

All steps: Delay and extension of time process

10 documents in this pack. 40% less than one by one.

AED 489AED 820