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Construction Claims, Delay Analysis and Extension of Time

Late material deliveries, community forum stoppages and revised scope all push completion dates out, but only a properly recorded and analysed claim recovers time or money. Notice obligations, programme evidence, delay analysis methods and the preparation of a claim a principal agent can assess.

What you will be able to do

  • Identify the events that give rise to a time or money entitlement under a building contract.
  • Comply with notice and record keeping obligations before an entitlement lapses.
  • Maintain a baseline and updated programme that can carry a delay argument.
  • Apply as planned versus as built, impacted programme and time slice analysis methods.
  • Separate excusable, compensable and concurrent delay in a single set of facts.
  • Assemble a claim submission with causation, entitlement and quantum set out clearly.

Course outline

  1. 01Anatomy of a construction claim
  2. 02Notices, records and contemporaneous evidence
  3. 03Programme fundamentals and the critical path
  4. 04Delay analysis methodologies compared
  5. 05Concurrency, mitigation and acceleration
  6. 06Disruption and loss of productivity claims
  7. 07Quantum, escalation and prolongation costs
  8. 08Adjudication, mediation and arbitration routes

Who should attend

Contracts managers, project managers, quantity surveyors, principal agents and site agents on building and civil projects. Legal advisers and claims consultants supporting construction disputes will find the analysis sections useful.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 19 Aug 2026Cairo3US$1,500
24 to 26 Aug 2026Accra3US$1,500
31 Aug to 2 Sep 2026Lusaka3US$1,500
7 to 9 Sep 2026Kigali3US$1,500
14 to 16 Sep 2026Nairobi3US$1,500
21 to 23 Sep 2026Durban3R13,000
28 to 30 Sep 2026Johannesburg3R13,000
12 to 14 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500
19 to 21 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500
26 to 28 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500
2 to 4 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500
9 to 11 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500
16 to 18 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500
23 to 25 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Cape Town3R13,000
14 to 16 Dec 2026Online3US$900
21 to 23 Dec 2026Mozambique3US$1,500

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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