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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.

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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

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register

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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Next session
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026
Venue
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3 day programme
FromR13,000
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