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When You Walk Through a Storm: Legal Implications of Adverse Weather on Construction Contracts

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The recent extreme weather events in the UAE, characterised by unprecedented rain and flooding, serve as a stark reminder of the broader implications such severe weather can have on construction projects. We explore these...more

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Constructive acceleration successfully claimed

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Outside of the United States, claims for constructive acceleration usually fail. However, in a recent Australian case such a claim succeeded. Does this now open the way for contractors to deploy constructive acceleration...more

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Extensions of time in construction projects: prospective or retrospective delay analysis?

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Contractors' extension of time (EOT) entitlements and associated financial rights are always to be assessed pursuant to the applicable contract mechanism. A recurring question is whether EOT entitlements are to be determined...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Does Oregon's Emergency Time Extensions During the COVID-19 Pandemic Give Contractors, Suppliers, and Design Professionals More...

In response to the ongoing delays and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Brown signed House Bill 4212 into law in June 2020. The law contains a number of remedial measures affecting the functioning of local...more

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Contracting In The Fog Of War: Recovering Costs Caused By An Epidemic

Like the rest of the nation, and indeed the whole world, contractors today are fighting a war against an invisible enemy. As we observed in a previous post, responding to COVID-19 raises wartime contracting issues on the home...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Court of Appeal in England & Wales Curtails Use of Liquidated Damages for Delay

In international construction arbitration, the use of liquidated damages to address the consequences of failure by a contractor to finish the works by the date set for completion is widespread. Typically, the contractor...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Concurrent Delay – Is the English Court of Appeal's Clarification Conclusive?

• The Court of Appeal has held that a clause denying an extension of time to a Contractor if there is concurrent delay is enforceable and is not contrary to the so-called “prevention principle.” • The Court of Appeal...more

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OFCCP Notice of Proposed Extension of Record-Keeping Requirements for Construction Contractors

On September 2, 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published in the Federal Register a proposed renewal of the current record-keeping, notice, and reporting requirements imposed by Executive...more

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