Time, delay & completion

Gulf FIDIC Taking-Over Certificates and completion under FIDIC The Taking-Over Certificate marks completion on a FIDIC job. What it triggers, how it differs from the Performance Certificate, and the commercial events that hang off the date. 5 min read Gulf FIDIC Extensions of time under FIDIC Clause 8 in the UAE An extension of time under FIDIC moves the completion date and protects against delay damages. The Clause 8.4 grounds, the twenty-eight day notice, and why notice is where claims die. 6 min read Ireland Practical completion on an Irish construction contract and what it releases What completion means on RIAI and Public Works Contracts, why the certificate matters commercially, and the retention, damages and defects consequences that follow. 5 min read Ireland Extension of time on Irish construction contracts: notice, cause and record How a claim for extension of time is built and served on RIAI and Public Works Contracts, why the notice comes first, and how the records carry the claim. 6 min read Australia Practical completion and the Superintendent under AS 4000 Practical completion under AS 4000 is certified by the Superintendent and triggers retention release, the defects period and the end of liquidated damages. 5 min read Australia Extension of time and delay notices under AS 4000 in Australia An extension of time under AS 4000 turns on a qualifying cause and a notice served in time. Miss the notice and the entitlement can fall away before it is assessed. 6 min read New Zealand Practical completion under NZS 3910 in New Zealand Practical completion under NZS 3910:2023 is the certificate that stops the clock on damages, starts the defects period and releases the first tranche of retention. 5 min read New Zealand Extension of time under NZS 3910 in New Zealand An extension of time under NZS 3910:2023 moves the completion date and protects the contractor from damages, but only if notice is given and the delay is proven with records. 6 min read Singapore Completion and taking over on a Singapore contract The completion certificate under the PSSCOC or SIA form fixes taking over, starts the defects period, and triggers the first retention release. Know what it turns on. 5 min read Singapore Extension of time and delay notices on a Singapore contract An extension of time under the PSSCOC or SIA form turns on notice and cause. Give notice in time, prove the delay, and protect the programme and the money. 6 min read Hong Kong Completion certificates and taking over on Hong Kong contracts The completion certificate on HKIA and government GCC contracts starts the defects period and the first retention release. What the quantity surveyor watches for. 5 min read Hong Kong Extension of time and delay notices on Hong Kong contracts HKIA and government GCC contracts require notice of delay within set periods. How the quantity surveyor supports an extension of time claim with records that hold. 6 min read Time & completion When the contractor will not come back The employer can engage others and recover the cost, but only after giving the contractor the opportunity first. Skipping that caps the recovery. 4 min read Time & completion The items on a defects schedule that are not defects Wear, damage by the occupier, failure to maintain and design changes dressed as defects. Sorting them out is most of the negotiation. 4 min read Time & completion Snagging is not the schedule of defects Two lists that look identical and do different jobs. One is a pre-completion tidy-up; the other is a document that releases retention. 4 min read Time & completion Is the programme a contract document Under JCT it usually is not, and that surprises both sides. Under NEC the Accepted Programme is central to how everything is assessed. 4 min read Qatar FIDIC Taking-Over under FIDIC Clause 10 on a Qatar project: what the certificate triggers What Taking-Over means under Clause 10, how it releases the first half of retention, and why the certificate starts the Defects Notification Period on a Doha job. 6 min read Malaysia Practical completion on a PAM contract in Malaysia Practical completion is the pivot of the job. It releases half the retention, ends damages exposure and starts the defects period, so the date it is certified matters. 5 min read Qatar FIDIC Extension of time on a Qatar FIDIC job: Clause 8 and the 28 day notice How the Contractor claims an extension of time under Clause 8, why the Sub-Clause 20.1 notice must go in within 28 days, and what late notice risks on a Doha project. 6 min read Time & completion Time at large, and why it is claimed more than it succeeds If the machinery for fixing the completion date breaks down, the obligation becomes one to finish in a reasonable time. A narrow argument. 5 min read Malaysia Extension of time and delay notices on a PAM contract in Malaysia An extension of time protects the completion date and the contractor exposure to damages. It stands or falls on the notice and the records that back it. 6 min read Time & completion Paying to speed up, and constructive acceleration One is a commercial deal with a price attached. The other is a claim built on a refused extension, and it is a much harder argument. 5 min read Time & completion Who owns the float The slack between when an activity can finish and when it must. Under most standard forms the answer is nobody, which satisfies neither side. 5 min read Time & completion When the client moves in without a certificate Occupation with neither partial possession nor practical completion leaves insurance, damages, retention and defects all unresolved at once. 4 min read Time & completion What the rectification period is actually for It is not a warranty and it does not limit liability. It is a right to return and put things right, and it benefits the contractor as much as the employer. 4 min read South Africa Practical completion on a JBCC contract in South Africa Practical completion is the point the works are handed over and put to use. On JBCC it stops penalties, starts the defects period and releases retention. 5 min read Saudi FIDIC Taking-Over under FIDIC Clause 10 in Saudi Arabia On a Saudi FIDIC job the Taking-Over Certificate under Clause 10 marks completion, hands over the Works, and triggers the first half of retention and the Defects Notification Period. 5 min read South Africa Extension of time and delay notices on a JBCC contract in South Africa An extension of time moves the completion date and protects the contractor from penalties. On JBCC it starts with a timely notice and stands on records. 6 min read Saudi FIDIC Extension of Time under FIDIC Clause 8 in Saudi Arabia On a Saudi FIDIC job an Extension of Time runs through Clause 8, and the 28 day notice under Sub-Clause 20.1 is the gate. Miss the notice and the entitlement can be lost. 6 min read Time & completion Partial possession is not sectional completion Both let the employer occupy part of the works early. One is planned in the contract, the other is the mechanism for when it was not. 5 min read Time & completion Making good, and the last of the retention The certificate of making good releases the balance of the retention and clears the way for the final certificate. It is also the one nobody chases. 4 min read Time & completion Assessing an extension of time The contract gives the certifier a period to assess and a standard to apply. What it does not give is permission to wait and see how the job turns out. 5 min read UK Practical completion in QScope under JCT and NEC4 QScope records practical completion as the milestone that releases retention, starts the rectification period and begins the run to the final account. 5 min read Time & completion When two delays run at the same time Concurrency is where an employer risk event and a contractor risk event both delay completion over the same period. The usual answer is time, without money. 6 min read UK Extension of time and delay records in QScope QScope holds the notice, relevant event and programme impact together, so an extension of time claim rests on contemporaneous records under JCT and NEC4. 6 min read Time & completion Relevant events: what the clause 2.29 list actually covers The list of relevant events decides what can carry an extension of time. It is not the same list as the one that carries money. 5 min read Time & completion The certificate that has to come first A certificate of non-completion is a precondition to deducting liquidated damages under JCT. Without it the deduction fails, however clear the delay. 4 min read Time & completion Sectional completion and the retention nobody releases Each section has its own completion date, its own damages and its own retention release. Treating them as one contract quietly holds money that should have gone back. 5 min read Time & completion Deducting liquidated damages without losing them The calculation is the easy part. The deduction fails if the certificate of non-completion or the notice is missing, and the whole sum becomes repayable. 6 min read Time & completion What practical completion actually triggers Practical completion is not a tidy site or a finished snagging list. It is a certificate, and the moment it is issued five separate things change at once. 6 min read