ABSTRACT
Progress, Delays, Extensions of Time and Completion are covered in the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) 2017 Contracts by Clause 8. The Engineer is required to give the Contractor not less than 14 days’ notice before the Commencement Date; this normally being within 42 days after the Contractor receives the Letter of Acceptance. The Contractor is required to complete the whole of the Works within the Time for Completion, which is stated in the Contract Data as a specific period of days. Bar charts are the most commonly used method of depicting relationships between construction activities. Float is spare time in a programme, normally shown between activities and at the end of the project. The critical path is simply the longest path of work activities through the programme from start to end. The FIDIC 1999 Contracts were silent on the issue of concurrent delays, so it was left to common practice and any relevant legislation to deal with it.
