Construction Management: Construction Claims 101 (2 PDUs)

Before starting the lectures, I would like to talk about some terms you need to know. Since I will use these terms in future lectures, you need to understand the meaning of these terms. Here in this lecture, while understanding the meaning of these terms, you will also have an idea about the mechanism related to claims.

A breach of obligation may damage the other party, and this will cause that party to submit a claim. So, in this lecture, we will talk about the breaches or events that may cause a claim.

In this lecture, we will discuss the types of construction claims.

In this lecture, we will discuss the claims procedure in FIDIC (1st Edition, 1999).

In this lecture, I will explain this process as it is specified in the 2nd version of the Red Book. Again, this procedure also applies for the 2nd version of the Yellow and Silver Books. In the 2nd version, the claims procedure seems to be so much more complicated than the 1st version, but don’t worry, I will explain it as simple as I can in a step-by-step manner.

In this lecture, we will discuss some real-life examples; these examples will make you better understand what you have learned up to here. I will first talk about the scenarios, then ask you questions related to these scenarios. I recommend you to pause the lecture after each question and think about the answer. After that, check your answer with mine. Now, if you are ready, let’s start the lecture.

Up to here, we have talked about the causes and the types of claims, and claims procedure according to the Fidic Red Book 1st and 2nd editions. Now, I have some notes for you related to these lectures.

In the “Types of Construction Claims” lecture, we talked about the types of claims. Most of these claims may cause delays; therefore, we need to know how to calculate the delay. In this lecture, we will talk about the types of delays.

In the previous lecture, we discussed the construction claim types. In this lecture, we will talk about the concurrent and non-concurrent delays

In the previous lectures, we have seen lots of different construction delay types. Here in this lecture, I will explain another delay type, the Pacing Delay.

In this lecture, I would like to talk about the Delay Analysis Techniques. Here, I will not explain each and every technique in detail. Instead, you will learn the core information you need to know about these techniques. Therefore, after completing this lecture, you will have a rough idea about how these techniques are applied.

To better understand what we have learned in the construction delays lectures, we will have a workshop right now.