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001			ABS66802
008			030702n2003 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u122863
100			_aAtkinson, D.
245			_aDelay and disruption - constructive acceleration claims
260			_c2003
490			_aCost Engineer _v41(3) May 2003, 8-10(3)
520			_aSecond in a series of articles on delay and disruption. Examines the use of constructive acceleration claims by contractors to try and recover costs incurred due to the uncertainty created by the architect/engineer's failure to grant extensions of time. Accepted in the US courts, such claims have little authority in English law and consequently faces significant legal difficulties. Concludes that, unless it can be established that an instruction to accelerate was given or the constructor was being pressed to keep to the scheduled date irrespective of any possible entitlement to extension of time, a claim for disruption costs would still be possible (See Abs66572 for first article).
590			_aABS
650			_aBUILDING CONTRACTORS
650			_aCONSTRUCTIVE ACCELERATION
650			_aEXTENSION OF TIME
650			_aDELAY
650			_aDISRUPTION CLAIMS
650			_aASCON CONTRACTING LTD V ALFRED MCALPINE CONSTRUCTION (ISLE OF MAN)
650			_aLUBENHAM FIDELITIES AND INVESTMENT CO LTD V SOUTH PEMBROKESHIRE DC
650			_aPERINI CORPORATION V COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
690			_aMANGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION
942			_n0
999			_c72982 _d72982