Construction Delays - Understanding Them Clearly, Analyzing Them Correctly (2nd Edition)

• Main Author: Trauner, Ted J
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chantilly Elsevier 2009; Elsevier Science & Technology; Butterworth-Heinemann
• Edition: 2
• Subjects: Construction industry; Engineering Principles; General Engineering & Project Administration; Industrial Engineering & Operations Management; Management; Production scheduling; Project Management
• ISBN: 9781856176774; 1856176770
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-85617-677-4.X0001-3

Delays in construction projects are frequently expensive, since there is usually a construction loan involved which charges interest, management staff dedicated to the project whose costs are time dependent, and ongoing inflation in wage and material prices. Many techniques are used to analyze delays. Some of these methods have inherent weaknesses and should be avoided. This book points out the shortcomings of these faulty methods and explains how a delay analysis should be performed. It then describes specifically how the analysis is done with CPM schedules. An explanation of delays and delay damages, presented in a straightforward, accessible manner, should be useful to public and private owners, construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, designers, suppliers, and attorneys whose work involves them in the construction industry. The discussion will include subtleties of the process, such as shifts in the critical path, and non-critical delays.