Pacing Delay - The Practical Effect on Projects and Delay Claims

Duration 90 Mins
Level Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
Webinar ID IQW15C7015

  • Learn what pacing delay is and look at examples of both owner and contractor pacing delay
  • Understand the contractor’s legal right to pace owner caused delay
  • Explore the practical effect on projects resulting from pacing delay
  • Understand the adverse impact of pacing delay on delay claims asserted by contractors
  • See whether time related damages are recoverable when pacing delay has occurred and potential owner defenses when damages are sought
  • Take a look at some practice pointers for both owners and contractors when considering pacing delay

Overview of the webinar

Pacing delay is a controversial delay issue in the construction industry. Currently there is little literature on pacing delay and case law is a bit sparse. Thus, owners and contractors often find themselves at odds with one another over the practical effect of pacing delay in a delay claim situation.
In this webinar, learn what pacing delay is and look at examples of both owner and contractor pacing delay. Participants will understand the contractor’s legal right to pace owner caused delay and will interpret the practical effect on projects resulting from pacing delay.

 

Who should attend?

  • Owners and Owner Representatives managing capital improvement projects
  • Contractor Executives
  • Project Managers
  • Project Sponsors
  • project Control Personnel
  • Construction Managers and Design Professionals performing services during construction
  • Attorneys dealing with construction delays claims and disputes

Why should you attend?

This 90-minute session will help you to get better understanding of pacing delay and how the issue may be dealt with by both owners and contractors. Instructor will define the term; identifie what constitutes pacing delay; and set forth the contractor’s legal right to pace an owner caused delay. He also explains the practical impact of pacing delay, both to the project as well as to a delay claim.

Faculty - Mr.James G. Zack

Jim is the Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. The Forum strives to be the construction industry’s resource for thought leadership and best practices on avoidance and resolution of construction project disputes globally. Jim was eh founder and Executive Director of the Navigant Construction Forum™.  Formerly he was the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation, one of the world’s largest EPCM contractors. Mr. Zack was previously Vice President of PinnacleOne and the Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute and a Senior Construction Claims Consultant for CH2M HILL, Inc. Mr. Zack has, for 47 years, worked on both private and public projects throughout the U.S. and in 28 countries abroad. Mr. Zack is a Fellow of AACE International, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and the Guild of Project Controls.  In the construction claims field, he is a recognized and published expert in mitigation, analysis and resolution or defense of construction claims and disputes.  Mr. Zack is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) and a Project Management Professional (PMP).  Mr. Zack is an internationally recognized author and speaker in the construction claims and disputes arena.

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