Dear Experts,
I am in predicament right now. My contractor's program was approved 9 months back and I got onboard in the project recently. The contractor's schedule is showing huge delays when they submitted the impacted schedule. When I did my investigation as to why and how, the contractor link each activities to each floor. For instance, blockwork 1F to blockwork 2F up to last floor, plaster 1F to plaster 2F...and so on, and all Finishes and MEP works. I raised this issue to the contractor and he said it's because of resource allocation which when I did my investigation the resources were not leveled. I explained to the contractor and to the client that this is not a good practice since free floats are consumed immediately, total floats (negative floats) are mandatorily imposed, therefore creating artificial floats, critical path and all.
My client is afraid the contractor might call it acceleration if I asked them to revise the schedule. I told him it's not revision, it's a correction of the program.
In which part of the contract (FIDIC, we are using) can I get the support to my claim from?
Thanks again.\
Best Regards,
Artagnan