Hi all,
Recently I received a programme, which is scheduled to complete before the contractual completion, say 30 days before, and a buffer activity(30 days) is inserted to meet the contract completion date.
I would like to have your views in case of a delay event in the beginning stage of the project. For eg as follows,
1. Client didn't allot the site to the Contractor as per baseline(say 15 days delay).
2. Contractor notified the Client about the delay event and submitted the detailed claim with supporting documents just after the completion of the event.
By evaluating the claim, can the client determine that the delay happened can be adjusted in the buffer activity and therefore the claim is rejected. Is these types of schedules with buffer activities are normal practice? Can the client reject the programme because of this buffer activity?
Regards
Kannan