140ML Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade
The project involved the design and construction of a new sewage treatment facility with a hydraulic capacity of 140ML/day.
A major design change was initiated by the owner halfway through the project which had a direct impact to the critical path. Whilst the owner had no problem paying the direct cost for the directed design change there was a dispute in awarding an extension of time and paying the indirect cost.
Featured project value: $200m
Location: Australia
Service: Claims Consulting, Forensic Delay Analysis, Forensic Quantity Surveying, Planning and Programming, Commercial and Contract Management
Industry: Infrastructure, Water, Process Plants
Accura expert: Paul McArd
Accura Consulting was engaged to establish the cause and effect of the design change. We did this by forensically assessing the evidence and putting together a timeline of events that led up to the change which demonstrated that the Contractor was not in a position to mitigate the delay and was also performing as per the baseline schedule.
This approach allowed for a complex problem to be simplified and an easy-to-understand claim which included a delay analysis, contractual entitlement and a detailed quantum analysis.
Both parties agreed on a full extension of time with costs awarded.
*out of respect for our clients’ privacy, we have opted to omit names from this case study.
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