Grounded in published reports, case law, and public arbitration outcomes, not invented statistics. Written for people who read Particular Conditions for a living.
A January 2026 Privy Council ruling just confirmed, again, that this clause means exactly what it says. Here is how the clock actually runs, and where it usually gets missed.
NHAI is winning arbitration after arbitration on the strength of its own documentation. Here is what a hindrance register needs to contain to hold up the other way.
The average US construction dispute is now worth $60.1 million. The three causes behind most of them have not changed in a decade.
The SCL Protocol lists six accepted ways to prove a delay's effect on completion. They are not interchangeable, and picking the wrong one weakens a good claim.
It is the single most argued doctrine in delay claims, and most contractors only learn how it works after someone has already used it against them.
A missed 28-day window does not just lose you the extension. It can quietly convert a genuine excusable delay into a culpable one, LD clause and all.