Every construction project has issues and disputes among the employer, contractors, and labor staff. These disputes and conflicts must be analyzed and evaluated. For this purpose, hiring construction claim consultants is a sine-qua-non for any construction project. Kinds of construction claimsConstruction projects are of varying kinds, but almost all of them are complex. There are multiple parties involved, and multiple kinds of schedules aligned with each other. This complexity leads to a lot of problems. These problems are assessed and quantified by the construction claim consultants. These professionals have a very important job in cities with big infrastructures. For example, the Construction Claim consultants Dubai based consultancies services offer, not only earn well but are also considered very crucial to the construction industry of Dubai. There are numerous kinds of claims that these consultants handle. Following are the major ones: Acceleration ClaimsThere are certain scheduling goals established as a result of the contract. These schedules sometimes need to be accelerated. There can be several reasons for this. Sometimes it’s due to delays occurred in the process. Whenever the schedule is accelerated, an expert will expect extra costs. There are two kinds of acceleration claims: constructive acceleration and Direct acceleration. Constructive acceleration occurs when the contractor requests an extension of schedule, but the employers outright refuse the request. Direct acceleration occurs when the employer orders for the work to be accelerated. Change ClaimsSince most information is decided in the contract before the project even starts. So when any change occurs on the site, it affects the project and site directly. It might mess with the scheduling of the project or increase the costs as well. Delay ClaimsWhen the project’s scheduling is directly affected while the construction process is going it, delay claims occur. Delays are commonly caused due to unforeseen causes. Sometimes they occur because of situations which hinder the completion of work as planned at the beginning of the project. Differing Site Conditions ClaimsSometimes when the project has reached halfway, workers find out that there’s a situation which was not a part of the contract. E.g., a hard underground rock which takes extra days to cut or dig out. Similarly, sometimes there are unavoidable subsurface ground conditions which increase the load of construction work. These kinds of problems are subject to differing site condition claims. Force Majeure ClaimsForce majeure means ‘irresistible circumstances out of human control’ or something by the will of a higher power. In construction projects force majeure is not a rare happening. These include a change in indigenous laws or change in government policies, severe weather conditions or natural disasters,even strikes in the city. All the delays and extensions that occur owing to these problems are not any party’s fault. These claims cover the cost of all these extraordinary circumstances not in human (any party’s) control. Labor Productivity ClaimsSometimes the labor that the contractor hires turns out unskilled and ineffective. These claims are the most challenging ones to identify, distinguish, or file. These occur when labor has very low productivity. Suspension and Termination ClaimsSometimes, employers ask the contractor to stop operations of a project. If the employer asks for a temporary pause in the operations, then suspension claims occur, but if he asks for permanently stopping the operation, then the resultant claims are termination claims. Concluding the discussion on construction claimsThe construction industry is a significant part of a country’s economy. Developed cities in the world have invested a lot in their infrastructure. That is why they become a famous tourist attraction as well. The United Arab Emirates is a very obvious example of such cities with ravishing infrastructure. Since for all construction projects, employers hire Construction claim consultants. Dubai’s consultancies are offering the best services in this regard.
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