Capability
Extension of Time
Prepare or respond to an extension-of-time submission from contemporaneous programmes, notices, and facts — a commercial package, not a method textbook.
C02 — The problem
The technical problem
Extension of Time is the contractual product: a request or determination of additional time under the instrument. Teams often confuse it with Time Impact Analysis (a method that may support the product) or with a rebuilt as-planned versus as-built story prepared years later.
This capability is the EOT assignment: frame the events, the notice position, the contemporaneous programmes, and the time requested or assessed. Outcomes are not promised. Legal strategy remains with counsel.
C03 — Engagement
When this capability is needed
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Prospective EOT
Delay is running and a submission is due under the contract.
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Assessment
An owner or PMC must determine an EOT with a technical basis.
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Rebuttal
The other party’s EOT cannot be left unanswered on the programmes.
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Closeout
Time relief still open and the record is ageing.
C04 — Scope / method
How the work is approached
Technical and commercial preparation or assessment of EOT. TIA, delay and disruption analysis, or quantum may be companion assignments. This assignment is the EOT product, not every delay method.
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Frame events and notices
What is claimed, on what contract mechanics, with what contemporaneous notice.
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Assemble the programme record
Which files were actually used, not which files look convenient now.
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Apply the agreed analysis method
Often TIA or another method scoped separately; the EOT wraps the findings.
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State the time requested or assessed
Against the contractual dates that matter.
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Hand to counsel / commercial lead
Facts and exhibits, not a substitute legal opinion.
C05 — Outputs
Typical deliverables
| Output | What it contains |
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| EOT narrative | Events, mechanics, and time requested or assessed. |
| Programme exhibits | Files and extracts used. |
| Notice and records map | What exists and what is missing. |
| Summary for counsel | Strengths and record gaps without predicting the tribunal. |
C06 — Decision value
What this work is used to decide
Whether to submit, concede, assess, or contest time relief, and on what record. No outcome is guaranteed.
C08 — Project environments
Relevant project environments
C09 — Who we support
Who commonly needs this capability
C10 — Boundaries
Important distinctions
Technical EOT support does not replace appointed counsel or an expert appointment. Value Construction does not promise claim results.
C11 — Next step
Discuss your project
If this is the technical problem you are facing, talk to Value Construction about the work, the records required, and what you would receive. Outcomes are not guaranteed.