The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many commercial activities around the globe, and the construction industry is unquestionably on the wrong end of the curve. Many construction projects are delayed and are already in a huge loss. The stakeholders of construction projects are left clueless, wondering about the new normal. During this uncertain situation, the construction industry is facing a sudden surge in the number of claims being submitted. This research is intended to understand the claims and dispute management aspects of construction, to find the frequent type of claim due to the pandemic and to address the procedure and provisions to claim under FIDIC contracts and Indian Contract Act. From the questionnaire survey, Extension of Time claim turned out to be the most frequent claim, and the procedure adopted for successful claiming of EOT has been explained with a sample project case.


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    Title :

    COVID-19: Claims and Dispute Management in Construction


    Additional title:

    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering ; 2020 May 28, 2020 - May 29, 2020



    Publication date :

    2021-12-15


    Size :

    11 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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