Extension of Time Claims
An extension of time claim is the formal case for more time on a contract, showing that a delay was not your risk and that it pushed out completion. A claim succeeds or fails on the strength of the evidence behind it. Project Scheduling prepares and substantiates extension of time claims for construction and mining contractors across Australia, and tests claims made against you.
When You Need It
You need an EOT claim when an event outside your control delays the work and you face liquidated damages, or when the client disputes a claim you have made. A late or poorly evidenced claim gets rejected, and an unchallenged claim against you gets paid. Either way, the programme and the records decide it.
What the Claim Sets Out
The delay event and why it was not your risk
The effect on the critical path, shown against the contemporaneous programme
The time recoverable, separated from any concurrent delay
The prolongation cost that follows, where a cost claim runs with the time
The contractual basis and notice position for the claim
Supporting exhibits traceable to source records
Built on the Records
Claims are won or lost on the quality of the contemporaneous record. The claim is built from the programme and project records as they stood at the time, using recognised delay analysis methods, so it holds up under contract administration, adjudication and arbitration.
Defending a Claim
A claim made against you is tested the same way it should have been built. The analysis checks whether the delay was real, whether it hit the critical path, and whether concurrency or your own entitlement reduces it, so you pay only what is genuinely owed.
Independent and Sector-Specific
Project Scheduling works across mining, heavy industrial, civil, infrastructure and commercial construction contracts. The work is independent and delivered directly, so the claim rests on the evidence, not on optimistic assumptions.
On a recent earthworks dispute, an evidenced extension of time claim secured a twelve-month extension and avoided formal dispute. Read the full case study in our Insights.
Protect your time and cost position, whether you are claiming or defending. Let us look at where your claim stands.