Claims Management, Extension of Time (EOT)

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Why does study claim Management, Extension of Time (EOT) and Delays Analysis?
In the present day corporate environment, where there is cut-throat competition, the need for efficient time management and timely completion of projects is essential for organizations to stay competitive. Even due to the growing need for time management in construction projects, many are failing to be finished on time. This can be detrimental for any hiring company since infrastructure development project delays can lead to increase in costs and process halt for organizations. These are real life scenarios which are bound to take place in the professional life of any and every project manager. A project manager will only be considered efficient and competent when he or she knows how to manage the allotted time, and to carry out operations and activities in a manner that further reduces this time period. In order to prepare project managers for such circumstances, it is crucial for them to understand Extension of Time and delay analysis.

The underlying problem with most courses, catering to similar subjects as the ones covered in this course, is that most courses focus on theory rather than application. What most courses emphasize upon is cramming information into the minds of trainees, rather than enabling them to utilize the information and skills they learn from their respective courses. This is what sets this course apart from a wide variety of another course: Room for practical application of carrying out real claims in the construction industry.

Why we focus on the practical application?
Without practical application, any piece of information is least likely to be learned in an effective manner. Since project management and time management in construction projects is an entirely practical profession and field, it requires practical application of the course content as well. It’s like, giving the driver the information about road rules and etiquette and how a car works, but never actually letting him get behind the wheel. Like in the example quoted before, you cannot expect the driver to be able to drive well without proper practice; then expecting trainees to be able to carry out project management by just relying on theoretical content means lacking sufficient relevant practice.
The reason why this course has a lot of opportunities for practical application of claims and EOTs is primarily due to the fact that this gap exists in the market. I would like to share my personal experience, as a student, to shed light on this issue. Meanwhile, I was in my academic years, I was in search of a course with similar contents. However, my research proved to be futile since all courses were skimming information and only providing theories, without any information or teaching about how to practically execute those theories.

This created problems for me in my professional life, during which I had to prepare claims for two mega projects in Saudi Arabia. The latter project was more complex and required a lot of international parties. This was where I realized that this skimmed nature of relevant courses was insufficient to provide project managers with enough knowledge and skill which would enable them to carry out their learning in practical terms. Moreover, when I start my MSC and had to write a dissertation about the cause of delays in construction projects; the practical experience which I had gained from my previous two projects were the only thing that aided mine in this process. This helps to highlight that any branch of project management studies will fail to deliver until and unless there is an amalgamation of theory and practical application.

Claim Development Steps:
1- Understand the concept of claims.
2- Find the events.
3- Collect supporting documents.
4- Analyze the delays. We will cover in this course both methods As Planned and Time Impact (Widows).
5- Build your case.
6- Get ready to defend your case.

This course aims at improving the work efficiency and competency of project managers, to begin with. Project managers who are willing to enhance and polish their management skills can benefit from this course to a great extent. However, the benefits have not just been confined to project managers but go beyond that field as well. Other relevant professions, like Planning engineers, Contract Administrators, Project Managers, Construction Managers, Technical Managers, and other relevant occupations dealing with construction projects are the intended audience for this course. Since this course provides information about construction claims, and project delays and delay analysis techniques, all relevant personnel of construction projects can benefit from the contents of this course. Updated on 09 August, 2018