Acceleration Claims on Construction Projects in Ireland

John ME Lyden

March 2006

A paper given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law and the Society of Chartered Surveyors in Cork, Ireland, on 14th March 2005 .

When a building contractor comes under pressure from the employer to speed construction, what legal consequences may follow? John Lyden considers the position under the major Irish standard forms, within the context of how other common law legal systems deal with acceleration issues.

Introduction - Acceleration under the main Irish standard forms - Types of delay - Loss and expense or damages - Acceleration generally - Directed acceleration - Constructive acceleration - Degree of coercion required to establish construction acceleration - Acceleration in Canada - The attitude of English commentators - Constructive acceleration as a claim for damages - Conclusion.

The author: John M E Lyden FICS, FSCS, MIN, MCIArb, MEWI is an arbitrator, chartered quantity surveyor and conciliator practising in Cork, Ireland

Text: 12 pages

PDF file size: 58k