Quantifying Supply Chain Disruption and Logistics Delay: What the Protocols Don’t Tell You
Supply Chain Disruption in Construction: Beyond Delay and Into Disruption Claims
This article explores the often-overlooked distinction between delay and disruption in construction supply chain claims, highlighting how logistics failures, sanctions, material shortages, and geopolitical events create cascading impacts far beyond simple schedule overruns. It examines practical methods for quantifying productivity loss, tracing causation, and selecting the right analytical approach under the SCL Protocol and AACE guidance. The piece also emphasises the importance of contemporaneous records, transparency, and credible disruption analysis in arbitration and dispute resolution.
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What is the difference between delay and disruption in construction claims?
Delay relates to time impacts on the project schedule and critical path, while disruption concerns reduced productivity and inefficiency caused by interruptions to normal working methods. A project may suffer major disruption costs even where completion delay is limited.