Where a contractor's programme is approved or accepted by the architect or engineer, is the contractor bound to follow it or may it amend the programme at its own discretion?PremiumA programme is meant to be flexible, and a contractor usually expects to revise it to recover delay. Whether the contractor may amend an accepted programme at will, or must first obtain...

Is a subcontractor obliged to carry out its works in accordance with the main contractor's programme?FreeMain contractors expect subcontractors to fit their programme, and blame late subcontractors for their own overruns. Whether a subcontractor is actually bound to the main contractor's...

Who owns float time in the contractor's programme, the architect or engineer or the contractor?FreeContractors build float into their programmes to absorb their own risk. Whether the employer may use that float free of cost, or the contractor keeps its benefit, has no single answer, but...

What legal consequences follow when the programme is incorporated as a contract document?PremiumA programme is normally kept out of the contract documents to preserve flexibility. Giving it, or a method statement, contract-document status binds the contractor to it, and can leave the...