Extensions of Time Under JCT 2016 Contracts

This chapter focuses on ‘Extensions of time under the JCT 2016 contracts’, a more accurate title could be ‘Adjustment of the Completion Date under JCT 2016 contracts’. The contractor is required to notify the employer or his representative of any material change in both of the submitted particulars and the estimate of delay, and give whatever further information the employer or his representative may reasonably require, keeping them updated with developments on site which are relevant to the notified delay. The employer or his representative can give an extension of time to the contractor by ‘fixing a later date as the Completion Date’ under JCT SBC/Q 2016 and JCT DB 2016 or give such extension of time as may be reasonable under JCT IC 2016 and JCT MW 2016.