The 2017 provisions for programmed delays are recursive. The guide should provide a decision-tree flowchart (easily viewed in a PDF) to determine if a delay is excusable, compensable, or neither.
Yet, for the legal practitioners, engineers, and project managers navigating these documents, a harsh reality persists: the contract is only as good as the interpretation. fidic 2017 a practical legal guide pdf
The 2017 contracts are heavily cross-referenced. A mention of "Programme" in the execution clause might link back to definitions in the General Conditions and forward to the termination clauses. The Guide maps this labyrinth. For a lawyer drafting a claim at 2:00 AM, having a source that connects these dots is invaluable. The 2017 provisions for programmed delays are recursive