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DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
Employer cause
Contractor cause
(a) No extension of time.
Employer cause
Contractor cause
(b) Four days extension of time.
Employer cause
Contractor cause
(c) Three days extension of time.
Employer cause
Contractor cause
(d) One day extension of time.
Figure 2.1 Concurrency.
' ''Acceleration'' tends to be bandied about as if it were a term of art with
a precise technical meaning, but I have found nothing to persuade me
that that is the case. The root concept behind the metaphor is no doubt
that of increasing speed and therefore, in the context of a construction
contract, of finishing earlier. On that basis ''accelerative measures'' are
steps taken, it is assumed at increased expense, with a view to achieving
that end. If the other party is to be charged with that expense, however,
that description gives no reason, so far, for such a charge. At least two
further questions are relevant to any such issue. The first, implicit in the
