BLDT 2011 - Construction Contracts & Documents - Assignment Case Study - Analyzing Construction Delays A contractor tells the following story: He had a $700,000, thirteen-month contract to construct a five-storey, steel frame office building Completion was delayed for five months He lost $250,000 and, to add insult to injury, the owner assessed him $9,000 liquidated damages ($100 per day for three months) plus actual damages of $10,000 representing loss of rentals in the building The contractor lost two months as a result of change in the pile design Lost one month due to the architect's delay in approving shop drawings Lost two months due to roofing workers' strike Lost one month due to working during winter time The owner ordered the contractor to accelerate the interior finishing work by working nights and weekends, enabling him to make up one month's delay Question Can the contractor make a delay claim and collect money from the owner? Dose he have to pay for any liquidated damages