Late Deliverables to Construction: How Understanding the Impacts Can Benefit Dispute Prevention and Resolution

Abstract

Given that a construction site is both temporary and unique, the outcome of every construction project is dependent upon having all of the proper resources delivered to the site at the appropriate time. However, the construction industry often considers late deliverables and the disputes and claims arising thereafter all but inevitable. In order to better understand late deliverables and their far-reaching impacts on project performance, the Construction Industry Institute, in collaboration with the Construction Users Roundtable, commissioned Research Team 300 to investigate how various types of late deliverables affect the cost, schedule, quality, safety, and organizational performance of industrial construction projects. This paper, as a part of the larger research project, reviews literature relevant to late deliverables and dispute resolution, investigates specifically how understanding late deliverables and their impacts can benefit the industry through improved dispute prevention, and provides recommendations for expanding this research to aid in dispute resolution.