The hindrance register that wins extension-of-time claims
Most delay claims fail on evidence, not on merit. The difference is whether the delay was recorded on the day it happened or reconstructed eighteen months later.
Record it the day it happens
A hindrance logged on the date, against the specific activity, with the crew and plant idled, is a contemporaneous record. The same facts assembled from memory before an arbitration are an assertion. Consultants can tell the difference in a minute.
Attribute it honestly
Client-side, contractor-side or neutral — write down which. A register where every delay is the client's fault destroys its own credibility, and with it the entries that were genuinely theirs.
Price it and link it to float
A delay only entitles you to time if it consumed float on the critical path. Log the hindrance against the activity, let the CPM engine show whether that activity was driving completion, and attach the idle-cost computation. Time and money in one record.
Notice periods are unforgiving
Most Indian EPC contracts require notice within a fixed window. A register that is up to date makes notices routine; one that is three months behind quietly forfeits the entitlement.
Plan-Sarthi puts these practices into one workspace — validated DPRs driving the S-curve, critical path, earned value and forecast automatically.
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