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Claims in Alberta

ArticlePlaceReviewed
Extension of time in AlbertaThe best Canadian forum for a private delay claim and the worst for a public one. Two Acts, two regimes, and the forum is the risk, not the doctrine.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
Alberta delay claim clocksEvery deadline that can kill an Alberta delay claim, grouped by clock, and the procedural rules that bite after all of them are met.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
Prompt payment and adjudication in AlbertaThe widest consent gateway in Canada on private work, and a statutory carve-out of delay on provincial public works.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
Notice and time bars in AlbertaThe Public Works Act 45-day registered-mail notice, GC 6.5.4, and the appellate authority Alberta may not actually have.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
Limitation periods and claim accrual in AlbertaTwo years from discovery, ten years ultimate, and a limitation period the parties may extend but cannot lawfully shorten.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
Liens, the lien fund and trust in AlbertaThree separate mechanisms, routinely conflated. No Certificate of Substantial Performance means no trust at all.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
Arbitration and forum in AlbertaDelay causation is mixed fact and law, so the award is final. One expert per subject matter, no construction list, and dismissal for delay.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
Oil, gas and industrial construction in AlbertaNo standard EPC form, no turnaround authority, no AER-delay authority, and a lien that attaches to the mineral.AlbertaAugust 9, 2026
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