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Claims in United States

ArticlePlaceReviewed
Extension of time in the United StatesThere is no single US rule. Federal contracting, private AIA-form work and each state's no-damage-for-delay law answer the same facts differently.United StatesSeptember 1, 2026
United States delay claim clocksThree layers, and a claim can die at any of them: AIA's 21-day Claim window, FAR's stacked notice and cost cut-offs, and the CDA's six-year bar.United StatesSeptember 1, 2026
Notice and time bars in the United StatesThe claim-within-a-claim trap. Whether a bare time request is itself a Claim, and why a Contracting Officer's grant of time never proves excusable delay.United StatesSeptember 1, 2026
Prevention and time at large in the United StatesUS law has neither doctrine. The same commercial result runs through LD non-apportionment, the implied duty not to hinder, and Spearin.United StatesSeptember 1, 2026
Concurrent delay in the United StatesConcurrency is a rule of proof, not substantive law. In federal practice the contractor, not the owner, carries the burden of separating the delays.United StatesSeptember 1, 2026
No-damage-for-delay clauses in the United StatesThe same clause is enforceable in Texas and void in Ohio. Sixteen state statutes, eight verified and eight reported, plus the Rhode Island error corrected.United StatesSeptember 1, 2026
Acceleration and constructive acceleration in the United StatesA claim parasitic on the extension-of-time claim. The Fraser five elements, where claims die under Amatea/Grimberg, and the rules on protest and cost.United StatesSeptember 1, 2026
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