When undertaking an JCT Standard Building Contract 2009 contract, an architect approves a contractor's programme, with the completion date indicated post-dating the contract completion date by two months. Should the architect work towards the new date?

JCT_Experts · 4 February 2013 14:58

There have been several court cases and legal precedents regarding this matter, and the subject can be easily summed up by the following: the programme can never alter the correct date for completion once it is set.

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When undertaking an JCT Standard Building Contract 2009 contract, an architect approves a contractor's programme, with the completion date indicated post-dating the contract completion date by two months. Should the architect work towards the new date?

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