When pound;20,000 worth of windows was stolen from a site, the contractor was landed with a six-week delay. So was the delay subject to an extension of time? If not, who was going to pay for the knock-on costs? Our panel of experts ponder the options... Unfixed external aluminium windows valued at about pound;20,000 were stolen from site over a weekend. All reasonable steps were taken to secure the site. We, the contractor, are insuring works. The anticipated delay to the contract is six weeks. The responsibility for the security of unfixed materials is the subcontractor's. My questions are: is the resultant delay subject to an extension of time under the contract, and if so, under which relevant event? If the delay is not subject to an extension of time, are all resultant costs (for example, liquidated damages and additional preliminaries) recoverable from the subcontractor?
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