A schedule delay caused by weather conditions severe enough that work legally cannot continue.
A weather delay is a period of time in which construction cannot proceed due to weather conditions that are unusually severe relative to historical norms for the project location and season. Most construction contracts provide a time extension (but not additional compensation) for adverse weather delays beyond the number of weather days assumed in the contract. The contractor must document actual weather days and compare them to the assumed baseline.
The contractor submitted a weather delay claim for 9 compensable weather days after El Niño storms generated 21 days of rain against a contractual assumption of 12 days.
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