Rebaseline Opportunities

I am involved in a construction project wherein significant design changes were necessary to make the building structurally sound. The current delay is expected to be approximately 8 months. Contractor and I discussed re-baselining their schedule to advanced levels of detail to a) illustrate the full impact; and b) provide better detail with which to build an acceleration/recovery schedule. Client has indicated that they will reject any schedule which differs from the approved baseline schedule - even if the re-baseline includes the remaining work activities from the baseline.

Anyone familiar with legal precedent on contractor’s opportunity to rebase projects once such significant changes arise? Thanks.