Acceleration Schedule Vs Recovery Schedule

Acceleration Schedule and or Recovery Schedule is somewhat related in context. When you say acceleration schedule you are in the process of completing the project earlier than the baseline by making , this could apply whether the project is delayed or not. For Recovery schedule the basic meaning itself suggest that we need to get back on track in relation with the baseline schedule, or in can be called accelerated schedule also cause you have to work on a shorter time period that the orginal to get back on track.

Whether recovery or accelarated schedule, there is always additional resources (money, materials,men & machines) involve for the program to take effect, cause Time is inversely proportional with cost.

Regards

E. Montales

Just a question on that last comment "Time is inversely proportional with cost."

IMHO I am not sure if it is entirely true in today’s context !!

However it does open a room for inputs on this point from our learned forum members !

Any comments ?

The very broad distinction, I would make is that

Acceleration schedule is at client cost to finish the project earlier, whilst a recovery schedule is at contractor cost to recover lost time.

Very broad and very dependant on the project and contract terms. HTH

Yeah, I agree with Steven. Acceleration programme is for when the client has caused a delay which the contractor is trying to recover for them, a recovery programme is when the contractor has caused the delay itself and is trying to recover. Acceleration will give cause for a financial claim, recovery won’t.

Guys,
I can’t agree with you that the title of a Schedule represents the party responsible for the delay caused.
I have seen Acceleration Schedules imposed on Contractors by the Client/Employer simply because the Contractor himself was delayed by his own failures and unable to schedule the project properly.
I have also seen (and been involved in) Recovery Schedules put forward by Contractors when they have suffered from delays caused by the Client/Employer and where they do not want to delay the schedule and get hit (unfairly) for LD’s. Such a Recovery Schedule represents Constructive Acceleration.

I was involved in a project in Brazil last year, where the Contractor prepared a "Hush Plan". It wasn’t until a couple of weeks after my arrival in Brazil that I discovered that a number of Brazilians cannot pronounce the letter "R" and instead use the letter "H". Consequently, what I thought had been a very confidental schedule, was in fact a "Rush Plan" for recovery of the project. ;-)

To reply to the original question, I don’t think that it matters as to what you call the Schedule, the main criteria for claiming extra time and money is down to your entitlement under the Contract and having an excusable delay.
Cheers,
Stuart
www.rosmartin.com

The topic is quiet interesting really, What i feel, Acceleartion means, to complete the job at any cost in time to meet the dateline. The question arises here is Who caused the delay? If the delay is caused by Client, Contractor will submit EOT Schedule, to avoid this kind of thing, the Client only can request the Contractor to accelerate the job. so i feel Acceleration Schedule is usually prepared at the request of clients, but i’ve no idea whether they will pay any extra money to the contractor!! in order to accelerate the job(anyhow it depends on the mutual agreement as per the project contract).

Also i feel Recovery Schedule is to recover from the loss of time. Again the question arises, who caused the loss of time? this time by the Contractor. so client will request contractor to prepare recovery schedule, therefore the contractor has to bring more resources(of-course based on the remaining bugetted man-hrs)to complete the job in time. Of course, I feel we can’t claim anymoney in the recovery schedule due to contracor’s delay.

So i feel both the terms are used against the contractors by the client. Client only can say the contractor to Accelerate the job, Hence Acceleartion schedule is prepared due to Client’s request(I feel most of the time this kind of schedule is prepared due to client’s delay) and If the Contractor delays the job, Client will instruct the contractor to recover the loss of time, hence Contractor has to prepare and submit the recovery schedule.

Any more suggestions?............

Regards

Daya

Dear hani

You have come into the end of a very old thread.

Please start a new thread with your topic.

Best regards

Mike Testro