What are some of the inherent advantages and disadvantages in measuring project duration in calendar days? Working days?
What will be an ideal response?
Where calendar days are concerned, the strongest inherent advantage is that
there is little chance of confusion as the definition of calendar is essentially universal.
Where contractors are concerned, calendar days may pose a disadvantage when weather
precludes the accomplishment of work. Owners may be reluctant to grant time
extensions.
An inherent disadvantage of using working days is that the definition of working days
can vary. It must be clearly defined in the contract or a dispute may readily occur. Some
owners will count all days that are worked as working days. This can playa hardship on a
contractor if an attempt is made to make up time or to get ahead of schedule. Any
weekends that are then worked will be counted as working days. An advantage of
scheduling with working days, especially for the contractor, is that there tends to be a
fairer allocation of time for project performance.
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