Can heavy rain fall can be treated as Force Majeure in any project
Mukesh KumarPMP| Air Liquide Global E&CDelhi, New Delhi, India
Can heavy rain fall can be treated as Force Majeure in any project and contractor can seek extension of time on these grounds. Contract has provision of force majeure. Saving Changes...
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Dominic LawProduct Manager| PCCW GlobalHappy Valley, Hong Kong
It should not be automatically be treated as Force Majeure. If it is an outdoor work in a tropical country, then one should plan the heavy rain in risk management. Only if the rain is extraordinary heavy, for example causing heavy flooding, then it can be treated as Force Majeure. One should also evaluate the impact of the rain or flooding to consider what is fair to be treated as Force Majeure. Saving Changes...
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Agree with Dominic. Similarly to when erecting a new building, one has to account for the days that weather will impact on the duration of the tasks, and also on the cost of having on-hold allocated resources (perhaps a good opportunity for fast tracking). Saving Changes...
Mukesh KumarPMP| Air Liquide Global E&CDelhi, New Delhi, India
Thanks for the valuable inputs. The evaluation is important to be categorized as force Majeure. Saving Changes...
For Extension of Time, Force Majeure or not, heavy rain can be considered with the supporting evidence that the work remained at halt.
Dominic Law, please comment. Saving Changes...
Dominic LawProduct Manager| PCCW GlobalHappy Valley, Hong Kong
Heavy rain can cause work at halt, but it does not necessarily lead to extension. For example, if it is normal forecast to have heavy rain 10% o time, (these days it is easy to get average weather information from the web), then the PM should include it in the Risk Management Plan. It is very high probability and very high impact to have 10% havy rain, so PM should also have mitigation plan for it. Of course there could be severe disaster flooding beyond normal forecast. So it is fairer to have evaluation before deciding Force Majeure. Saving Changes...
Mukesh KumarPMP| Air Liquide Global E&CDelhi, New Delhi, India
Normally in contract, Customer mentions clearly that rain or unforeseen weather should not grant extension of time to contractor. Only EOT is permissible in case of force majeure. Now qualify the heavy rains under force majeure is a challenge to establish. Saving Changes...
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