The SCL Delay And Disruption Protocol: A Second Edition

The Society of Construction Law's (SCL) Delay and Disruption Protocol was first published in 2002. The intention was to provide a scheme whereby delay could be better controlled and managed during the construction process. The SCL has always said that, overall, the Protocol aims to set out and be consistent with good practice (rather than best practice). Following the publication of an intermediary update, known as Rider 1, on 1 July 2015, in February 2017 the Second Edition of the Protocol was released.¹

In updating the Protocol, there were eight specific terms of reference:

1. whether the expressed preference should remain for time-impact analysis as a programming methodology where the effects of delay events are known;