Styles FACT SCENARIO B_(Questions 5-8): Geddy Construction (GC) has a written contract with Owner for the construction and renovation of a medical facility. The contract is divided into two phases. Phase I is for the construction of a new medical building. Phase II is for the renovation of an existing facility. GC is required to achieve substantial completion of Phase I within 540 calendar days. The contract does not establish a timeframe or deadline for the substantial completion of Phase II, nor does it expressly state that time is of the essence. The contract does, however, provide for liquidated damages in the amount of $1,500 per day in the event GC fails to achieve substantial completion of Phase I within 540 calendar days. Upon receiving notice to proceed from Owner, GC immediately mobilizes at the jobsite to begin construction. Although requested to do so, GC never submits a construction schedule to Owner. A drainage ditch runs across the site in the area where GC is supposed to construct the medical building. It is evident from GC's daily logs and other records that it first planned to divert all water flowing through the existing drainage ditch, fill the ditch, construct a suitable building pad, install concrete footings and the concrete slab, and erect the medical building. It begins to rain two days after GC starts work. The rain continues off and on for over 30 days making it impossible for GC to perform any work. After the site dries for another 15 days, GC requests a 45-day time extension from Owner. Owner refuses to allow the time extension, but does not expressly direct GC to accelerate its work. Question Group of answer choices There are two types of delay, excusable and inexcusable, under which a contractor is entitled to both time and money Here, GC did not cause the weather delay, so he should get a time extension as well as compensation for the shutdown. When a contractor experiences an excusable delay caused by an ice storm, rain or other weather event, a contractor is entitled to both time and compensation for the period of the shutdown. Here, GC should get a time extension as well as compensation for the shutdown. GC should receive a change order, increasing the time of performance due to the weather delays, but it should not get a price increase. The weather problems were beyond anyone's control and could not have been anticipated. GC might have been entitled to a time extension, but since he didn't submit a baseline schedule to the owner, the claim should be denied. X P O P hp