Business Failure Any act by, against or relating to any Loan Party, or its property or assets, which act constitutes the determination by any Loan Party to initiate or acquiesce to: a program of partial or total self-liquidation; an application for, consent to, or sufferance of the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other person, pursuant to court action or otherwise, with respect to all or any part of any Loan Party’s property; the granting of any trust mortgage or execution of an assignment for the benefit of the creditors of any Loan Party; any other voluntary or involuntary liquidation or extension of debt agreement for any Loan Party; the offering by, or entering into by, any Loan Party of any composition, extension, or any other arrangement seeking relief from or extension of the debts of any Loan Party; or the initiation of any judicial or non-judicial proceeding or agreement by, against, or including any Loan Party which seeks or intends to accomplish a reorganization or arrangement with creditors; and/or the initiation by or on behalf of any Loan Party of the liquidation or winding up of all or any part of any Loan Party’s business or operations.
Excusable Delay The Contractor is entitled to an equitable adjustment of time, issued via Change Order, for delays caused by the following:
Excusable Delays Except with respect to defaults of subproviders, the Engineer shall not be in default by reason of any failure in performance of this contract in accordance with its terms (including any failure to progress in the performance of the work) if such failure arises out of causes beyond the control and without the default or negligence of the Engineer. Such causes may include, but are not restricted to, acts of God or the public enemy, acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather.
