Owing to the serious consequences flowing from such defaults, the issue of possession should be handled with due care and diligence, lest it compromises the employer’s contractual position. Unless the employer is sure that he can be in a position to hand over the site to the contractor by a particular date, he should not commit himself to such a date; perhaps even holding back the issue of the letter of acceptance, if possible, until such time as he is sure of the obligations pertaining to the site handover. Notwithstanding the above, he should further protect himself by drafting appropriate clauses covering eventualities such as the right to postpone the giving of site possession and the granting of the corresponding extension of time to the contract.