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A contingency is allotted for every project schedule to compensate for the unknown or unanticipated delays. A contingency can be float or risk contingency.
A "Float" is a contingency time allotted to a certain work task or group of tasks to compensate for unanticipated delays that can incur during the life of the project. It is used to refer to the time given for a certain project. It is the number of delays allowed since the start of the project which will not interfere with the date of project completion. Anything can happen during the course of the work of the project, ...

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