Eric Rowlands hit the roof when he heard the news. Drakenby flatly refused to authorise Timeco to issue. There was a standoff over a two-day period when neither party would budge. With time and cost implications rising for both parties, Mike Borgeaud reluctantly agreed that Sunscape would proceed without prejudice to their alleged right to cost and time adjustment. However, in the absence of payment, Sunscape refused to intensify resources to overcome delay.