To conflate definition
To conflate. , by the way, means “to combine into one” – so why does the construction industry often believe that disruption and delay are the same thing? The fact that disruption and delay are often caused by the same events probably has something to do with it: events causing delay will normally cause the way that the project is executed to deviate from the plan, thus also giving rise to disruption; and, any disruptive events affecting activities on the project’s critical path will also cause delay: after all, disruption is caused by losses in productivity (work being executed more slowly) and by rework (work having to be re-done.)