Planning & Programming
The most significant and unanticipated cost in most construction and engineering projects is the financial impact associated with delay and disruption to the works.
Planning and programmming is a prequisite for the management of a successful project. Assessing the impact of delay and disruption and establishing a direct causal link from delay events to effect, liability and resulting damages can be complex and challenging.
Contractors, subcontractors and employers alike require these skills for a successful evaluation of time delay claims when analysing whether the critical path has been materially delayed warranting an extension of time to the contract completion date.
If the parties cannot resolve the delay issues they often fester catapulting the parties into adjudication, arbitration or litigation. Each forum’s expectation of evidence to discharge the burden of proof to demonstrate cause and effect varies significantly.
Selecting the most appropriate technique to suit the project, facts, timetable, nature of the delay events, the size and complexity of the potential dispute must all be holistically considered before deploying the resources to effectively deal with the issue.
Our professionals are skilled at forensically investigating delay and disruption events to the works and marshalling together evidence to provide a demonstrative analysis and report on issues of delay and disruption.
Our probing and forensic skills are founded upon years of experience and working alongside analytical teams of lawyers and construction professionals.