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SCHEDULE AUDITS AND TECHNICAL EVALUATION
Feel confident with project schedules from in-depth and objective analysis of building constructability and compliance.
We perform audits and technical evaluations to ensure that proposed construction processes are practical and the overall construction plan is feasible. Our analysis includes verifying whether the work can be completed within the proposed timeframe while meeting all necessary milestones and phasing requirements.
Additionally, we review to ensure compliance with solicitation requirements for fair and objective evaluations. By adhering to these guidelines, we minimize uncertainties and reduce risks for our clients, thereby enhancing the likelihood of a successful evaluation process.
SCHEDULE & COST TRENDING
Validate contractor cost proposals to ensure they’re fair and reasonable and receive ongoing estimating support for contract modifications.
We support construction teams with cost analysis and estimating services throughout the construction phase. We assist with modification processes by preparing cost estimates, including Independent Government Estimates (IGEs).
We additionally analyze contractor cost proposals to ensure they are reasonable, facilitating negotiation processes to resolution.
COST ANALYSIS & ESTIMATING
Confirm, quantify, and proportion responsibility for delays with data-driven, objectively supported schedule analysis.
Our extensive experience with delay analysis encompasses techniques such as time impact analysis (TIA), fragmented network (fragnet) analysis, Requests for Equitable Adjustments (REAs), and claims.
Our approaches include the application of industry recommended practices, including AACE 52R-06 (Time Impact Analysis - As Applied in Construction) and AACE 29R-03 (Forensic Schedule Analysis).
Pinpoint schedule and cost variances and patterns to gain insight into the direction of the project.
We simplify data-heavy schedule information into easily digestible presentation formats and offer briefings to project stakeholders and executive leadership. Our schedule and cost trending visuals provide a clear picture of project health, including root causes driving patterns and trends in performance.
We support the cost and schedule trending requirements for USACE Mega Project quarterly updating (ECB 2016-16).
DELAY AND CLAIM ANALYSIS
CPM SCHEDULE ANALYSIS & OVERSIGHT
Ensure your schedules are accurate, reliable, in compliance with your contract, and utilize industry best practices.
For government and owner’s representatives, we review and analyze contractor schedules to ensure they are accurate and reliable in support of the end user and their mission.
By doing so, we limit our client’s exposure for cost and time impacts and can use the schedule to proactively identify schedule risk, helping construction teams mitigate issues before they become delays.
Minimize uncertainty in your projects by early identification of schedule and cost risks, followed by a clear understanding of their criticality so you can prioritize your resources effectively.
Our schedule risk processes offer our clients early visibility into potential schedule risks, enabling them to prioritize and address them promptly before any cost or time impacts occur.
Moreover, we integrate proactive risk mitigation measures into all our services, resulting in significant cost and time savings for our clients while reducing project team stress levels.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Receive expert support and substantiated documentation that is clear, concise, and provides an easy understanding of the issues at hand.
Our services address a range of delay challenges, including prospective and forensic delay analysis, concurrent delays, schedule changes/variations, and other related issues.
In cases before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), we offer detailed analysis for litigation support, providing substantiated reports to aid in fact-finding and coordinating closely with legal counsel.
EXPERT WITNESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
EXPERT WITNESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
MASTER INTEGRATED SCHEDULING
Utilize a big-picture tool to manage critical activities, establish a Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), and measure progress and performance.
We have a depth of experience with schedule management for multifaceted, mission-critical, and Mega construction programs.
We use detailed work breakdown structures and critical path method (CPM) schedule analysis for individual and master integrated schedules. Through this practice, we identify risks early on so they can be mitigated as early as possible.
Receive expert support and substantiated documentation that is clear, concise, and provides an easy understanding of issues at hand through industry-accepted and best practice methodologies.
We understand how to approach and get through schedule delay challenges, including concurrent delays, delay-related contract provisions, float ownership, schedule changes or quality variations, and other issues. We provide substantiated presentations and reporting for fact finding, opposing parties, and coordinate with counsel.
We serve as an expert witness for testimony, or as a consulting (non-testifying) expert.
Confirm, quantify, and proportion responsibility for delays with data-driven, objectively supported schedule analysis.
We have a depth of experience with delay analysis - including time impact analysis (TIA), fragmented network (fragnet) analysis, Requests for Equitable Adjustments (REAs), and claims.
We perform analyses as required in the government 01 32 01 scheduling specifications, such as AACE 29R-03 (Forensic Schedule Analysis), and AACE 52R-06 (Time Impact Analysis – As Applied in Construction).
Reduce uncertainty in your projects by identifying schedule and cost risks early on. Understand the order of criticality so your team can prioritize resources for execution.
Our schedule risk processes provide our clients visibility on schedule risks early on - allowing them to be prioritized and addressed before cost or time impacts occur.
We incorporate aspects of our proactive risk mitigation into all of our services, saving our clients costs, time, and stress.
EXPERT WITNESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
EXPERT WITNESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
SCHEDULE & COST TRENDING
SCHEDULE & COST TRENDING
Understand the direction the project is heading by pinpointing schedule and cost variances and patterns.
We translate data-heavy information from schedules into easily digestible presentation formats and provide briefings to project stakeholders and executive leadership, effectively communicating schedule information to aid leadership decisions for schedule, cost, and quality.
Our schedule and cost trending provides a clear picture of the project’s overall health as well as root causes driving patterns and trends in performance. We support the cost and schedule trending requirements for USACE Mega Project quarterly updating (ECB 2016-16).
SCHEDULE RISK MANAGEMENT
MASTER INTEGRATED SCHEDULING
Utilize a big-picture tool to manage critical activities, establish a Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), and measure progress and performance.
We have a depth of experience with schedule management and complexities for multifaceted, mission-critical, and Mega construction programs.
We utilize detailed work breakdown structures and critical path method (CPM) schedule analysis for individual schedules and master integrated schedules. Through this practice, we help construction teams identify risks early on for proactive mitigation.
DELAY AND CLAIM ANALYSIS
CPM SCHEDULE ANALYSIS & OVERSIGHT
Ensure your schedules are accurate, in compliance with project specifications, and utilize industry best practices throughout your project lifecycle.
For government teams and owners, we review, analyze, and monitor contractor schedules to ensure they are accurate and reliable in support of the end user’s mission.
For contractors and industry, we provide specification compliant schedules and supporting documentation for bid, preliminary, initial, baseline, and periodic updates.
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Receive expert support and substantiated documentation that is clear, concise, and provides an easy understanding of issues at hand through industry-accepted and best practice methodologies.
We understand how to approach and get through schedule delay challenges, including concurrent delays, delay-related contract provisions, float ownership, schedule changes or quality variations, and other issues. We provide substantiated presentations and reporting for fact finding, opposing parties, and coordinate with counsel.
We serve as an expert witness for testimony, or as a consulting (non-testifying) expert.
Confirm, quantify, and proportion responsibility for delays with data-driven, objectively supported schedule analysis.
We have a depth of experience with delay analysis - including time impact analysis (TIA), fragmented network (fragnet) analysis, Requests for Equitable Adjustments (REAs), and claims.
We perform analyses as required in the government 01 32 01 scheduling specifications, such as AACE 29R-03 (Forensic Schedule Analysis), and AACE 52R-06 (Time Impact Analysis – As Applied in Construction).
Reduce uncertainty in your projects by identifying schedule and cost risks early on. Understand the order of criticality so your team can prioritize resources for execution.
Our schedule risk processes provide our clients visibility on schedule risks early on - allowing them to be prioritized and addressed before cost or time impacts occur.
We incorporate aspects of our proactive risk mitigation into all of our services, saving our clients costs, time, and stress.
EXPERT WITNESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
EXPERT WITNESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
SCHEDULE & COST TRENDING
SCHEDULE & COST TRENDING
Understand the direction the project is heading by pinpointing schedule and cost variances and patterns.
We translate data-heavy information from schedules into easily digestible presentation formats and provide briefings to project stakeholders and executive leadership, effectively communicating schedule information to aid leadership decisions for schedule, cost, and quality.
Our schedule and cost trending provides a clear picture of the project’s overall health as well as root causes driving patterns and trends in performance. We support the cost and schedule trending requirements for USACE Mega Project quarterly updating (ECB 2016-16).
SCHEDULE RISK MANAGEMENT
MASTER INTEGRATED SCHEDULING
Utilize a big-picture tool to manage critical activities, establish a Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), and measure progress and performance.
We have a depth of experience with schedule management and complexities for multifaceted, mission-critical, and Mega construction programs.
We utilize detailed work breakdown structures and critical path method (CPM) schedule analysis for individual schedules and master integrated schedules. Through this practice, we help construction teams identify risks early on for proactive mitigation.
DELAY AND CLAIM ANALYSIS
CPM SCHEDULE ANALYSIS & OVERSIGHT
Ensure your schedules are accurate, in compliance with project specifications, and utilize industry best practices throughout your project lifecycle.
For government teams and owners, we review, analyze, and monitor contractor schedules to ensure they are accurate and reliable in support of the end user’s mission.
For contractors and industry, we provide specification compliant schedules and supporting documentation for bid, preliminary, initial, baseline, and periodic updates.
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