A delay expert whose analysis follows the record
Retained by construction counsel, sureties and insurers for owners, GCs and subcontractors. Schedule and delay opinions built under AACE RP 29R-03, written to the rules of the forum, and defended in deposition, arbitration and trial.
How an engagement runs with counsel
From the first look at the file to the witness stand
We can come in at any stage. The same analyst carries the record from early consulting through the report and testimony, so the work builds on itself as the matter develops instead of starting over with someone new.
Early case assessment
Before the demand goes out or the answer is filed: what the schedules support, where the exposure sits, how many calendar days are realistically in play, and what is missing. A defined scope and budget, so you know where you stand before committing to a full report.
Consulting expert
Confidential analysis under counsel's direction while strategy is decided, plus help with document requests so the native schedule files get produced.
Affirmative expert report
Opinions on critical path, delay, concurrency and time extension entitlement, with the method selected from RP 29R-03 and the reasons stated.
Rebuttal report
The opposing analysis tested point by point: schedule validity, method choice, a recalculated day count, and the concurrent delay it left out.
Deposition and testimony
Deposition, arbitration and trial testimony, prepared with counsel and delivered in plain language.
Mediation and settlement
A supportable range of calendar days and delay cost for the mediation statement, and someone in the room who can answer the other side's scheduling arguments.
The opinion is only as strong as the method under it
Recognized method, validated schedules, reproducible math
Federal and Florida courts apply the Daubert standard, and arbitrators ask the same questions: is the method recognized, was it applied correctly to these facts, and can someone else get the same answer. We use the methods in AACE RP 29R-03 and the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol, validate every schedule before it carries weight, state each assumption, and trace every calendar day to a critical path activity and a document in the record. Where the record has limits, we disclose them.
Retained for owners and for contractors
The method doesn't change with the client, and that consistency is what makes the opinion credible.
Owners and developers
Evaluating the contractor's delay claim and time extension requests, and supporting liquidated and actual delay damages.
General contractors
Claims for owner-caused delay, and defense against liquidated damages and subcontractor pass-through claims.
Subcontractors
Every trade (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, site and more) facing delay, resequencing and acceleration pushed down from the GC, or backcharges that don't match the schedule record.
Sureties and insurers
Schedule and delay evaluation on performance bond claims, default terminations, and builder's risk delay in startup claims.
Built from the field up
18+ years in project controls
Field scheduling on industrial EPC, water and power projects, owner's representative scheduling on a Florida intercity rail program, and federal P6 scheduling on USACE and VA work.
Delay and cost analysis
Contemporaneous windows with the progress and non-progress split, time impact analysis, collapsed as-built, concurrent delay analysis, measured mile lost productivity, and extended general conditions.
PSP certified
Planning and Scheduling Professional through AACE International. Work performed to AACE RP 29R-03, RP 52R-06, and RP 91R-16, and the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol.
Questions counsel asks before retaining us
Discuss a matter
Send the parties, the project type and location, and where the case stands. We will run a conflict check and come back with an initial scope, usually within a business day or two.