If you are owed time and money, the REA has to prove both
For contractors and subs on federal, state, local and private work. We build the schedule analysis and cost support behind a request for equitable adjustment, change order request or certified claim, with entitlement, calendar days and dollars traced to the project record. Time analysis per AACE RP 52R-06 and RP 29R-03.
Where we work: nationwide. Delay work runs from the baseline, updates, as-built data and correspondence, so we don't need to be on site. Recent work includes a default termination defense for a contractor in New Mexico and delay support for subcontractors in North Carolina, Virginia and Florida. Every engagement is handled by Mr. James, PSP, personally.
Miss one piece and the whole request gets discounted
Reviewers cut REAs where time is asserted instead of analyzed, costs aren't tied to the delay, or the notice trail has holes. We check the schedule, the cost support and the notice record for soft spots before it goes in, and fix them while it is still your document.
Entitlement
The clause and facts that put the risk on the other side: changes, differing site conditions, suspension of work, defective specifications, late approvals, and late owner or government furnished information.
Notice
When notice was given, to whom, and whether it meets the clause. Gaps get addressed before the other side finds them.
Time
A prospective TIA per RP 52R-06 or a retrospective analysis per RP 29R-03, chosen for the event and the record. Calendar days on the critical path, excusable versus compensable, concurrency addressed head on.
Delay cost
Extended field overhead and time related general conditions, idle equipment, escalation, and home office overhead where the facts support it, each tied to a delay period, not a total cost number.
Changed work and productivity
Changed work priced separately from delay cost, so nothing is counted twice. Lost productivity supported by a measured mile comparison where the record allows.
Narrative and exhibits
A cause and effect narrative for the contracting officer, owner's rep or GC, with schedule exhibits that show the impact at a glance.
Build the REA so it can become a claim without starting over
An REA is a request to negotiate. A CDA claim asks the contracting officer for a decision
On federal contracts, an REA keeps the conversation with the contracting officer in negotiation, and reasonable preparation costs may be allowable when incurred for contract administration rather than claim prosecution. Once it becomes a claim under the Contract Disputes Act, prosecution cost generally is not. Claims over $100,000 must be certified, and claims must be submitted within six years of accrual. We build the REA to the standard a certified claim needs, so counsel can pick it up without rebuilding if negotiation stalls. We're schedule and delay consultants, not attorneys, and work alongside your counsel.
Same analysis. Different rulebook
USACE, VA, NAVFAC, GSA
REAs and claims under the Changes, Differing Site Conditions and Suspension of Work clauses (FAR 52.243-4, 52.236-2, 52.242-14), with fragnets and time extension requests built to your contract's spec.
Public and private owners and GCs
REAs, change order requests and claims under state and local agency contracts, AIA, ConsensusDocs and owner-written contracts. Time extensions, extended general conditions and acceleration costs tied to the critical path and the contract's notice and claim deadlines.
Pass-through and direct
Pass-through claims the GC carries to the owner, and direct claims against the GC for delay, resequencing and stacking pushed down to the trade. Flow-down notice deadlines are often shorter than the prime's, so we start there.
From the first call to a submitted REA
REA and claim questions
Sitting on an REA you haven't filed yet?
Send the contract, schedules and a short description of the change or delay. We'll tell you what the record supports, how many calendar days the analysis likely carries, and what it takes to get the package out.