Subcontractor Schedule Protection

An independent health check on the schedule, before it costs you time

We review your schedule or the GC's, run the DCMA 14-point health check, audit the logic and float, and hand you a plain-language report on where it's weak and where it's quietly taking your time. Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, backed by years of forensic schedule analysis.

Flat fee per review. Report within a few business days, with scorecard, findings and action list.

PROJECT SCHEDULE · DEMO DATADATA DATE 4/27/26IDACTIVITYODTFMARAPRMAYJUNJULA1000Notice to proceed00Start milestone, 0 daysA1010Mobilization50A1020Foundations210A1030Structure350A1040Envelope and dry-in280A1050MEP rough-in309TF 9A1060Interior finishes350A1070Site and paving2023TF 23A1080Commissioning and TAB140A1090Substantial completion00Finish milestone, 0 daysCritical (TF 0)Non-criticalMilestone (0 days)Data dateOD and TF in calendar days

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PSP certified Primavera P6 & MS Project DCMA 14-point Logic & float audit Independent third-party Constructability review Flat fee per review
Why the check matters

The GC's schedule is built around the GC's priorities, not yours

As a sub, you live with a schedule someone else built and controls. A clean-looking Gantt can hide compressed durations, missing logic, hard constraints holding unsupported dates, and float absorbed off your scope. An independent check finds it while you can still act.

01The schedule you're measured against isn't neutral. An independent eye shows what it's doing to your durations and float
02A schedule can look fine in the Gantt and still fail the DCMA checks. The scorecard shows what the bar chart hides
03The cheapest time to catch it is the baseline or first update, before logic locks in around you

Built for every trade. More on schedule changes and compression: Subcontractor scheduling and when schedules get compressed.

What we check

The DCMA 14-point check, logic and float, in one report

Scored like an owner's reviewer, read like a forensic analyst, explained in plain language.

DCMA 14-point health check
6 / 14 clean 8 flagged
PASS
Logic
0 open
no missing ties
PASS
Leads
0
no negative lags
WARN
Lags
9%
above the 5% target
WARN
Relationship Types
FS 88%
below the 90% finish-to-start target
FAIL
Hard Constraints
13%
well above 5%
WARN
High Float
6%
long floats to review
FAIL
Negative Float
present
a calculated date misses a required date
PASS
High Duration
4%
within the 5% threshold
PASS
Invalid Dates
0
no actuals in the future
PASS
Resources
loaded
cost and resource set
WARN
Missed Tasks
7%
slipping vs baseline
PASS
Critical Path Test
valid
push test moves the finish
FAIL
CPLI
0.89
below the 0.95 target
WARN
BEI
0.94
execution lagging

Example: a schedule that looks fine in the Gantt but flags hard constraints, negative float and a CPLI of 0.89.

Logic & Float Audit Network

Missing ties, open ends, redundant logic, inserted lags, and float absorbed off your scope.

DCMA 14-Point Health Check Score

The 14-metric assessment owners and agencies use, with pass, warn or fail on each check.

Critical Path & Longest Path Risk

Confirms the critical path is driven by real work, not constraints or non-long-lead procurement propping up dates.

Constructability & Sequencing Field

Can the sequence be built, with the inspections, dry-in and milestones your scope depends on?

Calendars, Codes & Constraints Compliance

Checked against the contract and spec, so nothing hides the real path.

Written Report & Action List Deliverable

Scorecard, findings, and an action list of what to fix or flag.

What we commonly catch

The flaws that quietly cost a trade time and money

+Compressed durations with no change to your cost or to what's buildable
+A staggered sequence overlapped, stacking your trade in one area and dropping output per hour
+Float on your scope absorbed into the GC's plan, checked against the contract's float clause
+Open-ended activities with no successor, hiding the real impact of a slip
+Hard constraints propping up dates the logic doesn't support
+Missing inspections, dry-in, permanent power, and the milestones your work depends on
+A longest path driven by the wrong activities, burying the real risk to your scope
+Calendars and activity codes that don't line up across trades and phases
How it works

An expert review, without taking the schedule out of your hands

01

Send us the schedule

Your P6 (.xer or .xml) or Microsoft Project (.mpp) file, plus the spec section on a federal or owner job. Yours or the GC's.

02

We run the health check

DCMA 14-point plus a logic and float audit, so the metrics and the network both get checked.

03

We read it like a reviewer and an analyst

Constructability, sequencing, the critical path, and where a slip or claim would land.

04

You get the report

Scorecard, plain-language findings and an action list.

05

You stay in control

We review and flag, we don't take over. If you want us to apply the fixes or take the findings to the GC, we can.

Owner & federal compliant

Check the federal schedule against the spec before you're the one holding it

On VA, USACE and NAVFAC work the schedule has to meet the incorporated spec (NAS, cost loading and exports where required) and usually the DCMA checks. We review it to the agency requirement, so a sub knows whether the GC's schedule holds up or is burying their time.

DCMA 14-point check, NAS and SDEF review, formatted to the agency spec

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Protection FAQ

Schedule review questions

Do you take over our schedule, or just review it?
We review and flag, you stay in control. We can apply the fixes or build it from here, but the default is an independent check.
How fast is it, and what does it cost?
Flat fee per review. Written report within a few business days of getting the file and spec.
What is the DCMA 14-point health check?
A 14-metric assessment of schedule quality: logic gaps, leads and lags, constraints, float, negative float, critical path validity, CPLI and BEI among them. Many owners and agencies use it to screen schedules.
Can you review the GC's schedule, not just mine?
Yes, and that's often the point. An independent check shows where the GC's schedule compresses your durations, stacks your trades or absorbs float on your scope, checked against the contract's float clause.
What do you usually catch?
Open-ended activities, hard constraints holding unsupported dates, a longest path driven by the wrong work, missing inspections and milestones, and float moved off the trades.
Will this help on a federal job?
Yes. We check NAS compliance, the SDEF and the DCMA metrics against the agency spec, so you find issues before the reviewer does.

Not sure what the GC's schedule is doing to your time?

Send your schedule or the GC's. We quote a flat fee within one business day.

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