Practical guidance on CPM scheduling, BIM coordination, forensic delay analysis, and project controls — written for project managers, schedulers, and construction executives who work with these issues every day.
Most CPM schedules submitted on public works projects satisfy the contract requirement and nothing else. When a delay event occurs, the schedule offers no protection because the logic was never built to tell a story. Here is what separates a schedule that protects you from one that doesn't.
The choice of forensic delay methodology determines whether your claim is accepted or rejected before anyone reads page two. This article explains when to use TIA, windows analysis, and collapsed as-built — and what the agency or opposing expert will challenge in each.
Running clash detection in Navisworks is not the same as coordinating a project. If your clash reports are growing longer every week and the subs are still running into each other in the field, the problem is process — not software. Here is what is usually missing.
EOT claims submitted to USACE, Port Authority, or state DOTs are rejected not because the delay didn't happen — but because the schedule analysis doesn't meet the agency's internal standard of proof. This article covers exactly what that standard looks like and how to meet it.
When a project is behind schedule, the contractor's instinct is to compress everything on paper and submit a recovery schedule that looks aggressive. That approach rarely works — and frequently creates new problems. Here is how to build a recovery schedule that is both credible and executable.
After reviewing dozens of contractor schedules on behalf of public agencies, the same errors appear repeatedly: open-ended activities, excessive lags, resource loading that doesn't match the contract value, and logic that ignores the actual construction sequence. Here is what to check before you submit.
Working on a USACE contract for the first time means navigating QCS and RMS — two systems that are not particularly intuitive and where errors in the first submission create problems that follow the project for months. This article covers the basics before you start.
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