When a dispute reaches negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation, the schedule record has to speak for itself. HADVEN LLC performs forensic delay analysis using windows analysis, collapsed as-built, and impacted as-planned methodology — selected based on what the available project record actually supports — to produce a documented narrative that holds up in front of a claims consultant, arbitrator, or court.
There is no single "correct" forensic methodology — there is only the methodology the available project record can support credibly. A project with a complete series of contemporaneous monthly updates supports a windows analysis. A project with sparse or unreliable updates may only support a collapsed as-built or impacted as-planned approach, built up from daily reports, RFIs, submittal logs, and correspondence instead.
HADVEN LLC evaluates the record first, selects the methodology it actually supports, and is transparent about that choice in the final report — because a forensic analysis that overstates what its own data can prove is the first thing an opposing expert will attack.
Methodology selected based on the quality and completeness of the available project record — not a default
As-built schedules reconstructed from daily reports, RFIs, submittal logs, and correspondence where needed
Concurrent delay identified and addressed directly, not glossed over to favor one side's position
Findings documented in a clear narrative and exhibit set built for review by a claims consultant, arbitrator, or court
Available on projects HADVEN LLC did not originally schedule, working from whatever record exists
HADVEN LLC supports forensic engagements from initial record review through litigation and arbitration support.
Delay is measured period-by-period across a series of contemporaneous schedule updates, isolating the critical path shift and its cause within each discrete time window — the preferred method when a complete update record exists.
Delay events are subtracted from the reconstructed as-built schedule to isolate the theoretical completion date without them, useful when contemporaneous updates are sparse but the as-built record is solid.
Delay events are inserted into the original baseline schedule to demonstrate theoretical impact, applied when neither a full update record nor a reliable as-built exists to support a more data-intensive method.
Development of an accurate as-built schedule from daily reports, RFIs, submittal logs, and field records, forming the anchor document that most forensic methodologies depend on.
Identification of periods where owner-caused and contractor-caused delays overlap on the critical path, a determination that materially affects both entitlement and quantum in a dispute.
Schedule-based exhibits, delay narratives, and technical documentation prepared alongside legal counsel to support negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or trial.
Every forensic engagement starts with the same honest assessment of what the project record can actually prove.
Available schedule updates, daily reports, RFIs, submittals, and correspondence are reviewed to determine what the record can credibly support.
Windows analysis, collapsed as-built, or impacted as-planned is selected based on the record assessment — and disclosed transparently in the final report.
Delay events are isolated period-by-period or against the as-built or as-planned schedule, with concurrent delay addressed directly.
Findings are documented in a narrative and exhibit set ready for owner, agency, arbitrator, or court review, with support available through resolution.
Documentation built for review by a claims consultant, arbitrator, or court — not just internal use.
Native P6 / MS Project files supporting the selected forensic methodology.
A written narrative report explaining the methodology chosen, the record it's based on, and the findings.
Supporting exhibits tying findings to daily reports, RFIs, submittals, and correspondence.
Concurrent delay findings addressed directly, with the basis for the conclusion documented.
Litigation and arbitration-ready documentation prepared alongside your legal counsel.
A single point of contact available through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or trial.
Forensic delay analysis is the retrospective reconstruction of a project's schedule record to identify, isolate, and quantify delay events after project completion or during a dispute, using accepted methodologies such as windows analysis, collapsed as-built, or impacted as-planned.
HADVEN LLC selects the methodology based on what the project record actually supports, most commonly windows analysis, collapsed as-built, or impacted as-planned, since each depends on a different level of contemporaneous schedule update data being available.
Yes. Forensic delay analysis is most often performed on schedules built and maintained by other parties, reconstructing the project record from daily reports, RFIs, submittal logs, correspondence, and whatever schedule update files are available.
Yes. Forensic delay analysis is commonly prepared to support negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation, producing a documented narrative and schedule-based exhibits that can be reviewed by a claims consultant, arbitrator, or court.
A forensic delay analysis can be performed years after project closeout, provided sufficient contemporaneous records exist — schedule updates, daily reports, RFIs, submittals, and correspondence — to support a credible reconstruction of what happened and when.
Contact HADVEN LLC to discuss a forensic delay analysis. We respond to all inquiries within one business day.
