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Windows Analysis Part-1

Preparing a Windows Analysis – (Part 1) How Many Windows Should be Analyzed in Each Window of a Windows Analysis? Preparing a Windows Analysis Part 1 – How Many Windows Should be Analyzed in Each Window of a Windows Analysis? That question is a mouthful, but very significant. Schedule analysts have several methodology options to […]

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Is Delay Analysis Science or Art?

Is Delay Analysis Science or Art (pt-2)

The science of delay analysis is something you can learn in a book; the \”art\” comes from what is learned through practice. That\’s why it is important for delay experts to stay active in projects. Although I spend most of my time on the dispute resolution side of our business, my team is active on hundreds of projects at any given time and I try to keep one or two ongoing projects on my plate.

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Is Delay Analysis Science or Art?

Is Delay Analysis Science or Art?

After scheduling for over 30 years and preparing expert reports for many of those, I find myself still learning on every project. I remember in one of my first dispute resolution cases, almost 25 years ago, a construction attorney I was working with told me, \”You guys are half science and half voodoo.\” The term “voodoo”, he explained, was a reference to the expertise of pulling something out of nothing, which I think he considered somewhat valuable.

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Top 2 Rules for Quickly Resolving Construction Delays and Disputes

Top 2 Rules for Quickly Resolving Construction Delays and Disputes

Top 2 Rules for Resolving Construction Delays and Disputes: Each delay analysis method includes certain evaluation guidelines. For this analysis method (which the Owner had determined as the ONLY acceptable method) to be effective, each submittal had to be reviewed sequentially since each was built upon the previous submittal, and acceptance or rejection of any one submittal in the sequence impacted subsequent analyses.

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