Five disciplines.
One investigation.
A claim runs through the programme, the costs, the technical detail and the contract. Our specialists examine those connections, using technology developed around the questions they need to answer.
The instruction is only the beginning.
A revised detail arrives after installation has started. What changed, who instructed it and which work was affected? The answers may sit in different inboxes, drawing revisions, programme updates and cost records.
Our specialists examine the technical change, its effect on the sequence, the resulting costs and the contractual position together. Our systems connect the record for that investigation. The case is tested across disciplines; each expert remains responsible for their own opinion.
Delay
Examine what delayed the works and how the critical path changed. Test programme movement against events on site, the contract and the available record.
- •Forensic retrospective delay analysis
- •Time Impact Analysis (TIA)
- •Windows analysis and As-Planned vs As-Built
- •Critical path interrogation and narrative
- •NEC3/NEC4 compensation event assessment
- •Programme reviews and contemporaneous record requirements
A revised drawing may change the sequence without delaying completion. We examine the logic, progress, mitigation and competing causes before assessing its effect.
Tools:Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, Microsoft Project plus proprietary schedule interrogation tools.
Illustrative workflow: An event is modelled against the relevant programme. Logic, progress and available float are examined, then checked against contemporaneous records before the effect on completion is assessed.
Quantum
Establish the value of work and the financial effects of change, delay or disruption. Connect the amount claimed with its source records and contractual basis.
- •Commercial valuation and damages assessment
- •Prolongation cost analysis (site and head office overheads)
- •Disruption and loss of productivity quantification
- •Final account preparation and defence
- •Forensic cost modelling
- •Critique of opposing quantum positions
Additional cost is not automatically recoverable. We test allocation, duplication and causation, drawing on the delay and technical findings where relevant.
Tools:Source-linked cost models, accounting records and productivity analysis. The valuation method is selected to suit the contract, facts and available evidence.
Illustrative workflow: Labour allocation and output records are examined for a reliable comparison of productivity. The analysis tests whether the comparison is appropriate and which effects the evidence supports.
Technical
Investigate design, workmanship, specification and performance. Establish the technical facts that inform responsibility, programme effects and the cost of remedial work.
- •Root cause and failure mode analysis
- •Defect investigation and causation
- •Design liability assessment
- •Building Safety Act remediation claims
- •Fire safety and cladding disputes
- •Specification compliance review
A defect can have several contributing causes. Drawings, instructions, approvals and inspection records help distinguish what was designed, specified and built.
Tools:Drawings, specifications, inspection and test records, with specialist investigation scoped to the issue.
Illustrative workflow: Drawings, specifications, inspection records and correspondence are assembled around the reported defect. The expert tests possible causes, identifies gaps and sets out the basis for the technical opinion.
Advisory
Assess the merits, establish the strategy and prepare the claim or defence. Bring the specialist findings into the commercial and contractual decisions facing the client.
- •Strategy, merits assessment and adjudication support
- •Evidence structuring and document control
- •Live-project commercial advice
- •Referral and response preparation
- •Expert reports and testimony within the agreed appointment
- •Tender, programme and commercial process reviews
The advice must fit the facts, the contract and the appointment. Where an expert is appointed, their opinion remains independent of the client's preferred outcome.
Tools:Contract review, evidence chronologies and commercial analysis supported by systems developed by our in-house engineering team.
The contract, notices and contemporaneous records are brought together for review. The partner tests the merits, identifies evidence gaps and advises on the available next steps. Procedural and substantive questions are assessed against the actual appointment, contract and facts.
Technology
Our engineers build around the questions our claims specialists ask. Connected evidence, trained specialist models and analytical algorithms support the investigation and reduce repetitive preparation.
- •Connected inboxes, individual-message context and source-linked chronologies
- •Specialist programme comparison and cost analysis
- •Models trained for defined disciplines, directed by practitioners
- •Referenced material for expert scrutiny and report preparation
- •Working systems for project records, approvals and reporting
The same engineering can connect a drawing issue to its price, approval and completion record, putting claims experience into the way work is done.
Tools:In-house evidence platforms and reusable software components, with suitable existing tools connected around the task. Practitioners retain professional judgement.
Project records are organised by document, event and issue. Relevant material is linked to its source for review. Missing records and conflicting accounts remain visible. The platform prepares the evidence; the expert assesses it.
Put the lessons to work.
A disputed instruction can expose an approval process that never worked. A final account can uncover months of unrecorded change. The investigation helps us see what needs to improve while the business gets on with its work.
We work with the team to identify the task that needs attention. Our engineers adapt existing components, connect suitable tools and build what is missing, carrying the change through to implementation.
A clearer approval route or a report that no longer needs rekeying gives skilled people more time to act on the information. Better working practices also help a contractor demonstrate how it will manage the work it is tendering for.
Discuss your position
A live claim, a difficult project or a commercial decision. Start with a conversation with a partner.