PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

As experienced construction and project managers, Construction Expert Services robust experience, common sense application and practical solutions can identify many opportunities to mitigate risk, reduce time and increase efficiency to construction programmes.

Strategic planning and scheduling

We prepare and manage schedules at any stage of a project from feasibility and tender submission through to mobilisation and during on site operations in addition to providing forensic and retrospective analysis for dispute resolution purposes.

With our experience and expertise acting as an independent employer's representative, project manager in addition to managing construction companies, we are able to bring a full perspective analysis to every schedule, considering all aspects and influences on a project, not just applying a one sided viewpoint often encountered when an ill experienced scheduler is responsible for preparing project schedules.

We provide advise on the following

Tender & baseline scheduling, project & planning strategy;
Preconstruction planning service;
Analysis of construction plans, mitigation of risks;
Project & schedule periodic monitoring, review & updating;
Preparation of extension of time claims, notices etc.;
Forensic analysis of project schedules for dispute resolution
- Retrospective & prospective analysis;
- As planned vs. as built;
- As built but for;
- Time impact analysis;
- Impacted as planned etc.;
Independent certifier and superintendent roles;
Monitoring and auditing project work;
Schedule recovery & acceleration, analysis of strategy & cost;
BIM project management & 4D scheduling; and
Project digitisation, 4D project scheduling, 3D laser progress surveying, presentation of progress & contentious issues influencing project completion.

Contractual entitlement, delay, disruption & quantum assessment

We are experts at assessing contractual entitlement together with the measurement, quantification and presentation of quantum of delay and disruption encountered on a project.

We have the ability to assess both time and cost having experience in project management, financial management and assessment of quantum and delay. Dependent on circumstances, we can assess, quantify and present delay and disruption in numerous ways thus providing a clear, concise and accurate assessment of contentious issues that can greatly enhancing our clients opportunity for recovery of time and additional costs incurred.