Delay Expert Witness Services
Independent specialists in programming, delay, and disruption, we deliver evidence-based analysis and expert testimony to support dispute resolution across the built environment.
When time is money, our delay analysis provides authoritative testimony on schedule impacts.
Our delay expert witness services deliver robust analysis and credible testimony for construction and engineering disputes worldwide. We assist clients in resolving complex delay claims through meticulous schedule assessment, transparent reporting, and support across all dispute resolution forums, from mediation to litigation.
Why choose SOCOTEC Forensics & Advisory
With proven expertise in delay and disruption claims, our experts provide reliable, independent opinions that support effective dispute resolution. We adapt our methodology to meet the unique demands of each project, ensuring thorough and comprehensive analysis that serves clients across all sectors and project complexities.
Our commitment to clarity and factual analysis, combined with our extensive experience across diverse project types, makes us the trusted choice for authoritative delay analysis and expert witness support.
Delay Expert Witness Services
Our expertise
Our delay experts specialise in matters related to programming, delay and disruption. We provide expert opinion on the causes and extent of delays, addressing matters of criticality, concurrency and causation, while establishing critical paths through comprehensive analysis of contemporaneous project evidence.
Our team has extensive experience analysing multi-year delays and complex disruption claims across a wide range of project types, from traditional building construction to innovative technology projects. We undertake forensic schedule analysis using industry-standard scheduling software, always firmly rooted in factual analysis of available documentation and sound understanding of construction processes and methods.
Our delay experts specialise in matters related to programming, delay and disruption. We provide expert opinion on the causes and extent of delays, addressing matters of criticality, concurrency and causation, while establishing critical paths through comprehensive analysis of contemporaneous project evidence.
Our team has extensive experience analysing multi-year delays and complex disruption claims across a wide range of project types, from traditional building construction to innovative technology projects. We undertake forensic schedule analysis using industry-standard scheduling software, always firmly rooted in factual analysis of available documentation and sound understanding of construction processes and methods.
Our Approach
How we support our clients
When engaged, our initial focus is to understand the project issues and constraints and align our approach accordingly. We assess the availability and quality of project documentation and the deliverables required for the matter, allowing us to select the most appropriate standard or hybrid analysis technique, including:
- Impacted As-Planned Analysis
- Time Impact Analysis
- Time Slice Windows Analysis
- As-Planned vs. As-Built Windows Analysis
- Collapsed As-Built Analysis
Our analysis seeks to identify delay, initially as an effect. We then prepare a detailed document review of project delay/disruption and its root causes. Our analysis is tailored to suit the sector – from residential developments to large-scale infrastructure projects – and the scale and forum of the dispute. Each case is tailored according to its specific requirements, ensuring our evidence and analysis can withstand thorough examination.
Our experts deliver clear, comprehensible opinions in both reporting and testimony designed to withstand scrutiny in any dispute resolution forum. Our guiding principle is to accurately explain, inform and demonstrate rather than complicate matters for the target audience.
When engaged, our initial focus is to understand the project issues and constraints and align our approach accordingly. We assess the availability and quality of project documentation and the deliverables required for the matter, allowing us to select the most appropriate standard or hybrid analysis technique, including:
- Impacted As-Planned Analysis
- Time Impact Analysis
- Time Slice Windows Analysis
- As-Planned vs. As-Built Windows Analysis
- Collapsed As-Built Analysis
Our analysis seeks to identify delay, initially as an effect. We then prepare a detailed document review of project delay/disruption and its root causes. Our analysis is tailored to suit the sector – from residential developments to large-scale infrastructure projects – and the scale and forum of the dispute. Each case is tailored according to its specific requirements, ensuring our evidence and analysis can withstand thorough examination.
Our experts deliver clear, comprehensible opinions in both reporting and testimony designed to withstand scrutiny in any dispute resolution forum. Our guiding principle is to accurately explain, inform and demonstrate rather than complicate matters for the target audience.
