Carson’s credentials also include over ten published articles as well as more than 15 published AACE Recommended Practices, including “ Forensic Schedule Analysis”, “ Identifying the Critical Path”, “ Planning & Accounting for Adverse Weather”, “ Original Baseline Schedule Review”, and “ Update Schedule Review”.
Carson is a recognized thought leader in industry associations including CMAA, AACE International, RICS, PMI, and the Guild of Project Controls.Īs a top ranked speaker and presenter of over 500 industry sessions, Mr. His background includes educational, municipal, commercial, industrial, governmental, military, and medical projects, and other industries including facilities, infrastructure/transportation, water and waste water treatment and utilities, and environmental projects. He has over 40 years’ experience in Program/Construction Management, specializing in Program/Project Controls disciplines of Planning & Scheduling, Cost Management, Risk Management, Document Control, and Forensic Analysis. The large values associated with these fees combined with the complexity of analysis makes forensic schedule delay analysis very important.Ĭhris Carson is the Enterprise Director of Program & Project Controls and Associate Vice President at ARCADIS U.S., the leading global Engineering and PMCM firm. Whenever a project delay causes a project to complete late, someone spends money the Contractor pays liquidated damages costs or the Owner pays extended general conditions costs. “The only appropriate way to analyze an absorbed delay is by use of the right forensic schedule delay analysis.” Since the change order work is completed, the Owner wants the Contractor to submit actual costs, and time is exactly the same, when the time is completed for the change order (delay is absorbed). If you think of this as similar to costs, an Owner would rarely allow a Contractor to provide an estimate or a guess about a time & material change order. On the other hand, claims are considered as failures of the project goals.Īccording to the Arcadis “Global Construction Disputes 2017” study, the second leading cause for disputes is “poorly drafted or incomplete and unsubstantiated claims”.Īs stated earlier, one of the primary reasons for claims is project delays.įailure to provide good forensic schedule delay analysis is a main contributing factor to the second leading cause of disputes, all resulting in a failure to resolve claims in a timely manner.Įarly detailed forensic schedule delay analysis, presented in a clear and convincing manner, can provide detailed calculated assessment of quantum and responsibility which helps resolve issues & conflicts in early negotiations.įorensic schedule delay analysis is not important just in claims on completed projects, but just as important to resolve delays that have been absorbed into the schedule during the project. High costs are usually spent in claim & dispute resolution. These extended resolution efforts can increase costs to resolve due to attorney and staff time.
Negotiations may extend into formal dispute resolution using attorneys. This would lead to “extended negotiations with little resolution” or “claims”. Often EoT requests are not resolved because the analysis methodology was an estimate and the delay has been absorbed, or the analysis methodology is insufficient to properly identify and resolve delays. Did you know that one of the primary reasons for claims and disputes in projects is schedule "delays"?Īs a matter of fact, schedule delays happen in projects, which may lead to Extension of Time (EoT) requests.