Mastering Delay Analysis: Optimize Construction Project Success 10-Days

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Course Overview

The Advanced Construction Delay Analysis & Claims Management Training Course is an intensive 10-day program designed to develop the technical, contractual, and analytical capabilities required to investigate construction delays, evaluate schedule impacts, establish entitlement, quantify disruption, and prepare defensible delay claims.

The course takes participants from construction programming and Critical Path Method principles through advanced forensic delay analysis techniques, including As-Planned vs As-Built, Impacted As-Planned, Time Impact Analysis, Windows Analysis, and Collapsed As-Built analysis.

Participants examine how baseline quality, schedule updates, contemporaneous records, critical path movement, float, concurrency, and causation affect the reliability of a delay assessment. Particular attention is also given to Extension of Time claims, disruption and productivity loss, measured mile analysis, prolongation costs, global claims, acceleration, and delay mitigation.

The program incorporates the principles of the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol and connects analytical findings with contractual administration, claims preparation, expert reporting, and dispute resolution.

Practical construction scenarios and schedule-based case studies are integrated throughout the program, enabling participants to progress from identifying a delay event to preparing and presenting a structured forensic delay analysis.

Target Audience

Project Managers and Construction Managers
Planning and Scheduling Engineers
Delay Analysts and Forensic Schedulers
Contract Managers and Contract Administrators
Claims Managers and Claims Consultants
Quantity Surveyors and Cost Engineers
Construction Engineers
Commercial Managers
Project Controls Professionals
Construction Lawyers and Dispute Specialists
Consultants and Employer Representatives

Targeted Organizational Departments

Project Management
Project Controls and Planning
Contracts and Procurement
Commercial Management
Claims Management
Engineering and Construction
Legal and Dispute Resolution
Cost Control
Risk Management
PMO and Programme Management

Course Objectives

By the end of this 10-day training course, participants will be able to:

Classify construction delays according to criticality, responsibility, excusability, and compensability.
Understand contractual entitlement to Extension of Time and delay compensation.
Develop, review, and validate construction programmes for forensic delay analysis.
Apply Critical Path Method principles, float calculations, constraints, and schedule logic.
Identify delay events and establish reliable contemporaneous records.
Analyse cause, effect, responsibility, and critical path impact.
Apply As-Planned vs As-Built and Impacted As-Planned methodologies.
Perform Time Impact Analysis and Windows Analysis.
Apply Collapsed As-Built and other retrospective delay analysis techniques.
Evaluate concurrent delays and float-related issues.
Select an appropriate delay analysis methodology based on available project information.

Training Methodology

The program combines:

Instructor-led technical sessions
Construction delay case studies
Programme and schedule analysis
CPM calculation exercises
Delay-event analysis
Practical forensic methodology demonstrations
Claims evaluation scenarios
Graphical schedule presentations
Group discussion and expert review
Integrated final delay-analysis case study

Course Toolbox

Participants will work with practical approaches covering:

Construction programme review
Baseline validation
CPM and critical path calculations
Delay-event registers
Schedule update assessment
Delay analysis method-selection criteria
As-Planned vs As-Built analysis
Time Impact Analysis
Windows Analysis

Course Agenda

Day 1: Construction Delays, Entitlement & Claims Fundamentals

Topic 1: Construction delay concepts, causes, and project impacts
Topic 2: Critical and non-critical delay classification
Topic 3: Excusable, non-excusable, and compensable delays
Topic 4: Employer, contractor, and third-party delay responsibility
Topic 5: Extension of Time entitlement and contractual principles
Topic 6: Delay claim lifecycle from event identification to resolution
Reflection & Review: Delay classification, responsibility, and entitlement assessment

Day 2: Construction Programming, CPM & Baseline Validation

Topic 1: Construction planning, WBS, and programme development
Topic 2: Activity durations, dependencies, and sequencing logic
Topic 3: Critical Path Method and network calculations
Topic 4: Forward pass, backward pass, and event-date calculations
Topic 5: Total float, constraints, milestones, and critical activities
Topic 6: Baseline validation and programme integrity assessment
Reflection & Review: Evaluating whether a programme is suitable for delay analysis

Day 3: Delay Identification, Records & Schedule Evidence

Topic 1: Identifying and defining delay events
Topic 2: Progress monitoring and schedule update techniques
Topic 3: Contemporaneous records and evidentiary requirements
Topic 4: Notices, correspondence, RFIs, changes, and progress records
Topic 5: Linking delay cause, schedule effect, and responsibility
Topic 6: Preparing a structured delay-event chronology
Reflection & Review: Building reliable evidence for delay claims

Day 4: As-Planned vs As-Built & Impacted As-Planned Analysis

Topic 1: Principles of As-Planned vs As-Built analysis
Topic 2: Reconstructing and validating As-Built information
Topic 3: Comparing planned and actual project performance
Topic 4: Identifying critical deviations and delay periods
Topic 5: Impacted As-Planned methodology and fragnet insertion
Topic 6: Practical comparative delay-analysis case study
Reflection & Review: Strengths, limitations, and appropriate applications of comparative methods

Day 5: Time Impact Analysis & Windows Analysis

Topic 1: Principles and structure of Time Impact Analysis
Topic 2: Selecting appropriate schedule updates and data dates
Topic 3: Developing and inserting delay-event impacts
Topic 4: Windows and time-slice analysis methodology
Topic 5: Tracking critical path movement across analysis periods
Topic 6: Practical Windows Analysis and TIA application
Reflection & Review: Prospective and contemporaneous delay-analysis techniques

Day 6: Collapsed As-Built & Advanced Forensic Methods

Topic 1: Introduction to retrospective forensic schedule analysis
Topic 2: Collapsed As-Built methodology and delay extraction
Topic 3: Additive versus subtractive delay-analysis approaches
Topic 4: As-Built based forensic analysis techniques
Topic 5: Strengths and limitations of advanced methodologies
Topic 6: Selecting the appropriate delay-analysis method
Reflection & Review: Matching analysis methodology to project records and claim circumstances

Day 7: Critical Path, Float & Concurrent Delay

Topic 1: Advanced critical path assessment in delayed projects
Topic 2: Critical path changes during project execution
Topic 3: Total float ownership and float consumption
Topic 4: Float-related delay claims and contractual implications
Topic 5: Concurrent delay principles and causation assessment
Topic 6: Practical concurrency and critical-path analysis
Reflection & Review: Allocating delay responsibility where multiple events overlap

Day 8: Disruption, Measured Mile & Delay Cost Claims

Topic 1: Distinguishing delay from disruption
Topic 2: Establishing causation in disruption claims
Topic 3: Productivity loss and disruption quantification
Topic 4: Measured Mile Analysis and productivity comparison
Topic 5: Prolongation costs and delay compensation calculations
Topic 6: Total cost claims, modified total cost, and global claims
Reflection & Review: Linking time impacts, productivity loss, and financial entitlement

Day 9: SCL Protocol, Mitigation & Acceleration

Topic 1: Principles of the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol
Topic 2: Prospective versus retrospective delay assessment
Topic 3: SCL guidance on records, float, concurrency, and EOT
Topic 4: Delay prevention, mitigation, and recovery planning
Topic 5: Acceleration strategies and associated cost implications
Topic 6: Problematic issues and practical approaches to mitigating delays
Reflection & Review: Applying recognised delay-management principles to live projects

Day 10: Delay Reporting, Claims Presentation & Integrated Case Study

Topic 1: Structuring a professional forensic delay analysis report
Topic 2: Graphical presentation of schedules, events, and critical paths
Topic 3: Integrating time, causation, responsibility, and cost findings
Topic 4: Preparing defensible delay and disruption claims
Topic 5: Presenting findings in negotiation and dispute proceedings
Topic 6: Integrated construction delay analysis case study and presentation
Reflection & Review: Full-course integration and professional delay-analysis readiness

FAQ

What specific qualifications are needed before enrolling?

A background in project management, construction, or contracts is preferred. Scheduling or claims experience will enhance understanding.

How long is each day’s session and total duration?

Each session lasts 4–5 hours, including interactive workshops and exercises. The total course spans 10 days (40–50 hours).

Does the course include practical software demonstrations?

Yes, participants will use MS Project and similar tools to perform delay analysis methods in construction and project scheduling and delay management exercises.

How This Course is Different from Other Delay Analysis Programs

This 10-day program combines forensic delay analysis, construction scheduling, claims management, disruption, and contractual entitlement in one advanced course. It covers key methods such as As-Planned vs As-Built, Time Impact Analysis, Windows Analysis, Collapsed As-Built, concurrency, float, and Measured Mile Analysis.

Unlike basic delay courses, it also addresses Extension of Time claims, prolongation costs, mitigation, acceleration, SCL Protocol principles, and professional delay reporting through practical case studies and schedule-based exercises.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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What does this course cover?

Course OverviewThe Advanced Construction Delay Analysis & Claims Management Training Course is an intensive 10-day program designed to develop the technical, contractual, and analytical capabilities required to investigate construction delays, evaluate schedule impacts, establish entitlement, quantify disruption, and prepare defensible delay claims.The co…

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