Delay Analysis Consultants in Saudi Arabia

Who you will speak to

Ahmed Elsayed, Managing Director. Ahmed handles Saudi delay inquiries himself, in Arabic or English.

• MSc with a specialism in delay analysis; PhD candidate in construction claims and dispute resolution
• Saudi project experience including NEOM, King Salman Park and Saudi Aramco programmes
• Delay and concurrency analysis on Saudi cultural, energy and residential projects

Full profile

Delay analysis under Saudi contracts

Saudi projects run under FIDIC-based contracts, developer forms and government contracts under the Government Tenders and Procurement Law (GTPL). The Civil Transactions Law, in force since December 2023, now sets out general contract rules in one code. The delay analysis has to fit the contract’s notice and claim procedure, and the approved programme, before it fits any method.

Methods we use

• Time impact analysis for live EOT requests, in the latest approved P6 update
• Windows analysis using the monthly updates, for claims after the event
• As-planned versus as-built where updates were not kept
• Concurrency assessment where both parties caused delay in the same period
• Disruption analysis where the issue is lost productivity rather than lost time

What you receive

• A delay analysis report with the method, the critical path in each window and the delay per event
• P6 files and a chronology that the PMC or Engineer can reproduce
• A review of notices and particulars against the contract periods
• An assessment of delay penalty or liquidated damages exposure
• The prolongation periods that drive the cost claim

Your first conversation

Programme first

Many Saudi clients will not assess delay without an approved baseline and current updates. If yours is not approved, we fix it first. See P6 baseline programmes for Saudi projects.

If it becomes a dispute

We keep the analysis consistent through to SCCA arbitration or the courts. See expert witness services in Saudi Arabia.