Solvix International provides forensic schedule analysis services for construction, engineering, infrastructure, and major capital projects where stakeholders need an independent opinion on programme performance, delay causation, critical path effect, and time entitlement. Our work is built around the disciplined review of baseline schedules, periodic updates, contemporaneous project records, schedule logic, progress data, and the most suitable analytical methodology for the issue in dispute.
Forensic schedule analysis is more than producing a delay number. It is a structured process for determining whether the schedule records are reliable, how delay events affected the path to completion, what the net time effect was, and which opinion can be defended against challenge.
The analysis can be used to support an EOT claim, test a claim received, prepare for settlement discussions, or form the basis of expert evidence. In each case it should rest on a tested schedule, a clear chronology, and a method suited to the records.
In many construction disputes, the challenge is not simply the absence of data but the absence of structure. Critical information is spread across correspondence, schedules, notices, progress updates, payment records, meeting minutes, instructions, and technical documents. Solvix helps turn that fragmented material into a disciplined narrative and evidence base that legal teams can work with effectively.
Core elements usually expected in independent construction expert reporting
Define the question, scope, and assumptions.
Show the records and data relied upon.
Explain how the analysis was performed.
Set out the material results and observations.
State the conclusion clearly and independently.
The methodology used on each matter depends on the available schedules, the nature of the issue, and the purpose of the review. Whatever the chosen method, the foundation remains the same: collect the relevant record set, determine whether the schedule data is useable, identify the delay events, select the appropriate analytical approach, and produce a reasoned time opinion supported by both programme evidence and project records.
Baseline schedules, updates, narratives, progress logs, correspondence, notices, and key contract provisions are assembled.
We review logic, coding, calendars, constraints, actual dates, retained logic behaviour, and unusual data features.
Delay events are mapped to the project timeline and linked to the affected portions of the works.
The most suitable forensic technique is applied in light of the issue, evidence base, and dispute posture.
We assess changing criticality, overlap between delay events, and the net time effect to completion or key milestones.
Findings are issued in a clear written narrative, often supported by schedules, graphics, and summary exhibits.
It is an independent examination of schedule data and project records to determine delay causation, critical path impact, and time effect using a suitable forensic methodology.
Routine monitoring focuses on live management of the project. Forensic schedule analysis is retrospective or dispute-focused and is designed to withstand scrutiny.
Yes. Forensic schedule analysis often provides the technical time basis needed for extension of time submissions, responses, or determinations.
Yes. We work with the records available, identify gaps and assumptions, and advise on the strength and limitations of the resulting opinion.
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