Project Delivery | Scheduling | Cost Controls | Disputes & Claims | Risk Management

This approach will enable the project team, with the events fresh in their minds, to solve the disputes and clearly explain impact drivers and who is responsible for the project impacts & deviations to the project plan.

pmsi specializes in resolution of project impacts including claims analysis; defense strategy and dispute resolutions.

Our claims analysis include:

• Schedule Analysis
• Damage Analysis
• Technical Analysis

Project impacts are unavoidable events on construction projects. pmsi’s project controls ensure that these are captured in a timely manner and impacts are minimized. Typically, the contractor will request recovery for project impacts in the form of additional time and money. Entitlement for additional time and money related to project impacts are not necessarily equal to the current status of the project. pmsi provides forensic analysis and evaluations of entitlements for additional time and money.  

The methodology we typically apply is to “add-in” the time impacts into a baseline schedule.

Using the critical path method we are capable of determining entitlement for time extension as:

• Compensable in time & money (extended overhead)
• Excusable in time/non-compensable
• and non-excusable (contractor issue)

Although, the schedule analysis provide the fundamental basis in resolution of claims, further project impacts such as inefficiency or acceleration are often issues that need to be solved in addition to the time impacts on the critical path.

Damage Analysis

Claim costs and damage issues are ultimately the most important aspect of any construction dispute. pmsi has experience in claims costing including issues such as the cost of extra work; inefficiency and disruption costs; extended overhead; equipment costs; labor and material escalation; loss of use; lost profits; and increased financing costs.

Inefficiencies typically relate to unforeseen conditions & RFIs; owners decisions making and directive of ways and means of the contractor, or even the parties understanding of the contract documents and site conditions.

pmsi specializes in the use of:

• Measured mile study
• Earned value methodology
• Modified total cost
  

to quantify impacts and measure entitlement for inefficiency claims.

Technical Analysis

We are capable of analyzing the complex technical and design issues which often arise in connection with construction disputes. We typically work with the engineer to evaluate issues such as whether or not a specification is defective or whether a particular item is properly included in the contractor's scope of work.

With pmsi on your project controls team, you’ll know that you have an integrated scheduling program that will keep your project on track and on budget.

Our innovative and common-sense approach to claims analysis and project controls is based on a “best practices” approach — meaning, we use the most up-to-date and complete tools and procedures to deliver projects.