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Delay & EOT Analysis

Turn programme data, delay events and project records into a structured, traceable basis for Extension of Time analysis.

Contract Solutions AI brings together baseline and updated programmes, progress information, delay events, notices, correspondence and contractual provisions. It helps teams map events to activities, examine critical and driving paths, assess concurrency and mitigation, and structure EOT analysis for professional planning and contractual review.

Programme sourcesOracle Primavera P6 · Microsoft Project · comparable scheduling data and exports
DELAY & EOT ANALYSISPROGRAMME + RECORDS
Programme Impact Review
Baseline · Updates · Events · Entitlement
ANALYSIS LOGICEvent → Activity → Critical / Driving Path → Completion Impact → EOT
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P6Programme Data
CPPath Review
EOTStructured Output
DELAY REVIEWProgramme-aware analysis

Connect programme logic, records and contractual entitlement in one professional workflow.

An EOT is not established by proving that a delay event occurred. The analysis must show when, how and to what extent it affected contractual completion.

Major projects develop through multiple programme revisions, progress updates, instructions, access constraints, design changes, approvals, variations and other events. The critical path may move over time, while logic changes, calendars, constraints, float consumption, resequencing and mitigation can materially affect the delay position.

A defensible EOT analysis therefore needs to connect the contractual event to the relevant programme activities, establish the timing and period of impact, examine criticality and concurrent delay, and explain the resulting effect on a contractual completion date or milestone. Delay & EOT Analysis is designed to organise that process around traceable programme data and contemporaneous project records.

From programme records to a structured delay position.

01

Programme Data & Baseline Review

Organise baseline, accepted or approved programmes, periodic updates, revised programmes, lookaheads and progress information. Review available activity dates, logic, calendars, constraints, milestones, float and progress data before detailed delay analysis begins. Programme information from Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and comparable scheduling environments can be incorporated subject to the available data and professional validation.

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Delay Event & Chronology Mapping

Identify and classify potential delay events and reconstruct when they arose, how long they persisted and which records support them. Instructions, access issues, approvals, design information, variations, interfaces, authority matters and other project events can be mapped into a coordinated chronology.

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Contractual Entitlement & Notice Mapping

Connect each delay event with the relevant contractual provisions, notice requirements, procedural steps and potential EOT entitlement. The workflow can support FIDIC, NEC, amended standard forms and bespoke contracts, while keeping contractual analysis separate from programme impact assessment.

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Critical & Driving Path Review

Map events to affected activities and review whether those activities were critical, near-critical or driving the relevant milestone during the period under consideration. Track how the critical or driving path may have changed across successive programme updates rather than relying on a single static programme.

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Delay Methodology Support

Structure programme and factual inputs for professional analysis using recognised approaches such as Time Impact Analysis, windows or time-slice analysis, As-Planned versus As-Built, Impacted As-Planned or other appropriate methodologies. Method selection and final analytical conclusions remain subject to the project records and professional delay-planning judgment.

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Concurrency, Float & Mitigation

Identify periods requiring review for potential concurrent delay, float availability or consumption, mitigation, acceleration, resequencing and recovery measures. Bring contractor, employer and neutral project events into a common timeline so competing causes can be examined transparently.

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EOT Period Assessment

Structure the link between event duration, programme impact period, criticality and the resulting movement of contractual completion or interim milestones. Separate event duration from compensable or excusable time impact so the requested extension is supported by a clear analytical path.

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Analysis Narrative & Submission Assembly

Convert validated programme findings, contract entitlement and contemporaneous records into a coordinated EOT analysis. Organise methodology, event-by-event reasoning, programme references, charts, appendices and evidentiary links for interim submissions, detailed claims, assessments or dispute preparation.

Outputs built for planners, contract teams and decision-makers.

The objective is not simply to produce a delay narrative, but to create a traceable working record showing how programme evidence, contractual entitlement and factual events support the EOT position.

01

Programme Data Readiness Review

A structured review of available baseline and update programmes, programme versions, progress records and data gaps requiring clarification before analysis.

02

Delay Event Register

Potential delay events organised by date, cause, responsibility, contractual basis, affected period, relevant records and current analysis status.

03

Baseline & Update Comparison Schedule

Key changes between programme versions identified for review, including logic, dates, progress, constraints, milestones and changes affecting the critical or driving path.

04

Programme-to-Event Mapping

Delay events linked to programme activities, milestones and analysis periods so factual events can be traced directly to the relevant programme context.

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Critical / Driving Path Review

A structured review of the activities and paths influencing contractual completion or relevant milestones during the periods affected by the claimed events.

06

Concurrency, Float & Mitigation Matrix

Potential concurrent events, float issues, mitigation measures, resequencing and recovery actions organised by period for professional assessment.

07

EOT Entitlement & Period Matrix

Each event mapped to contractual entitlement, notices, impact period, affected completion or milestone and the extension potentially supported by the analysis.

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EOT Analysis & Evidence Pack

A coordinated report framework combining methodology, event chronologies, programme references, records, entitlement and the proposed EOT position for professional review.

Contract Solutions AI supports programme and EOT analysis workflows. Final methodology selection, critical-path conclusions and delay opinions should be reviewed and validated by appropriately qualified planning, delay, contractual and other specialist professionals where required.

Useful from live project monitoring through final EOT and dispute preparation.

The same programme and event structure can develop as the project progresses, reducing the need to reconstruct the delay history only after the dispute has matured.

01

Baseline & Programme Readiness

Review programme structure, contractual milestones, available schedule records and data quality before delay events accumulate.

02

Live Delay Monitoring

Track emerging events against current programme activities, notices and records while the project is progressing.

03

Interim / Rolling EOT

Maintain event and programme analysis over successive updates to support interim or periodically updated EOT submissions.

04

Detailed / Final EOT

Consolidate programme history, events, contractual grounds and supporting records into a detailed final time-entitlement position.

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Assessment & Dispute Support

Support review of submitted EOT claims, counter-analysis, expert preparation, adjudication, dispute board or arbitration workflows.

From schedule files and project records to a validated EOT position.

Programme automation should accelerate the analytical workflow without replacing the planner or delay expert. The platform is designed to make the underlying logic, assumptions and evidence easier to review.

01

Configure

Bring together the contract, relevant milestones, baseline and updated programme information from Primavera P6, Microsoft Project or comparable scheduling sources, together with available progress records.

02

Reconstruct

Build the event chronology and programme history by connecting instructions, notices, correspondence, actual progress and schedule versions.

03

Analyse

Map events to activities, review criticality and driving paths, examine concurrency and mitigation, and structure the selected delay methodology.

04

Validate & Present

Review the programme logic and conclusions professionally, then assemble the validated time-impact reasoning, entitlement and evidence into the EOT position.

Built for teams that need to understand and explain project delay.

Construction CompaniesPlanning, contracts and claims teams preparing live, interim or final EOT submissions and protecting the project time position.
Contract & Claims ConsultanciesDelay analysts and planning specialists organising programme data, event chronologies, methodology and client deliverables at scale.
Law FirmsProgramme and factual issue mapping for dispute strategy, expert coordination, adjudication, dispute boards and arbitration.
Design & Engineering ConsultanciesAnalysis of design deliverables, approvals, interfaces and information-flow events that may affect programme performance.
Employers & DevelopersIndependent review of contractor EOT submissions, programme impact, concurrency, mitigation and project time-risk exposure.