The most challenging aspect of any project is to construct on time and within budget. In order to directly meet this challenge the ECS has assembled a Senior Team of expert Planners, Schedulers, Delay Analysts and Programme Managers. Operating under secondment, within bespoke and stand-alone commissions or as a part of the ECS integrated Service Delivery Team, our Planning and Scheduling Engineers are dedicated to ensuring the successful control, management and completion of your projects.

We consistently deliver successful pre-and-post contract project solutions to a diverse range of Clients through the following integrated scope of services:

• Compilation of planning procedures & protocols
• Composition & measurement of schedule key performance indicators (KPI’s)
• Preparation of tender programmes & tender analysis
• Preparation or analysis of planning & programme contract clauses & procedures
• Compilation & management of planning & contractual correspondence
• Value engineering & buildability analysis
• Establishment of project, organizational & cost breakdown structures
• Compilation of project phasing plans & key milestone delivery schedules
• Design, engineering, procurement, construction & commissioning planning
• Revised schedule compilation including delay mitigation & recovery planning
• Labour, plant, material & financial resource planning & profiling
• Facility occupation & staff migration planning
• Project & programme ‘health’ reviews & due diligence
• Compilation of extension of time programmes, correspondence, reports & applications
• Delay & disruption analysis including prolongation cost calculations

Claims & Dispute Resolution

We have extensive experience of claims management, dispute avoidance and resolution in the construction and infrastructure sector. We understand clients’ wish for claims and disputes to be professionally managed and settled in a cost-effective manner with discretion and confidentiality. Our professionals are available to support client teams at any stage of the project’s life cycle.

Even with careful planning, disputes do unfortunately occur on construction projects. Our approach is to resolve disputes satisfactorily in a cost-effective manner and where practicable avoid formal proceedings. We act positively and decisively considering all available options to achieve the best possible results for our clients.

If formal action cannot be avoided, the benefits of our expert led consultants supporting clients’ arbitration and litigation in-house and external legal advisors, in large and complex cases, shall be tangible to our clients.

At the same time, we possess the expertise to advise on and put in place the necessary contract administration procedures to ensure the contract operates smoothly, good relationships through party collaboration are maintained and our client’s contractual obligations are fully and properly discharged.

In addition, we encourage and seek to implement effective claims avoidance techniques on a regular basis including risk management, contract and specification reviews and third-party schedule reviews.