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Independent Evaluation of Schedule, Change, and Cost Claims

Construction claims frequently involve overlapping schedule events, evolving scopes of work, disputed directives, incomplete records, and costs that may not be clearly connected to the alleged cause.

RFH Partners helps counsel evaluate how the project was planned, administered, documented, and executed—and whether the available records support the claimed entitlement, responsibility, and damages.

Delay and Schedule Issues

Project delay and disruption claims
Schedule slippage
Sequencing and coordination issues
Contractor and subcontractor performance
Owner-caused and contractor-caused impacts
Access and phasing constraints
Late information or approvals
Procurement and delivery delays
Schedule updates and recovery plans
Concurrent events
Project completion and turnover disputes

RFH Partners evaluates schedule issues within the scope of its construction-management and project-execution experience. Matters requiring a specialized forensic CPM opinion may be performed with or referred to an appropriate scheduling specialist.

Change Orders and Extra Work

Whether work was included in the original contract scope
Whether a valid change or directive occurred
How the change was documented
Whether required notice procedures were followed
Whether labor, material, equipment, and subcontractor costs are supported
Whether markups comply with the contract
Whether the claimed work caused schedule or productivity impacts
Whether the contractor adequately mitigated costs and delays
Whether the owner received value for the amount claimed

Cost Overruns and Cost-to-Complete

Original contract and budget structure
Approved and pending changes
Committed and uncommitted costs
Payment applications and prior funding
Remaining scope of work
Corrective and incomplete work
Contractor default or termination costs
Projected completion costs
Contingency adequacy
Duplicate, unsupported, or misallocated charges
Claimed damages and supporting documentation

Commonly Reviewed Records

Baseline and updated schedules
Look-ahead schedules
Daily reports and manpower records
Meeting minutes
Change-order proposals
Time-and-material tickets
Labor and equipment records
Subcontractor proposals and invoices
Payment applications
Job-cost reports
Budget and commitment reports
Correspondence and notices
Procurement logs
Cost-to-complete estimates
Completion and corrective-work contracts

Call to Action

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RFH Partners provides focused, practical analysis to help counsel identify what is supported, what remains unclear, and what additional evidence may be needed.

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