Basic Delay Analysis & Construction Claim Courses

This free course covers the basics of delay analysis & construction claim concepts and methods.

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Master the intricacies of delay analysis with our comprehensive courses. Acquire essential skills for handling construction claims and navigating delay analysis challenges. Elevate your expertise now.

Meet Your Instructor

We trained planning engineers of leading companies

Osama Saad

Osama Saad
MBA, PMP, PSP, CCP, PMI-SP

I am a planning and project control consultant and trainer with a demonstrated history of working in super large construction projects. Skilled in Planning, Scheduling, Power BI, Delay Analysis and Claims. I have been a Planning and Project Control Practitioner since 2010. I am a PMP, PSP, CCP, PMI-SP certified and a member of PMI and AACEI.

I help planners prepare progress reports in seconds and analyze their projects with a click of a button using Power BI. I help planners build a reputation for outstanding project control services in front of their clients. I also teach planning engineers how to prepare winning claims.

Who is this course for?

  • All Engineers working in Construction industry.
  • Engineers who needs a basic explanation of delay analysis so that they can better deal with project events.
  • Engineers who want to shift their career into planning.

Course Summary

  • Construction claims are inevitable. Delay analysis in construction projects is an art - a dark art. In this course, you will learn the basics of delay analysis and understand some useful principles on how this BLACK MAGIC works. The content of this course is not theoretical but it includes a practical approach to have an idea about the concepts of delay analysis and extension of entitlements based on years of practical experience.

Course Curriculum

  • Get Started

  • Introduction
  • Delay in Construction Projects
  • Delay vs Disruption
  • Categories of Critical Delays

  • Total Float in Delay Analysis

  • Who owns the total float?
  • Longest Path vs Critical Path

  • Observational Method Implementation Protocols (MIPs)

  • Source Validation Protocols (SVPs)
  • MIP 3.1 & 3.2: As-Planned vs As-Built
  • MIP 3.3: Contemporaneous “As-Is” (Contemporaneous Period Analysis), Dynamic
  • MIP 3.4 & 3.5: Contemporaneous “Split” & Reconstructed Updated

  • Modeled Method Implementation Protocols (MIPs)

  • MIP 3.6: Impacted As-Planned, Single Base, Additive
  • MIP 3.8 & 3.9: Collapsed As-Built

  • Delay Events

  • Clauses for Notices of EOT
  • Determine Event Start Date
  • What is a Concurrent Delay

  • Effective Writing for EOT Claim

  • Purpose of effective writing
  • Structure of Claim Narrative
  • Scott Schedule

  • Improve your delay analysis journey?

  • Recommended Practices and Books
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