The Holloway Consulting Group is an international construction consulting firm, and one of our roles is serving clients as CPM Scheduling Consultants. Some of The Holloway Consulting Group’s experiences as CPM Scheduling Consultants are shown at Construction Design, Schedule Delay and Damages Claims and our blog at Construction Schedule Delay Claims covers some of the basic schedule delay concepts that we use as CPM Scheduling Consultants.
This post introduces some of the U.S. Government’s contributions to construction CPM scheduling theory.
GOVERNMENT CPM SCHEDULE GUIDELINES
The genesis of private sector construction CPM scheduling and schedule delay evaluation techniques can be found in schedule-related government contract disputes decisions from the U.S. federal court system, along with administrative guidelines issued by various government agencies such as the Veteran’s Administration (VA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Boards of Contract Appeals (BCA), etc. In particular, relevant decisions of the U.S. Court of Claims, General Services Board of Contract Appeals, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, and the Veterans Administration Board of Contract Appeals provide direction and understanding of the elements required using CPM schedules to prove construction schedule delay.
VA’s VACPM Handbook
In addition to setting forth their requirements for CPM scheduling of a project, the VA’s VACPM Handbook provides guidelines outlining their method of impacting a CPM schedule to quantify the effect of delays and changes. Under the VA’s method, the contractor may be entitled to a time extension only if the scheduled completion is delayed by government-caused delays beyond the planned contract completion date. The VA’s technique is similar in some ways to the As-planned Impacted Schedule.
Corps’ Modification Impact Evaluation Guide
The Corps’ Modification Impact Evaluation Guide EP 415-1-3 presents a widely recognized technique for evaluating the effect of delay on project completion. The Corps’ CPM technique is similar, in some ways, to the Time Impact Analysis (TIA) technique that is discussed here.
Closing
In our role as CPM Scheduling Consultants, we advise our clients that most construction owners, architects and contractors would benefit from a better working knowledge of the CPM scheduling and schedule delay concepts addressed here at disputesinconstruction.com.
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