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NEC Programme & Delay Support

Establish the true programme position on delayed and disrupted projects

1M Planning Services supports civil engineering contractors where project delay, change or disruption has created uncertainty around completion, entitlement or commercial recovery.

By combining programme analysis, project records and practical NEC knowledge, 1M helps identify the causes and effects of delay, assess compensation events, and present a clear programme position that can be understood and defended.

Discuss a delayed project

When the programme position becomes unclear

Projects rarely become delayed for one simple reason.

Access changes, late information, compensation events, temporary works, third-party interfaces, additional scope, resequencing and resource constraints can all alter the programme position over time.

Without structured analysis, these effects can become mixed together and the contractor may be left carrying delay that is not properly attributable to its own performance.

What changed
When it changed
Which activities were affected
Whether the effect was critical
What the programme position should reasonably be
What time entitlement can be supported

Programme impact assessments

Assessment of compensation events against the relevant Accepted Programme and project records to identify the time effect of change.

Programme impact assessments

Assessment of compensation events against the relevant Accepted Programme and project records to identify the time effect of change.

Clause 62 programme support

Preparation and review of programme information supporting compensation-event quotations and time assessments.

Clause 62 programme support

Preparation and review of programme information supporting compensation-event quotations and time assessments.

Critical path analysis

Identification of the activities and logic driving Completion, Key Dates and sectional milestones before and after the event.

Critical path analysis

Identification of the activities and logic driving Completion, Key Dates and sectional milestones before and after the event.

Delay modelling

Insertion or modelling of compensation-event activities into the programme to demonstrate the forecast effect of instructed change or delay.

Delay modelling

Insertion or modelling of compensation-event activities into the programme to demonstrate the forecast effect of instructed change or delay.

Programme narratives

Clear supporting narratives explaining the event, assessment basis, programme changes, critical path effect, mitigation and resulting forecast position.

Programme narratives

Clear supporting narratives explaining the event, assessment basis, programme changes, critical path effect, mitigation and resulting forecast position.

Review of PM assessments

Independent review of programme or delay assessments prepared by the Project Manager or others, including the assumptions and programme basis used.

Review of PM assessments

Independent review of programme or delay assessments prepared by the Project Manager or others, including the assumptions and programme basis used.

Delay analysis and programme defence

Establishing the actual cause of delay

Review of programmes, records, instructions, progress data and project correspondence to determine the events affecting the critical path.

Establishing the actual cause of delay

Review of programmes, records, instructions, progress data and project correspondence to determine the events affecting the critical path.

Extension-of-time support

Programme evidence to support extension-of-time entitlement and revised contractual completion positions.

Extension-of-time support

Programme evidence to support extension-of-time entitlement and revised contractual completion positions.

Retrospective delay review

Reconstruction of the programme position where delay has accumulated over time and has not been adequately assessed as the project progressed.

Retrospective delay review

Reconstruction of the programme position where delay has accumulated over time and has not been adequately assessed as the project progressed.

Programme recovery

Review of current sequence, logic and available mitigation to establish a realistic recovery or completion strategy.

Programme recovery

Review of current sequence, logic and available mitigation to establish a realistic recovery or completion strategy.

Disruption and resequencing

Assessment of how changes to access, sequence, resources or work areas have affected planned delivery.

Disruption and resequencing

Assessment of how changes to access, sequence, resources or work areas have affected planned delivery.

Turning project records into programme evidence

Accepted Programmes
Clause 31 and Clause 32 submissions
Compensation-event records
Site diaries
Progress records
Photographs
Instructions
Temporary works information
Access records
Commercial records
Meeting minutes
Project correspondence

Practical NEC understanding

Accepted Programme selection
Dividing-date position
Critical path and float
Key Dates
Compensation-event insertion
Mitigation
Resequencing
Forecast Completion
Programme acceptance comments
Distinction between current forecast and contractual entitlement

Commercially useful analysis

Delay analysis can support a clear contractual and commercial position through:

Extension of time
Compensation-event quotations
Prolongation and time-related cost recovery
Commercial negotiation
Programme acceptance
Project close-out
Defence of contractor performance where delay is being attributed incorrectly

Independent review of distressed projects

Current contractual programme position
Principal delay events
Likely critical path
Outstanding compensation-event impacts
Areas of unsupported contractor delay
Programme risks requiring further evidence
Steps needed to strengthen the contractor’s position

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Sectors supported

Highways

Water & Drainage

Utilities

Infrastructure

Structures

Public-Sector Frameworks

Why 1M Planning Services

Programme-led analysis

Delay assessed through logic, sequence and critical path rather than narrative alone.

Programme-led analysis

Delay assessed through logic, sequence and critical path rather than narrative alone.

Practical construction knowledge

Analysis grounded in how the work could realistically be delivered on site.

Practical construction knowledge

Analysis grounded in how the work could realistically be delivered on site.

NEC experience

Programme assessments developed with the contractual role of the Accepted Programme, compensation events, Key Dates and mitigation in mind.

NEC experience

Programme assessments developed with the contractual role of the Accepted Programme, compensation events, Key Dates and mitigation in mind.

Commercial awareness

Analysis focused on supporting a clear contractual and commercial position, not simply producing technical output.

Commercial awareness

Analysis focused on supporting a clear contractual and commercial position, not simply producing technical output.

Have a project that is delayed, disrupted or becoming commercially difficult?

1M Planning Services can review the programme position, assess compensation-event impacts and help establish a clear evidence-based position on delay and entitlement.

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