Delays are inevitable. Disputes are optional.
The difference between a delay event and a dispute is how early it is surfaced and how transparently it is managed. Nomad SPS quantifies delay with a credible construction and commissioning basis — the analysis a sophisticated client can accept, and the record that protects entitlement if acceptance never comes.
Delay management on live programmes
The cheapest claim is the one you never need. On live programmes we flag risk early, model delay events against the baseline as they emerge, quantify impact, and surface mitigation and acceleration options while they are still affordable. On Microsoft and Stack programmes this approach absorbed client-caused delays without compromising handover — and without adversarial positions.
Extension of time claims
When entitlement must be formalised, we prepare the programme analysis behind EOT claims: cause and effect mapped through the logic network, methods selected to suit the contract and records (impacted-as-planned through window-based approaches consistent with SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol thinking), and narratives that a decision-maker can follow without a planning degree.
Acceleration and recovery
Recovery programmes fail when they are hope dressed as logic. Ours quantify each acceleration lever — resequencing, trade stacking limits, procurement pull-forwards, commissioning overlap — with cost and risk attached, so the decision to accelerate is a commercial choice, not a reflex.
Common questions
Which delay analysis method do you use?
The one the contract, the records, and the question support — from impacted-as-planned to time-slice window analysis. Method selection consistent with SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol guidance matters less than honest logic and evidence; we bring both.
What programme evidence do you need for an EOT claim?
A maintained baseline and update history, a delay event register, and contemporaneous records that show cause and effect through the logic network. Evidence beats argument — longer read: Extension of Time Claims — Evidence Beats Argument.
Can you help before it becomes a formal claim?
That is the best time. Early quantification plus transparent client engagement turns most delay events into agreed adjustments rather than disputes — it preserved relationships and follow-on work on every major programme we have run.
Do you support formal proceedings?
We prepare the programme analysis and factual evidence that underpin formal processes and work alongside your legal and commercial advisers. For matters requiring an independent expert witness, we say so plainly and help you brief one.