Freight Rail Yard Expansion Delay Analysis
A rail yard expansion where both the owner and the contractor claimed the same five months.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Midwest
- Market
- Transportation
- Our role
- Windows delay analysis
- Size
- 14 new tracks
- Delivery
- Design-Build
- Duration
- 28 months
- Completed
- 2024
What was at stake.
Late signal design, wet ground and changes to track geometry all landed in the same year. The contractor sought an extension and costs; the owner sought liquidated damages. The dispute was heading to a hearing.
What we did.
Beck Franklin's role: windows delay analysis. We advise and measure; the contractor builds.
Windows analysis
We divided the project into windows between updates and measured the critical path change in each.
Cause by window
Each window's delay was assigned to its cause using the contemporaneous record.
Concurrency
Where owner and contractor delays overlapped, the analysis showed both and how they interacted.
Settlement support
The findings were presented in a short report and used in settlement talks.
What the team delivered.
When both sides claim the same months, the record decides. A windows analysis let it speak clearly.
Forensic scheduler, Beck Franklin
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