Planning & Construction Advisory Services / Scheduling

Forensic Scheduling

Objective Forensic Scheduling for Complex Claims and Delays

YA Group provides forensic scheduling services to help clients identify, quantify, and resolve time-related impacts arising from insured events, construction disruptions, and disputes. Across both the insurance and construction sectors, carriers, adjusters, and project stakeholders often face challenges related to unclear causation, poorly maintained schedules, and inconsistent or unsupported delay narratives that result in uncertain findings.

YA addresses these challenges through disciplined, methodical schedule analyses that establish clear cause-and-effect relationships and defensible conclusions. Our work is performed in accordance with industry-accepted recommended practices established by organizations such as the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE), ensuring alignment with recognized standards for delay analysis.

YA is highly experienced in the performance of delay analyses for Builder’s Risk Delay in Start-Up (DSU) claims and in establishing the “as-was, where-was” period of restoration for Business Interruption (BI) claims. We support some of the world’s largest and most complex projects, delivering clear, concise, and defensible findings that enable informed decision making across the global insurance market.

The Trusted Partner for Analyzing Delays

YA Group provides unbiased, logical, and supportable findings to our clients, ranging from the global insurance market to premier owners and contractors. YA’s approach remains consistent, regardless of the client or project type, delivering objective analyses that accurately assess claimed delays and withstand scrutiny. We focus on providing the global insurance market clear and concise findings regarding the period of delay for Builder’s Risk DSU claims and the “as-was, where-was” period of restoration for BI claims.

For contractual claims with owners and contractors, we evaluate delay entitlement, perform time impact analyses, evaluate requests for equitable adjustment, and support contractual claims and defenses. Our approach emphasizes clear communication, structured analysis, and alignment with contract requirements to support efficient resolution.

No Claim is Too Large

YA Group has provided forensic scheduling services on some of the largest and most complex Builder’s Risk and Property claims in the world. Our experience includes major loss events impacting energy production facilities, oil and gas developments, industrial manufacturing plants, large civil infrastructure, agricultural operations, large development projects and more. On these engagements, we analyze baseline schedules, update histories, mitigation efforts, recovery plans, and any other contemporaneous progress documentation to determine when the project would have complete “but-for” the major loss event. Further, we evaluate the impacts to the “as-was where-was” periods of restoration for operational facilities should betterments to the existing facility be elected.

In parallel, YA provides time impact analyses and delay evaluations for owners and contractors pursuing or defending contractual delay claims on similarly complex projects. Our team regularly works alongside claims professionals, forensic accountants, legal counsel, and technical experts to deliver clear, defensible schedule analyses that support claim valuation, negotiations, and resolution. This hands-on experience across diverse asset types allows YA to quickly identify key delay drivers and translate complex schedule data into actionable insights for all stakeholders.