Extension-of-time evidence preparation
Organise the event and progress evidence your appointed adviser needs for a subcontract time claim.
What is it?
We organise records for your trade’s sequence and constraints; we do not replace your appointed planner’s analysis. Support with the records supporting an extension-of-time claim. Choose an assessment, preparation of the agreed claim or response, or one defined response round. Each stage has a separate fee and endpoint; you only commission the work you need.
This is evidence support. A delay expert’s critical-path opinion, legal advice and deciding the extension are separate roles.
How does it work?
You explain the work and the decision you need
You describe your trade package and the contractor who appointed you, the result you need and any urgent dates. The introductory conversation checks fit and availability; substantive assessment starts under an accepted instruction.
We agree the scope, responsibilities and fee
We check suitability, conflicts and capacity, then agree the scope, deliverables and timetable in writing, with a fixed fee or agreed hourly or daily basis. We explain payment terms, VAT and any separate costs before you accept. We agree the items, evidence cut-off and assessment, preparation or response stage you need. We identify your subcontract position and separate your claim against the contractor from any lower-tier liabilities. Legal advice, representation and specialist analysis are separately appointed. We confirm responsibility for urgent actions and specialist input.
You accept the scope and provide the information
You accept the written scope and provide the contract, notices and delivery evidence, baseline and updated programmes, event and progress records, correspondence and your appointed planner’s requirements. You identify missing items and the versions supplied; we agree who will obtain anything still needed.
We check the records and resolve gaps
We check the documents against the agreed scope, dates and versions, raise queries and record the basis on which work can proceed. Missing evidence stays identified; we agree any limited assessment or pause affected work until essential information is available. Live deadlines continue to run.
We establish the basis and chronology
We agree the division of work with your appointed planner and representative, verify the relevant events and notice chronology and identify gaps in the records needed for their analysis.
We assess the evidence and amount
We assemble and cross-reference the agreed event and progress evidence, reconcile it with the planner’s findings and prepare the instructed supporting narrative. The planner owns specialist delay analysis and the representative owns procedural and legal decisions.
We check the findings and explain the options
We check calculations, source references and consistency between the evidence, assumptions and proposed position. We issue the assessment findings before your next-stage decision, identifying weaknesses, missing evidence and proportionate actions, including any specialist work needed.
You decide whether to proceed
You decide whether to stop after assessment, obtain more evidence or instruct preparation or a response. We confirm the next stage’s scope, fee, deadline and authority before proceeding; no dispute route starts automatically.
We prepare the instructed submission or response
If commissioned, we prepare the coordinated extension-of-time evidence and supporting submission or response within the accepted scope. We check it against the agreed evidence and address one consolidated response only where that stage has been instructed.
You approve external issue and further action
You approve the position and any external issue. The authorised sender retains the issued version and delivery evidence. Negotiation, offers, admissions, proceedings and enforcement require the appropriate authority and separate scope; unresolved matters remain recorded.
We explain the result and complete the handover
We issue the output for the stage instructed, supporting calculations and evidence, and the current issue and action record, explain the findings and record unresolved items, next actions, owners and dates. We answer the included clarification and correct our errors. New information, changed scope and later stages need a separate agreement; you decide whether to instruct them.
Timing: the action timetable is agreed against the actual deadlines and available records. We aim to respond to enquiries within one working day; substantive work starts only after capacity and instructions are confirmed. Working days start when the agreed scope and required information are available.
We confirm timing after checking the scope and available records. Flag any live deadline when you enquire; it continues to run while information is gathered.
What do you get?
You receive the outputs for the stages you choose. Each stage has its own scope, fee and endpoint; later stages are optional.
- Assessment: a written review of the completeness and chronology of event and programme evidence.
- Preparation: An indexed evidence bundle and chronology for the agreed time claim.
- Response: a reasoned reply to one consolidated set of comments and a record of what remains open, if separately instructed.
Each fixed piece of work includes one consolidated clarification round requested within 10 working days of issue, unless agreed otherwise. New records or scope need a separate agreement; we correct our own errors without charge.