Construction Programming Consultants and Trainers who take care of your programmes, so you can focus on delivering your project on time, and on budget.
Stop throwing money around.
As a Contractor, one of your biggest risks is the cost of Late Handover... Loss of payment for site running costs Liability for Liquidated Damages
better project management
Accurate reporting of progress and events impacting the build, providing clearer understanding of the issues and making for easier and more efficient project management.
BETTER SITE MANAGEMENT
Provides Site Managers with the tools they need to enable them to identify problems beforehand, forecast and review possible solutions and then make informed decisions on the actions required.
EASIER SUBSTANTIATION OF EOTs
Good clear evidence is the key to winning claims for Extensions of Time. A well written and fully updated programme is the most powerful source of evidence to support your EOT claims.
Get your project back on track.
Have us on the team and use our expert knowledge to help you to create fully optimised, comprehensively scheduled programmes that ensure all works are fully planned and resourced to maximise efficiency and reduce your risk of failure to hit key contract dates.
REGAIN CONTROL.
Imagine easily managing every little detail using our signature robust programmes that will see you through most of the common challenges in construction.
A well-written construction programme will help you:
Prevent, mitigate and minimise delays
Help prove entitlement to Extension of Time claims
Reduce cost overruns and avert financial losses
Enhance your management team’s effectiveness and efficiency
Improve quality outcomes
Preserve your reputation and stakeholder relationships
De-risk your programmes.
A well-written construction programme will help you:
Unexpected events and changes in scope are a matter of course. These often impact the original planned execution of the project and create changes to the build timing and methodology. A correctly written and executed programme greatly enhances your management team’s effectiveness and efficiency in controlling the project and such events.
We do programmes day-in-day-out. Let us put a second set of eyes on your programme and give it a health check. We’ll review it and give you a heads up about any weaknesses or risks you may not have spotted.
It will cost nothing for us to do this our advice is free. However, the cost of not doing it could be substantial.
We specialise in comprehensive fully resourced construction programme scheduling, to ensure robust, achievable programs within the contract timeframe. Our consultants will diligently and efficiently plan projects, foresee issues, and perform rigorous risk analysis using simulations to mitigate risks before contracts start.
The Critical Path is the longest unbroken sequence of tasks running from the start of the project through to the finish which then determines the shortest project duration. During the life of the project this changes a lot due to events and changes during progress. We provide in-depth Critical Path Analysis, identifying critical tasks and potential risks, enabling early remedial action to keep the project on-track.
The Tender programme is a master overview or illustration of the project showing the key milestones and timelines of the major stages of the project, condensed onto a few pages and identifying expected start and finish dates. It is the first stage of the comprehensive programme and given that detailed design may not…
Our comprehensive programme schedules undergo in-depth Monte Carlo simulation based risk analysis, acknowledging uncertainties and merge bias. This process identifies potential critical paths, reducing uncertainty, and increasing completion date confidence.
Winning the argument comes down to proving the effect on the programme’s critical path. Our team of expert programmers can precisely analyse the events surrounding the extension claim, quantify the effect on programme, and then illustrate the effect in a way that proves the validity of your claim
Our team of consultants are seasoned Construction Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors with a deep-seated passion for construction. They boast decades of experience in problem-solving and critical decision-making in a high-risk, litigious industry.
This expertise, combined with proficiency in Programming and Scheduling, Contract Administration, Critical Path Analysis, and Resource Loading, enables us to meticulously plan clients' projects from inception to completion, while accurately determining time and resource requirements.
The Menlo Tools suite is a game-changing new add-on for Microsoft Project that comes with over 60 productivity and quality assurance tools. Construction programming is time-consuming process so we custom designed these tools to help save you hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars by automating and simplifying your Microsoft Project workflow.
Menlo Academy provides no-bull guidance to aid you and your team into becoming construction scheduling superstars. Our resource is incredibly handy if you'd prefer to take control and do everything in house rather than outsourcing Menlo Associates to cater to your programming needs.
