When a delay event hits — a changed condition, added scope, weather, a late owner decision — the question is always the same: how many days, and who owns them? DCESM prepares time impact analyses that answer that question with the schedule itself: the delay event modeled as a fragnet, inserted into the current update, and measured against the unimpacted schedule. The result is a documented, contract-compliant basis for a time extension — presented clearly enough to get resolved at the project level.
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The delay event modeled as a discrete set of activities with correct logic ties — the core of a credible TIA.
The fragnet inserted into the current schedule update, with the completion-date shift measured and documented step by step.
Parallel delays identified and separated, so the analysis addresses the questions an owner's reviewer will actually ask.
The TIA assembled with its narrative, exhibits, and schedule files into a submittal-ready extension request.
Time consequences of changes quantified at pricing, so schedule relief is negotiated with the dollars — not surrendered.
Analyses prepared consistent with industry-recognized practice (including AACE RP 52R-06) and your contract's specified method.
General contractors who need a time extension supported by analysis instead of assertion, subcontractors passing delay up the chain with documentation that holds, and owners or construction managers who need an independent review of a TIA that landed on their desk — on projects anywhere in the country.
DCESM is a Central Valley organization with 20+ years of hands-on construction experience, serving clients nationwide — on time and on budget.
Pick a time on our calendar and we’ll call you — a short, free conversation about your project and what a win looks like.
You get a clear scope and a rough estimate up front — work is then billed at an hourly rate, so you only pay for the hours it actually takes.
Clear, documented deliverables on a defined timeline — built to keep your project on time and on budget.
A TIA is a forward-looking delay analysis: the delay event is modeled as a fragnet and inserted into the schedule update in effect when the event occurred. The difference between the impacted and unimpacted completion dates is the time entitlement. Many contracts specify a TIA as the required method for justifying a time extension.
As close to the delay event as possible — most contracts have notice and submittal deadlines measured in days. A TIA prepared contemporaneously is also far more persuasive than one reconstructed months later.
The current schedule files (.xer), the baseline, the contract's scheduling specification, and the documentation around the event — RFIs, change directives, correspondence, daily reports. We take it from there.
Hourly. You'll get a rough estimate up front based on the event's complexity and the condition of the schedule files, then work is billed as it proceeds.
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