Ernst Planning Engineers provides specialist construction claims, delay analysis, planning and scheduling, and management contracting services.
Construction Expertise
We make sense
of what happened
on the project.
Construction projects generate enormous amounts of information. When disputes arise, the challenge is not simply finding documents. It is understanding how the facts, programme, contract and events fit together.
Engineering thinking applied to construction problems.
Ernst Planning Engineers is a construction consultancy focused on helping project participants understand, analyse and manage complex construction matters.
Our principal area of expertise is construction claims. We work with project records, programmes, contractual provisions, correspondence and other available evidence to develop a structured understanding of events and their consequences.
This same analytical approach informs our delay analysis, planning and scheduling, and management contracting work.
Facts first.
Analysis always.
We believe a strong construction position starts with a clear understanding of the facts. Analysis then provides the connection between those facts and the contractual outcome.
Evidence
We begin with the project record. Documents, programmes, correspondence, site records and commercial information provide the factual foundation for our analysis.
Analysis
We examine chronology, causation, programme impact and contractual events to understand what actually happened on the project.
Entitlement
We connect the facts and analysis to the relevant contractual provisions to establish the basis of a claim or response.
Clarity
Our objective is to turn complex project information into a clear, structured and defensible position.
Construction matters require more than one perspective.
Contract, programme, site events and commercial consequences are often connected. Our work brings these elements together.
Construction Claims
Preparation, assessment and substantiation of contractual claims.
Extensions of Time
Assessment of delay events and their effect on completion.
Delay & Disruption
Analysis of delay, disruption, causation and responsibility.
Variation Claims
Assessment of contractual and commercial consequences of changes.
Payment Claims
Review and analysis of payment-related contractual matters.
Programme Analysis
Programme review supporting delay and contractual analysis.
Good analysis does not
change the facts.
It makes them clear.
If you are dealing with a construction claim, delay issue, programme matter or management contracting requirement, talk to us.