Schedule Review & QA/QC Services

Who Needs Independent Schedule Review

Owners, construction managers, and program management firms need independent schedule review capability for every contractor submission — baseline schedules, monthly updates, recovery schedules, and time extension requests. Without qualified review, non-compliant schedules get approved, unrealistic timelines go unchallenged, and delay responsibility becomes impossible to establish when disputes arise.

We also support contractors who want their own internal QA/QC before submitting to the owner. Catching and fixing issues before submission eliminates rejection cycles and preserves your professional reputation.

What We Evaluate

Logic Integrity

We examine every relationship in the network for technical accuracy. Are the predecessors and successors logically correct? Are there open-ended activities that create scheduling gaps? Are relationship types (FS, FF, SS, SF) used appropriately, or are they masking sequencing problems? We map the logic network and identify activities that are logically disconnected or that create artificial float through improper relationship types.

Duration Reasonableness

Activities with durations that are too short won't support actual crew productivity. Activities that are too long hide work sequence detail and reduce schedule usefulness. We evaluate durations against industry production rates, historical data, and crew-size assumptions to flag outliers that indicate either over-aggregation or unrealistic planning.

Constraint Analysis

Hard constraints (Must Start On, Must Finish On) override network logic and mask the true critical path. We evaluate every constraint in the schedule — its type, its justification, and whether it's appropriate given the project circumstances. Excessive hard constraints are one of the most common indicators of schedule manipulation.

Critical Path Validation

Is the critical path real? Does it represent the actual longest path through the network, or is it an artifact of constraints, open ends, or resource conflicts? We trace the critical path from project start to contract completion, verify that every critical activity has valid logic, and confirm that the critical path aligns with the physical construction sequence described in the narrative.

Specification Compliance

We verify line-by-line compliance with the contract scheduling specification, including activity coding requirements, calendar configuration, cost loading, resource loading, milestone definitions, submission format, and narrative content requirements.

Our Review Deliverables

Engagement Models

We structure schedule review engagements to fit how your organization manages projects. For owner-side clients, we can serve as your retained schedule reviewer on a per-submission or monthly retainer basis. For contractors, we provide pre-submission QA/QC as a one-time service or as part of an ongoing scheduling support relationship.

• Per-submission review — fixed fee for each baseline or update review, ideal for owners with periodic submission requirements
• Monthly retainer — ongoing schedule review support for programs with multiple active projects and regular submission cycles
• Pre-submission QA/QC — contractor-side review before owner submission to catch and fix issues proactively
• Litigation review — forensic-grade schedule evaluation for construction dispute proceedings