Forensic delay analysis
Examine programmes and contemporaneous records to assess critical-path delay, milestones and alternative explanations.
EXPERIENCE & INDEPENDENCE
Experienced expertise.
Independent judgement.
Stephen Wright provides independent planning and delay expertise, drawing on over 30 years of construction experience. He has acted as a testifying expert witness in international arbitration, providing written and oral evidence on construction delay matters.
Each appointment focuses on the questions requiring assessment and the available evidence. Engagements are subject to appropriate conflict checks, agreed terms and clearly defined professional responsibilities.
SCOPE OF APPOINTMENT
How FPEP can assist
Programme and EOT review
Independently review programme updates, progress records and extension-of-time submissions, including potentially concurrent delays.
Expert reports and testimony
Prepare independent reports and written opinions, and provide written and oral evidence in dispute resolution proceedings where appointed.
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Experience across complex international projects
Stephen’s work spans Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the United Kingdom, combining practical planning and site delivery with retrospective delay analysis and independent expert appointments.
Aviation
Airport terminal and expansion assignments involving retrospective delay analysis, fit-out planning, site management and the interfaces between terminal works, highways and rail infrastructure.
Energy & power
Expert work on time-related matters in nuclear power arbitration, alongside retrospective delay analysis on nuclear power and wind farm projects.
Infrastructure
Expert input on time-related matters in a rail project, and leadership of a delay-analysis team assessing joint-venture culpability on an infrastructure project.
Dispute and expert workWritten and oral evidence in international arbitration and dispute adjudication board hearings.
Issues assessedProgramme and progress records, retrospective delay, extension-of-time claims and time-related matters within the agreed appointment.
These examples reflect different roles across Stephen’s career; not every assignment was an expert witness appointment. Confidential projects remain unnamed.
Explore project examples and the roles undertaken →OUR APPROACH
From the issues to an independent opinion
Define the issues
Establish the questions requiring expert assessment, the available evidence and the proposed scope.
Examine the records
Review programmes, updates, progress information, correspondence and other relevant contemporaneous records.
Select the methodology
Identify an appropriate analytical approach and explain its basis, assumptions and limitations.
Assess the findings
Consider the relationship between delay events, affected activities, critical paths and completion.
Present an independent opinion
Prepare clear findings supported by evidence, distinguishing facts, assumptions and professional judgement.
BEFORE AN APPOINTMENT
Common questions
When should a delay expert be appointed?
Once the principal issues and likely evidence requirements can be identified, allowing scope, conflicts and availability to be considered early.
Can FPEP independently review an existing EOT claim?
Subject to appointment and conflicts, FPEP can review the programme analysis, evidence, assumptions and alternative explanations supporting a claim.
Does FPEP use a preferred delay analysis methodology?
The appropriate methodology depends on the questions being examined, the available project records and the limitations of the evidence. No single method is necessarily suitable for every dispute.
Can Stephen assist with international arbitration?
Stephen has experience providing written and oral expert evidence in international arbitration. Proposed appointments are considered individually.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Experience and technical insight
Discuss an expert witness appointment
Send a brief, non-confidential description of the matter, the jurisdiction or forum if known, and your required timescale.
Please do not submit privileged or confidential project documents before appropriate conflict, confidentiality and engagement arrangements have been confirmed.