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Forensic Schedule Insights

Notes from the field.

Practical guides on DCMA assessments, EOT claims, owner submissions, and the tooling that produces every CPP analysis. Twenty-five years of project controls, twenty in nuclear and energy programs.

Launch

CPP Lens — in-browser forensic schedule analysis on your own XER.

CPP Lens v1.0.0 is live at criticalpathpartners.ca/viewer/. A 110 KB single-file Primavera P6 viewer that parses XER files in your browser, renders 29 sections of schedule diagnostics, and hands a forensic job off to the CPP engine without your activity names ever leaving the local tab.

By Critical Path Partners · May 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Ship Note

We Open-Sourced Our Forensic CPM Engine. Verify It in Under a Minute.

cpp-cpm-engine v2.9.16 ships MIT-licensed across four public deployment surfaces (npm, GitHub releases, MCP registry, Railway-hosted MCP) locked to one SHA-256. 878 unit tests, 43 fixtures × 444 cross-validation checks, Sigstore-signed CI runs on Rekor. Run it on your own machine in five seconds.

By Critical Path Partners · May 16, 2026 · 9 min read
Daubert & Verification

The Daubert Test for Forensic Software: Independent Verifiability

FRE 702 amended December 2023 raised the bar. Proposed FRE 707 raises it further. Closed-engine forensic scheduling vendors cannot pass an independent-verification challenge. CPP can, and here is the disclosure language to use in court.

By Critical Path Partners · May 15, 2026 · 11 min read
Methodology Brief

The Forensic Record Should Render the Same in 10 Years

A delay claim filed in 2026 may be re-examined on appeal in 2036. The artifact has to still work. CPP's six-discipline Forensic Record Archival Certification: system fonts only, zero CDN, SHA-256 topology hash, embedded provenance, 10-year render stability, reproducibility manifest.

By Critical Path Partners · May 10, 2026 · 7 min read
AI & Technology

AI in Construction Scheduling — What It Actually Does (And What It Doesn't)

Every schedule consulting firm says "AI-powered" now. Here's what AI actually does inside a forensic delay analysis workflow, what it can't replace, and what CPP built that nobody else has.

By Critical Path Partners · May 03, 2026 · 12 min read
Forensic Analysis

What Is Forensic Delay Analysis — And When Do You Actually Need One

Your project is late and someone's going to pay for it. Here's what forensic delay analysis actually is, the methodologies behind it, and what to look for in the deliverable and the analyst.

By Critical Path Partners · April 1, 2026 · 11 min read
Competitive Analysis

Why Static DCMA Reports Are Costing You Money

Most DCMA schedule health checks deliver a static PDF that gets filed and forgotten. Here's what your schedule analysis should actually look like — and why interactive dashboards change the game.

By Critical Path Partners · March 2026 · 12 min read
Schedule Compliance

Construction Schedule Rejected by Owner — What to Do Next

Your baseline schedule got kicked back. Here's what owners are looking for, the most common rejection reasons, a step-by-step resubmission checklist, and when to bring in a specialist.

By Critical Path Partners · February 2026 · 10 min read
DCMA 14-Point

How to Read a DCMA 14-Point Report

What do DCMA 14-point assessment scores actually mean? A practical guide to reading schedule health reports, understanding each metric, and knowing what to do when your construction schedule fails.

By Critical Path Partners · February 2026 · 8 min read