The Trap
Why Traditional Delay Analysis Fails in 28-Day Adjudications
The standard approach to forensic programme analysis was designed for litigation timescales. Adjudication demands a fundamentally different discipline.
February 2026|6 min
Construction Disputes Advisory
Expertise.
Evolved.
Forensic intelligence for high-value construction disputes, partner-led from first instruction through to testimony.
100+
Years Combined Experience
4
Disciplines
100%
Partner Led
FL.
Our Maxim
Festina Lente
Make haste slowly
Technology has given our industry extraordinary capability,and extraordinary risk. We see it every day: outputs accepted without question, analysis delegated wholesale, judgment deferred to machines.
We take a different view. We harness every tool at our disposal,proprietary systems that structure vast datasets in hours, not weeks. But we never let the tool do the thinking. Every conclusion is partner-led. Every opinion is earned.
100GB+
PER MATTER. IN HOURS.
PROGRAMMES,CORRESPONDENCE,DRAWINGS,FIRE CERTIFICATES,COST REPORTS,SPECIFICATIONS,AS-BUILT RECORDS,MEETING MINUTES,VARIATION ORDERS,RFIS
We automate the preparation.
Never the judgment.
100GB of project data,correspondence, site records, contract documents, programme files,classified, cross-referenced, and chronologically structured in hours. So our partners spend their time in the analysis, not the archive.
The Difference
The traditional approach vs. The Meritus standard.
Traditional approach
- 01Manual document review. Weeks of analyst time.
- 02Junior staff produce first drafts. Partners review at the end.
- 03Evidence gaps discovered under cross-examination.
The Meritus method→
- 01100,000 documents ingested and analysed before the first meeting.
- 02Partners lead the analysis. From instruction to testimony.
- 03Every conclusion traceable to source. Every method disclosable.
How we engage
01
Conflict Check*
Independence confirmed
all disciplines
02
Scoping
Strategy and resourcing
delay · quantum · technical · advisory
03
Analysis
Forensic investigation
programme · cost · engineering · strategy
04
Delivery
Opinion and testimony
report · model · opinion · evidence
*Conflict check is only where required
Four disciplines. One team.
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