Construction Disputes Advisory

Expertise.Evolved.

Forensic intelligence for high-value construction disputes, partner-led from first instruction through to testimony.

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100+
Years Combined Experience
5
Disciplines
100%
Partner Led
DelayQuantumTechnicalAdvisoryTechnology
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.

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.

100GB+
PER MATTER. IN HOURS.
PROGRAMMES · CORRESPONDENCE · DRAWINGS · FIRE CERTIFICATES · COST REPORTS · SPECIFICATIONS · AS-BUILT RECORDS · MEETING MINUTES · VARIATION ORDERS · RFIS
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 · technology
03
Analysis
Forensic investigation
programme · cost · engineering · strategy
04
Delivery
Opinion and testimony
report · model · opinion · evidence
*Conflict check is only where required
Five disciplines. One team.

What we do

01

Delay

Forensic retrospective analysis. Windows analysis. TIA. Narratives that survive cross-examination.

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02

Quantum

Commercial valuation. Damages assessment. Prolongation. Final account defence.

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03

Technical

Engineering intelligence. Root cause analysis. Defect causation. Building Safety Act remediation.

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04

Advisory

Strategy, merits assessment, adjudication support, and rapid evidence structuring.

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05

Technology

In-house platforms. Evidence intelligence. Sourced chronologies. Live deadline engines. 100GB structured in hours.

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Insights

Current analysis

The Overlap

Concurrent Delay: Who Keeps the Time, Who Pays for It

Concurrent delay preserves the contractor's time and forfeits its money. In England the law is settled; the arguments fail on the records, not the principles.

July 2026|7 min
The Gateway

Stuck at the Gateway: Who Owns Building Safety Regulator Delay?

Gateway processing times have almost halved in a year. That fixes the queue, not the two years of regulator delay already absorbed into live contracts, and no standard form allocates it.

August 2026|8 min
The Lock

The Levy and the Locked Door

From 1 October 2026 the completion certificate is withheld until the Building Safety Levy is paid. A tax has been converted into a condition of completion, and almost no live contract says who bears it.

August 2026|7 min
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