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Initial Program Assurance

Understand program governance, critical path and float, sequencing, delay and recovery analysis, and progress reporting to support clear construction decisions.
A practical framework for reviewing and assuring contractor construction programs. Designed for Superintendents, Contract Administrators, engineers and project professionals, this session explains how to assess baseline programs, critical paths, float consumption, network logic, resequencing, delay events, recovery plans and progress reporting. You’ll learn to spot emerging time and commercial risk early, ask better program-review questions and make clear, auditable decisions – without taking on responsibility for the Contractor’s construction methods, sequencing or resources.

What You'll Learn

Review the contractor's program as a control system, not simply a bar chart

Establish a reliable baseline for measuring slippage, mitigation and delay

Track critical path movement and float consumption as early indicators of emerging time risk

Interrogate logic changes, resequencing and delay events rather than accepting unexplained changes between updates

Test whether recovery programs and claimed progress are credible, properly resourced and consistent with actual site performance

End every review with a clear, defensible contract administration action – without taking on responsibility for the Contractor's planning, methodology or resourcing

Identify the ten habits that separate defensible contract administration from exposed administration

Apply a simple check before issuing or responding to any notice

Spot early warning signs that a variation or delay claim is heading for dispute

Know exactly what to document — and when — to protect your position

Avoid the three most common mistakes that undermine a superintendent’s certification

Walk away with a one-page reference you can pin above your desk

Who Should Attend

This session is for anyone who reviews, relies on or reports against a contractor’s construction program – from first submission through to delay and recovery.
Superintendents and Contract Administrators
Project Managers and Project Engineers
Planners, Schedulers and Project Controls personnel
Commercial, Contracts and Claims Managers
Principal / client-side delivery teams
Construction verification and technical advisory personnel
Senior construction personnel involved in program submissions and recovery planning

Session Agenda

0–10 min
From 'file and forget' to active assurance – what to review, and the Superintendent's limits
10–25 min
Baseline, critical path and float – finding what really controls completion
25–40 min
Logic checks, resequencing, delay events and recovery programs
40–52 min
Progress measurement, reporting, early warning signs and the program review decision tree
52–60 min
Live Q&A – bring a program issue from your current project

What's Included

Live facilitator-led session

Presented live by Dyrick Hobbs, online or face-to-face.

Session slides & reference notes

The full presentation to keep and revisit after the session.

One-page reference sheet

A printable summary of the ten rules for your desk or site office.

Certificate of attendance

Issued after the session for your professional development record.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Dyrick Hobbs

Founder of Enginuity Training. Twenty years administering standard form construction contracts across live infrastructure and building projects in Australia.

Marissa Wise

Principal Trainer at Enginuity Training. Civil engineer, adjudicator and infrastructure leader with extensive experience administering construction contracts and resolving complex project delivery issues across Australia.

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