Construction Scheduling Consultancy

The schedule,
made clear.

Baseline Development · Schedule Review · Delay Advisory · Schedule Visualization

Owner-side and GC-side CPM expertise that turns complex schedules into clear, defensible insight, from federal courthouses to university campuses.

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Peter Sheridan, CCM, PSP, JD
Principal Consultant
Scheduling Practice

Clear insight across the project lifecycle.

Practice Overview

Hartwell Consulting provides integrated scheduling, schedule controls, owner-side schedule review, delay advisory, and schedule visualization services tailored to federal, higher education, VA, and institutional clients across the project lifecycle.

We combine deep CPM expertise with an owner-side perspective to translate complex schedule information into clear insight, empowering clients to anticipate risk, align teams, and make confident, informed decisions that keep projects moving forward.

Core Scheduling Services

  • Baseline schedule development and review
  • Independent master schedules and milestone frameworks
  • Monthly update analysis and executive reporting
  • Critical path, near-critical, and float analysis
  • Phasing, procurement, and occupied-facility sequencing
  • Time impact analysis and delay advisory
  • Schedule graphics, dashboards, and narratives
15+
Years ExperienceFederal & institutional scheduling
Primavera P6Plus executive reporting
Owner + GC SideDual perspective on every job
Representative Markets

Where the schedule carries the most weight.

Federal

GSA, VA, and courthouse programs held to federal scheduling specifications.

Higher Education

Campus capital programs, housing, and research facilities on occupied campuses.

VA / Institutional

Seismic upgrades, systems renewals, and phased institutional renovations.

K-12

District modernizations sequenced around calendars and live campuses.

Representative Deliverables
Baseline review memoranda Monthly update narratives Independent master schedules Milestone & procurement trackers Recovery evaluations Fragnet / TIA reviews Executive dashboards & graphics
Delay Advisory

When the delay becomes a claim.

Schedules are where entitlement is won or lost. Hartwell reconstructs what actually happened, ties each impact to the contract, and builds analysis clear enough to move a settlement and rigorous enough to survive an opposing expert.

Method

Windows & Time Impact Analysis

Contemporaneous, method-driven analysis, not hindsight storytelling.

Record

As-Planned vs. As-Built

A defensible as-built reconstruction from the project record.

Cause

Causation & Concurrency

Isolating owner, contractor, and excusable delay, including concurrent impacts.

Support

Fragnet & Expert Exhibits

Fragnets, narratives, and graphics built for negotiation, mediation, and court.

U.S. Land Port of Entry, Madawaska ME Madawaska Land Port under construction Charles R. Jonas Federal Courthouse at dusk Jonas Courthouse Annex Cal Poly Humboldt Student Housing
U.S. Land Port of Entry, Madawaska ME · Aerial by Deschaine Digital
Schedule Visualization & 4D

See the build before you build it.

4D scheduling links the CPM logic to the model, so time becomes something you can watch, the plan, the progress, and the delay, all in one clear picture.

4D CPM SimulationChattanooga Courthouse
Actual project simulation · model-linked schedule, foundations through envelope

Visualize the plan, the progress, the delay.

A schedule everyone can see is a schedule everyone can trust. We tie each activity to its place in the model, then play the sequence forward, so owners, trades, and counsel all read the same picture.

01

Visualize the plan

Turn the baseline into an animated build sequence that proves the plan holds together in space.

02

Track actual progress

Overlay as-built status each period, so planned versus actual is obvious at a glance and in the record.

03

Visualize the delay

Show exactly where and when the job fell behind, in a form a jury understands.

Selected Experience

Featured Federal Scheduling Assignments

New U.S. Courthouse, Chattanooga

New U.S. Courthouse

  • ClientGSA
  • LocationChattanooga, TN
  • RoleSenior Project Manager / Construction Manager
  • Budget / SizeApprox. $300M · 186,000 SF

Summary. Led project management planning, risk register development, procurement sequencing, design-phase scheduling, and early work package strategy for a complex CM-at-Risk federal courthouse.

Charles R. Jonas Federal Courthouse, Charlotte

Charles R. Jonas Federal Courthouse + Annex

  • ClientGSA
  • LocationCharlotte, NC
  • RoleAssistant Project Manager / Project Engineer
  • Budget / Size$165M · 135,000 SF renovation + 198,000 SF annex

Summary. Managed schedule tracking, RFI and submittal workflow, commissioning milestones, and occupied-phasing coordination on a phased courthouse modernization delivered under budget and ahead of schedule.

William Holloway U.S. Courthouse & Post Office

William Holloway U.S. Courthouse & Post Office

  • ClientGSA
  • LocationOklahoma City, OK
  • RoleConstruction Manager / Scheduler
  • Budget / Size$112M · 458,350 SF

Summary. Created the master schedule, reviewed constructability and phasing, aligned procurement strategy, and supported bid package sequencing and contractor selection.

U.S. Land Port of Entry, Madawaska

U.S. Land Port of Entry

  • ClientGSA
  • LocationMadawaska, ME
  • RoleScheduler / Construction Manager
  • Budget / Size$65M · 83,000 SF

Summary. Performed monthly schedule reviews, maintained an independent master schedule, monitored weather and logistics risk, and evaluated milestone reliability and recovery options.

Selected Experience

Higher Education + Institutional Assignments

Gavilan College Capital Program

Gavilan College Capital Program

  • ClientGavilan College
  • LocationGilroy & San Benito, CA
  • RoleProgram Manager / Construction Manager
  • Scale$248M program

Summary. Supported program-level planning, schedule coordination, procurement sequencing, and phased implementation across campus expansion, renovation, the San Benito campus, and the Library & Student Resource Center.

Cal Poly Humboldt New Student Housing

Cal Poly Humboldt New Student Housing

  • ClientCal Poly Humboldt
  • LocationArcata, CA
  • RoleSchedule Controls / Owner Advisor
  • Scale$192M · 964 beds

Summary. Provided owner-side schedule review and controls support, baseline and monthly update analysis, procurement coordination, GMP evaluation support, and commissioning milestone coordination.

VA Long Beach Seismic Upgrade Study

VA Long Beach Seismic Upgrade Study

  • ClientVA / Leo A Daly
  • LocationLong Beach, CA
  • RoleScheduler
  • ScaleBuildings 1, 2, and 7

Summary. Developed baseline CPM frameworks, phasing concepts by structural option and phase plan, and narratives comparing assumptions, sequencing, and operational constraints.

U.S. Customs House, Charleston

U.S. Customs House Chiller / Boiler & Controls Replacement

  • ClientGSA
  • LocationCharleston, SC
  • RoleSenior Project Manager / CMa
  • ScaleMEP systems renewal

Summary. Supported design-phase management, outage planning, MEP coordination, functional testing milestones, and transition into construction for a building systems replacement project.

Additional Scheduling Experience

A deep bench of planning & scheduling work.

Planning + Scheduling Assignments
  • Cal Poly Humboldt Craftsman Student Housing
  • Cal Poly SLO SATRC
  • UCLA CHS B-Level GMP Facility
  • UCLA Powell Library
  • UCLA Public Affairs Seismic Upgrade
  • UCSB Classroom Building
  • UCSD Future College Living and Learning Neighborhood
  • UCSD Viterbi Family Vision Research Center
  • PAUSD El Carmelo ES
  • PAUSD Escondido ES
  • PAUSD Fletcher MS
  • PAUSD GABK
  • PAUSD Palo Verde ES

Adaptive reuse of a historic mill into multifamily housing

Project Manager  |  Buquet & LeBlanc

Strengthened real-world understanding of sequencing, subcontractor coordination, RFIs, change management, and closeout on a complex renovation.

Ground-up and renovation multifamily projects

Superintendent  |  Connelly Builders

Built practical field knowledge in production sequencing, inspections, schedule tracking, and hands-on MEP coordination through punch and closeout.

Clear schedules. Practical advice. Defensible analysis.

Baseline reviews Monthly update narratives Master schedules Recovery evaluations TIA / fragnet exhibits Executive dashboards
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Let's make your critical path clear.

Tell us where the schedule stands, whether it is a new baseline, a monthly update, or a delay claim taking shape.

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