Chartered Delay & Quantum Professional

Chartered Delay & Quantum Professional (CHDQP) 

A Professional Specialized Skill Training Program by Indian Arbitration Institution (IAI)

• Eligibility: Any Basic Qualification or any Formal Education with Post Graduate Diploma or Masters along with any prior work experience.

• Total Fees: Rs. 10,000/-
  (Everything Included from Admission, Course Fees and Delivery of Certificate, no additional Fees Apart from it)

• Mode: Online

• Study Material:  Will be provided through Learning Dashboard/Portal

• Learning Type: Self Paced

• Duration:  3 Months (Preferably, but can be completed anytime as soon as you give the Exam)

• Enrollment:  Any Time, there is no Fixed Enrolment Date or Day. A candidate can choose any time and the enrolment will be processed real time.

• Exam: One Online Exam, MCQ and Subjective Type Questions of 100 Marks. Passing Marks 40%. If unsuccessful, you can give additional two attempts.

• Procedure: Fill the Apply Now Form →  Pay the Requisite Amount of Fees by Clicking Pay Now Button → Then Click on Payment Confirmation button and fill the form with all the Details → Then login to the Dashboard.

Course Overview

The execution of capital-intensive infrastructure, engineering, energy, and construction projects is inherently vulnerable to schedule overruns, scope variations, and escalating financial liabilities. When disputes arise in these high-stakes commercial arrangements, the primary battlegrounds are almost invariably delay attribution and quantum substantiation. Determining the precise contractual causes of project elongation and calculating the associated financial loss require a unique convergence of technical engineering knowledge, forensic project planning, commercial contract interpretation, and rigorous financial analysis. The Chartered Delay & Quantum Professional (CHDQP), administered by the Indian Arbitration Institution (IAI), is an advanced, interdisciplinary credential specifically developed to address this critical industry demand.

This specialized training program provides comprehensive, rigorous instruction on the forensic methodologies employed to disentangle complex delay events, identify critical path shifts, and substantiate or defend claims for monetary relief. Candidates examine international delay analysis protocols, such as the Society of Construction Law (SCL) Delay and Disruption Protocol and AACE International Recommended Practices, moving far beyond theoretical planning into real-world forensic reconstruction. The curriculum unpacks core concepts including critical path methodology (CPM), concurrent and pacing delays, compensability, excusability, and acceleration.

On the quantum side, the program equips professionals to construct transparent, audit-ready financial damage models. Participants master the assessment of disruption costs, head office overhead formulas (Hudson, Emden, and Eichleay), loss of productivity methodologies (Measured Mile, industry factor studies), plant and equipment idle costs, finance charges, and profit loss projections. Crucially, the training bridges forensic calculations with arbitral standards of proof, teaching candidates how to satisfy judicial and arbitral thresholds for causation and substantiation.

Designed for engineers, project managers, quantity surveyors, claims consultants, and dispute practitioners, CHDQP transforms operational professionals into recognized forensic delay and quantum specialists. By synthesizing engineering scheduling data, accounting forensics, and institutional dispute management, the IAI ensures graduates can independently analyze, document, and defend multi-million-dollar construction claims before domestic and international arbitral tribunals.

Course Structure and Modules

The tentative modules are as follows and are subject to continuous updates based on guidelines issued by the IAI Board of Skill Studies:

Module 1: Principles of Construction Contracts, Risk Allocation & Claims Architecture

• Contractual frameworks (FIDIC, standard EPC, and public works agreements) and baseline risk apportionment.

• Notice provisions, conditions precedent, and procedural requirements for asserting claims.

• The legal distinction between claims for extension of time (EOT), disruption, and prolonged performance damages.

Module 2: Project Baseline Scheduling and Critical Path Method (CPM)

• Advanced Critical Path Methodology (CPM), work breakdown structures (WBS), and resource-loaded schedules.

• Schedule integrity checks: float allocation, lead/lag logic, constrained milestones, and sequencing.

• Establishing contemporaneous baseline updates and identifying deviations during project execution.

Module 3: Forensic Delay Analysis Methodologies

• Core protocols: Society of Construction Law (SCL) Protocol and AACE International Recommended Practices (29R-03).

• Detailed mechanics of delay techniques: As-Planned vs. As-Built, Impacted As-Planned, Collapsed As-Built (Time Impact Analysis), and Window/Time-Slice Analysis.

• Strengths, evidentiary limitations, and judicial acceptability of each forensic delay method.

Module 4: Concurrency, Pacing, Acceleration, and Excusability

• Identifying and proving true concurrent delays: employer-caused vs. contractor-caused events.

• Pacing delays, constructive acceleration, and mitigation obligations.

• Apportionment of time and financial liability in overlapping delay scenarios.

Module 5: Forensic Disruption Analysis and Lost Productivity Assessment

• Distinguishing delay from disruption: inefficiencies without critical path impact.

• The "Measured Mile" approach: establishing baseline un-impacted production periods.

• Alternative methodologies: baseline comparisons, system dynamics, earned value analysis, and industry benchmark studies.

Module 6: Quantum Evaluation: Prolongation, Overheads, and Direct Damages

• Direct site overheads, plant and equipment idling costs, and under-utilized workforce calculations.

• Extended home/head office overheads: comparative mechanics and legal limits of Hudson, Emden, and Eichleay formulas.

• Claims for price escalation, financing charges, bank guarantee maintenance costs, and lost investment opportunity.

Module 7: Evidentiary Records, Forensic Data Extraction, and Audit Trails

• Structuring contemporaneous site records: daily progress logs, minutes of meeting, correspondence, and BIM integration.

• Forensic document analysis, electronic data organization, and resolving conflicting narrative evidence.

• Assembling an audit-ready, cross-referenced delay and quantum claims register.

Module 8: Expert Witness Practice, Reporting, and Arbitral Advocacy

• Drafting objective, compliant independent delay and quantum expert reports.

• Arbitral procedural rules regarding expert testimony, hot-tubbing (witness conferencing), and cross-examination.

• Professional ethics, independence, conflict of interest management, and judicial duty to the tribunal.

Importance of Doing this Course

In modern capital projects, unsubstantiated or poorly analyzed claims represent one of the primary causes of protracted, expensive arbitrations and severe commercial write-downs. Commercial tribunals and courts consistently dismiss claims characterized by global delay assertions, formulaic cost estimates without causal linkage, or retrospective schedules that ignore contemporaneous facts. The Chartered Delay & Quantum Professional (CHDQP) program directly addresses this deficiency, offering critical technical competence for the dispute resolution landscape.

First, this course establishes the rigorous analytical discipline required to demonstrate cause-and-effect. By mastering accepted international delay protocols and forensic CPM mechanics, practitioners learn to connect discrete site events directly to schedule deviations and specific cost heads. This eliminates the risk of fatal evidentiary rejections before arbitral tribunals, providing immediate commercial value to contracting entities, project owners, and funding institutions.

Second, the qualification provides indispensable parity between technical and commercial skill sets. Traditional project engineers often lack financial damage modeling expertise, while accountants and commercial managers frequently struggle with schedule logic networks. CHDQP bridges this divide, producing dual-competency professionals capable of defending schedule logic alongside complex overhead, price indexation, and lost productivity formulas.

Third, the CHDQP designation functions as a formal mark of excellence awarded by the Indian Arbitration Institution. It serves as institutional proof that a professional possesses specialized capability in forensic claims assessment, planning oversight, and expert reporting. Holding this credential sets practitioners apart in a crowded marketplace, positioning them as essential authorities for claims negotiation, dispute avoidance, and arbitral witness appointments.

Career Prospects

The industry-wide prevalence of infrastructure and engineering disputes makes delay and quantum analysis one of the highest-demand disciplines across commercial legal and construction environments. Graduates holding the CHDQP charter advance into senior analytical, advisory, and decision-making roles.

Forensic Delay and Quantum Analysts / Claims Consultants: Specialized dispute consultancies, multidisciplinary professional services firms, and global advisory practices frequently recruit qualified specialists to dissect project schedules, compute financial quantum, and draft formal claim and defense submittals for complex construction mandates.

Delay & Quantum Expert Witnesses: Seasoned practitioners with prior engineering, quantity surveying, or project management backgrounds leverage the CHDQP credential to step into independent expert witness roles. They prepare expert reports on time extension and financial damages, defending their opinions under cross-examination before arbitral tribunals and judicial courts.

Contract and Commercial Managers: EPC contractors, public sector undertakings, and major concessionaires employ charter holders to govern high-value project agreements, enforce rigorous record-keeping protocols, detect early warning schedule slippages, and manage contractual variations to avert contentious disputes during project execution.

Arbitrators and Tribunal Technical Assessors: Senior dispute practitioners with technical delay and quantum fluency are sought after for appointment as sole arbitrators, co-arbitrators, or tribunal-appointed independent assessors. Their granular understanding of CPM scheduling and financial quantification allows them to evaluate technical submissions, cut through competing expert methodologies, and draft legally and technically sound awards.

Necessary Details

The Indian Arbitration Institution offers this professional charter via an accessible, modern digital environment designed to accommodate working professionals, consultants, and postgraduate learners.

Eligibility To maintain executive-level academic rigor and applied problem-solving standards, enrollment requires:

• Any Basic Qualification or any Formal Education with a Post Graduate Diploma or Master's degree, along with any prior work experience.

This broad yet rigorous eligibility criterion welcomes civil and mechanical engineers, project planners, contract administrators, chartered accountants, quantity surveyors, legal practitioners, and commercial executives seeking specialized credentials in delay and quantum analysis.

Total Fees The all-inclusive fee for the entire certification is Rs. 10,000/-. The IAI adheres to a transparent fee structure with no concealed charges. This single, comprehensive payment covers your admission, complete digital learning modules, portal access, examination administration, and the physical printing and secure delivery of your final Chartered Certificate upon completion.

Mode and Study Material The program is delivered entirely Online. Upon successful payment confirmation, candidates are granted immediate access to the comprehensive Learning Dashboard/Portal. Complete Study Material—including instructional texts, standard delay analysis spreadsheets, practical quantum formulas, forensic claim templates, and case law summaries—is accessible directly from the student dashboard.

Learning Type and Duration The training is fully Self-Paced, allowing professionals to balance study demands with full-time work commitments. While the recommended duration is 3 Months, candidates have complete flexibility and can finish the modules and attempt the final online examination at any pace they choose, as soon as they feel adequately prepared.

Enrollment Candidates may register at Any Time. The IAI does not restrict intake through fixed academic calendars, seasonal cutoffs, or batch cycles. Every enrollment is processed in real time, enabling immediate access to course assets upon registration.

Examination Structure Certification is conferred upon the successful completion of One Online Exam comprising Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Subjective Questions for a total of 100 Marks.

• Passing Marks: 40%

• Re-examination Policy: If a candidate is unsuccessful on their initial sitting, they are entitled to two additional attempts at no additional charge.

Application Procedure

1. Apply: Complete and submit the Apply Now Form on the official portal.

2. Pay: Remit the program fee of Rs. 10,000/- by clicking the Pay Now button.

3. Confirm: Click on the Payment Confirmation button and fill in the verification form with your transaction details.

4. Access: Log in to the Learning Dashboard to start your coursework immediately.