Insights

  1. 20Oct 2026
    Cross-sector Cross-sector What delay really costs infrastructure, and how AI wins it backAcross solar farms, data centers, airports, roads and factories, most lost days now sit in the handoffs between owners, contractors, utilities and suppliers.
  2. 13Oct 2026
    Clinical research Clinical research Query backlogs decide when your database locksClinical trial database lock is planned as a single data management milestone, yet it arrives only when tens of thousands of open queries, reconciliations and sign-offs have closed across sites and vendors.
  3. 6Oct 2026
    Roads Roads The hidden critical path in highway programsUtility relocation delays remain one of the most common reasons highway projects finish late, because state transportation departments depend on utility owners and right-of-way agents they do not control.
  4. 29Sep 2026
    Healthcare Healthcare Why care plans stall between visitsMost of a chronic or specialty care plan is carried out between appointments, in refills, home readings and scheduled returns that no single team owns.
  5. 22Sep 2026
    Solar and wind Solar and wind One project record that lenders and tax equity can trustIn the final months before commercial operation, the owner, the EPC contractor, the independent engineer, lenders, tax equity investors and the offtaker each keep their own tracker, and funding waits while they reconcile.
  6. 15Sep 2026
    Data centers Data centers Commissioning now decides when lease revenue startsData center commissioning now sits between a finished building and contracted lease revenue, and its evidence is scattered across contractors, spreadsheets and inboxes.
  7. 8Sep 2026
    Clinical research Clinical research Visit window deviations are the earliest sign of trial delayA Phase III protocol averages more than 100 protocol deviations, and about a third of its patients experience at least one.
  8. 1Sep 2026
    Airports Airports Why finished airport terminals open lateNew airport terminals often reach substantial completion months before they can safely take passengers, because baggage, security, IT, airlines and federal agencies must each prove readiness.
  9. 25Aug 2026
    Healthcare Healthcare Prior authorization is a revenue problem that starts in the clinicPrior authorization delays hold up care and cash at the same time, and the work that causes them sits between clinics, payers and patients.
  10. 18Aug 2026
    Solar and wind Solar and wind Transformers and paperwork are the new critical pathTransformer lead times now approach three years, and tax credit funding depends on supplier certifications, physical work records and continuity evidence held by different teams.
  11. 11Aug 2026
    Data centers Data centers What a late data hall really costs a 100 MW buildData center long lead equipment now sets the pace of every compressed build, and a late submittal or RFI can push electricians out of sequence for weeks.
  12. 4Aug 2026
    Clinical research Clinical research Why interested patients never reach randomizationEnrollment shortfalls in clinical trials are usually diagnosed as a shortage of willing patients, yet many interested and eligible people are lost after they first come forward.
  13. 28Jul 2026
    Manufacturing Manufacturing Why new plants are built but not producingManufacturing plant construction delays increasingly appear after the building is finished, when power, permits, tools and customer qualification must converge on one start of production date.
  14. 21Jul 2026
    Healthcare Healthcare The real cost of a blocked hospital bedHospital discharge delays now consume a growing share of inpatient capacity, as patients who are medically ready to leave wait on post-acute providers, health plans and families.
  15. 14Jul 2026
    Solar and wind Solar and wind The utility now decides when your solar project goes liveInterconnection delays now decide when US solar and wind projects start earning revenue, and the dates that govern them sit in utility letters and portals the EPC schedule cannot see.
  16. 7Jul 2026
    Clinical research Clinical research Where trial timelines are first lostClinical trial site activation now takes months longer than the plans that depend on it, as feasibility, contracts, budgets and ethics reviews pass between sponsors, CROs and sites.
  17. 30Jun 2026
    Data centers Data centers Data center schedules now start at the substationData center construction delays now originate in utility studies, substation builds and power contracts, long before the shell or the fit-out is at risk.
  18. 23Jun 2026
    Healthcare Healthcare Where patients slip away after the consultationHealth systems spend heavily to win the first visit, yet much of a patient relationship's value is decided afterward, when follow-ups, diagnostics and referrals wait for someone to book them.
  19. 16Jun 2026
    Solar and wind Solar and wind Where solar and wind projects really lose time before CODRenewable energy project delays now start outside the fence line, in interconnection studies, transformer factories and compliance files.