Construction Management Consulting
▪ Contract Review and Negotiations
▪ Change Order Analysis
▪ Construction Design Reviews
▪ Staff Augmentation
▪ Bid Phase Management
▪ Cost Estimating & Evaluations
▪ Construction CPM Scheduling
▪ Productivity Analysis
▪ Value Engineering
▪ Earned Value Management
▪ Dispute Avoidance & Resolution
▪ Project Control Systems
▪ Inspection and Quality Assurance
▪ Construction & Project Training
Program Management Services
▪ Architect/Engineer Selection
▪ Contract Risk Analysis
▪ Constructability Reviews
▪ Value Engineering
▪ Cost Management
▪ Construction Bid Evaluation
▪ Earned Value Management
▪ Change Order Reviews
▪ Schedule Oversight
▪ Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling
▪ Total Float Management
▪ Quality Assurance & Control
▪ LEED Consulting Evaluations
▪ Dispute Avoidance and Claims Mitigation
▪ Performance & Productivity Assessments
Construction Project Scheduling
▪ Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling
▪ Program Management Schedules
▪ Preliminary Schedules
▪ Linear Schedules
▪ Periodic Scheduling Updates
▪ Planned and As-Built Analysis Schedules
▪ Resource and Cost Loaded Schedules
▪ Construction Project Acceleration
▪ Schedule Delay Analysis and Quantification
▪ Total Float Management
▪ Time Impact Analysis
▪ Monte Carlo Risk Simulations
▪ “What if” Scenarios
▪ Window Analysis
▪ Critical Chain Method Analysis
▪ Linear Schedule Analysis
▪ Collapsed As-built
Construction Cost Estimating
▪ Conceptual Project Budgets
▪ Construction Bid Estimates
▪ Contract Cost Review
▪ Lump Sum Estimates
▪ Fixed Price Estimates
▪ Value Engineering Cost Estimates
▪ Quantity Take-offs
▪ Life Cycle Costing
▪ Change Order Evaluations
▪ Material Escalation Analysis
▪ Project Closeout Costs
▪ Claims Pricing and Evaluation
Constructability Reviews
▪ Project Due Diligence
▪ Project performance reviews
▪ Preliminary budget analysis
▪ Scope of work definition
▪ Identification of potential existing site conditions
▪ Mitigation of permitting and environmental issues
Project Risk Management
▪ Risk Identification
▪ Disaster Prevention & Relief Planning
▪ Probability Assessments
▪ Constructability Review
▪ Multi-variable Regression Analysis
▪ Sensitivity Analysis
▪ Modeling Risk Profiles
▪ International Risk Evaluations
▪ Cost Escalation Analysis
▪ Risk Monitoring
▪ Schedule Forecasting
▪ Cost Forecasting
▪ Delays & Disruptions
▪ Decision Risk Analysis
▪ Damage Assessment
Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
▪ Discovery Support
▪ Quantification of Damages
▪ Schedule Delays & Disruptions
▪ Standards of Care
▪ Productivity Impacts
▪ Construction Defect Analysis
▪ Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation Support
▪ Consulting Experts
▪ Testifying Experts
▪ International Construction Experts
▪ Differing Site Conditions
Construction Claims Assistance and Preparation
▪ Construction claims services
▪ Claims Identification
▪ Construction Means and Methods
▪ Risk Evaluation and Quantification
▪ Unforeseen and Differing Site Conditions
▪ Damage Assessments
▪ Change Order Impacts
▪ Schedule Delay Analysis
▪ Time Impact Analysis
▪ Construction Defect Evaluation
▪ Disruption Assessments
▪ Productivity Impact Evaluations
▪ Acceleration Claims
▪ Wrongful Contract Termination or Suspension
▪ Assessment of Force Majeure Events
▪ Architect & Engineer Standards of Care
▪ Evaluation of Design Professionals – Certificate of Merit
▪ Claims Mitigation & Avoidance
▪ Claim Preparation & Presentation
▪ Construction Mediation, Litigation & Arbitration Support
Construction Project Training
▪ CPM Scheduling
▪ Recommended Best Practices for Construction Management
▪ Risk Mitigation
▪ How to Develop & Prepare a Delay Claim
▪ Contract and Change Order Management
▪ Fundamentals of Construction Contracts
▪ Constructability Reviews and Project Due Diligence
▪ Managing International Construction Projects and Sites
▪ Controlling and Monitoring the Project Budget and Schedule
▪ Identifying, Proving and Pricing Productivity Claims
▪ International Cost Management
▪ International Claims Management
▪ Construction Documentation Management
▪ Mitigating International Construction Claims
▪ Baseline Schedule Review
▪ Construction Damage Analysis and the Use of Experts
▪ Mitigating Contractor & Supplier Cost & Schedule Risk on Power Generation Construction Projects
▪ How to Develop & Prepare a Construction Claim
▪ Utilizing Advanced Construction Management Technologies
▪ Managing Construction Projects
▪ Preparing and Presenting Construction Claims
▪ Identifying and Documenting Unforeseen Site Conditions
▪ Risk Assessment on International Projects
▪ Decision & Risk Analysis
Construction Defect Analysis
▪ Claims evaluation and quantification
▪ Damages analysis and quantification
▪ Construction productivity loss
▪ Damage evaluations
▪ Standard of care for construction professionals
▪ Arbitration and mediation support
▪ Consulting experts
▪ Expert witness testimony
Schedule Delays and Disruptions
▪ Observational, dynamic, contemporaneous as-is
▪ Contemporaneous period analysis
▪ Observational CPA
▪ Update analysis
▪ Month-to-month evaluations
▪ Contract analysis
▪ Review & validate planned schedule
▪ Review & validate/compile as-built schedule
▪ Identify variances between planned & as-built schedules
▪ Identify the controlling chain of activities
▪ Causation analysis
▪ Identification, quantification & apportionment for each window period
Damages Analysis and Quantification
▪ Damage cause and effect
▪ Direct damages (labor / material / equipment / subcontract)
▪ Extended project costs (general conditions / general requirements)
▪ Expanded project costs
▪ Labor productivity loss / disruption
▪ Cost escalation
▪ Home office overhead costs
▪ Claim evaluation and quantification
▪ Construction productivity loss
▪ Construction defect evaluation
▪ Standard of care for construction professionals
▪ Arbitration and mediation support
▪ Consulting experts
▪ Expert witness testimony
Construction Productivity Loss
▪ Revenue per Man-hour
▪ Total & Modified Total Cost
▪ Industry Studies (MCAA, CII, etc.)
▪ Measured Mile Analysis
▪ Discrete tracking and pricing of events
▪ Claims evaluation and quantification
▪ Damages analysis and quantification
▪ Construction defect evaluation
▪ Damage evaluations
▪ Standard of care for construction professionals
▪ Arbitration and mediation support
▪ Consulting experts
▪ Expert witness testimony
Unforeseen & Differing Site Conditions
▪ What conditions existed prior to contract execution?
▪ What conditions were stipulated within the contract documents?
▪ Did the actual condition differ from the planned (contractual) condition?
▪ Were the actual conditions reasonably unforeseeable?
▪ Was a party’s interpretation of the planned condition reasonable?
▪ Was there an actual damage that resulted from the unforeseen condition?
Constructive & Directed Change Analysis
▪ Schedule Delays and Disruptions
▪ Out of Sequence Work
▪ Stacking of Trades
▪ Adverse Weather Conditions
▪ Improper Response Time to Submittals
▪ Unavailability of Materials & Equipment
▪ Scheduling and Coordination
▪ Interference
▪ Acceleration
▪ Differing Site Conditions
Construction Acceleration
▪ Analysis on requests to perform work prior to its anticipated completion date.
▪ Increased costs for the contractor.
▪ Evaluating and quantifying acceleration costs before or after a contractor is direct to accelerate.
▪ Assessing or validating claims.
Standards of Care
▪ Do the plans and specifications adequately define quantity, configuration, and quality?
▪ Are the documents suitable to execute their intended purpose whether it be pricing, bidding, or construction?
▪ Have the industry’s Standards of Reasonable Care been met?
▪ Has the contract been properly administered for the purpose of construction?
▪ Claims Evaluation and Quantification
▪ Damages Analysis and Quantification
▪ Construction Productivity Loss
▪ Damage Evaluations
▪ Construction Defect Evaluation
▪ Arbitration and Mediation Support
▪ Consulting Experts
▪ Expert Witness Testimony
Construction Expert Witness Testimony
▪ Construction expert witness services
▪ Claims Evaluation and Quantification
▪ Damages Analysis and Quantification
▪ Construction Productivity Loss
▪ Damage Evaluations
▪ Construction Defect Evaluation
▪ Arbitration and Mediation Support
▪ Consulting Experts
Construction Claim Presentation & Negotiation
▪ Scope Changes
▪ Schedule Delay and Disruption
▪ Payment Claims
▪ Termination Claims
▪ Delay Claims
▪ Cost of Corrective Work
▪ Tort Claims
▪ Construction Productivity Loss
▪ Construction Means and Methods
▪ Unforeseen and Differing Site Conditions
▪ Management Issues
▪ Assessment of Force Majeure Events
▪ Defective and Deficient Contract Documents
▪ Constructive and Directed Change
▪ Construction Acceleration
▪ Wrongful Contract Termination or Suspension
▪ Construction Claim Presentation and Negotiation
▪ Claim evaluation and quantification
▪ Construction productivity loss
▪ Construction defect evaluation
▪ Damage evaluations
▪ Standard of care for construction professionals
▪ Arbitration and mediation support
▪ Consulting experts
▪ Expert witness testimony