Services Provided
Our experts specialize in litigation support, project management consulting, claims development services, risk assessment and estimating (for both forensic and projections of cost) to support the sectors as described below:
- Renewable Energy
- Utility Scale Wind
- Utility Scale PV Solar
- Utility Scale Concentrated Solar Power
- Biomass and Battery Storage
- Heavy Civil (Earthwork, Roads, Bridges Highways and Airports)
- Power (Transmission, Distribution and Substation/Switching Yards)
- Underground Utilities (Water, Reclaimed Water, Storm Drainage, Sanitary Sewer/Lift Stations, and Force Main)
- Buildings (Commercial, Institutional, Industrial, and Heavy Civil)
- Construction Specialties (Dewatering, Directional Drilling/Jack and Bore, Low Pressure Sewer, Fiber Optic Systems, Reinforced Earth Wall, Sound Barrier Wall, Telecommunication Infrastructure, Transformer – RCA of failures and Transmission Line Pole Remediation)
Litigation Support
We understand the complexities of dispute resolution and work extensively with attorneys to identify documents, prepare computerized document databases, establish document shared files, support witness statements, and prepare expert reports.
Our construction and engineering litigation expert witnesses participate hands-on in all our projects. They develop the methodology of our analyses, analyze the relevant documentation, and develop support for our opinions.
We specialize in the following:
- Provide expert testimony.
- Conduct research using internal and external reference sources and databases.
- Assist in the development of litigation strategies.
- Provide arbitration/litigation expert testimony.
- Responding to questions and assembly of supporting documentation.
- Other tasks that our clients may request us to perform during settlement discussions, mediation, arbitration, or court proceedings, such as:
- Development of Detailed Responses and Counterclaims
- Assistance with Settlement Negotiations
- Preparation of Presentations for Use at Mediations
- Preparation of Issue and Event Timelines
- Preparation of Graphics for Technical Issues
- Attend Depositions as Requested by Counsel
- Assist with Responses to Requests for Arbitration
- Assist with Developing Document Requests from Opposing Party
- Assist with Developing Deposition Questions for Opposing Witnesses
- Assist with Preparing Witness Statements
- Review Drafts to Ensure Technical Portions are Correct.
- Assist in Preparing Deponents and Witnesses.
Project Management
We assist in critical aspects of project management, cost and schedule control, contract administration, claims prevention, and dispute resolution. We investigate and analyze the causes and effects of the events that have arisen, using accepted forensic methods while establishing an open and collaborative environment among all key parties to evaluate project planning to determine the best path forward to resolve, defend or initiate the claim.
Claim Development
Our construction claim assembly/review team incorporates a proven and tested process involving document analysis, contract analysis, entitlement analysis, establishment of cause-effect relationships, and damage assessment.
Risk Assessment
We work with our clients to complete a structured examination which identifies potential threats and their potential consequences, in order to eliminate or control these risks and prioritize them based on their likelihood and potential impact.
Estimating
Practical and proven estimating skills that our experts have gained over their careers are utilized to document and or confirm as accurate Claim costs including:
- Construction Loss of Productivity
- Cost and Schedule Risk Analyses
- Including Extended General Condition/Overhead
- Differing Scope of Work
- Unusually severe weather and natural disasters
- Including Coverage Under Existing Insurance/Builder’s Risk Policies
- Late governmental approvals, e.g., permits, regulatory, etc.
- Including Costs due to Seasonal Change from the Schedule Push
- Differing site conditions
