We understand that project costs are central to nearly all construction disputes.
We provide independent expert witness cost estimating services including check-estimates, comparison calculations, As-Planned versus As-Built analyses to Government Authorities, Attorneys, Litigators, Owners, Designers and Contractors in infrastructure construction claims.
With a proven track record in providing expert witness services to clients involved in multi-million dollar bridge, highway, and nuclear power claims, we are equipped to provide estimating support in assessing or validating entitlement and quantification of project damages.
Parties value our detailed labor, equipment and material costs, to easily identify discrepancies by comparing and analyzing previously estimated or occurred costs by others.
Our Exceptional Stellar 14 Member Team has decades of solid experiences in Heavy Civil Construction capable of routinely performing while adhering to the highest ethical & professional Standards, producing reliable, defendable products related to Cost Estimates, Schedules, Reports and Presentations.
We independently assess:
- Direct and Indirect project costs
- Project means and methods
- Construction techniques
- Contingencies
- Cost overruns
- Schedule delays
- Changes in scope incurred during pre-construction and construction phases
- As-Planned versus As-Built comparisons*
- Original Project Bid Documents versus As-Built drawings = Actual Real Delivered Product**
We support our clients in the following construction litigation case types:
- Disruption and lost productivity claims
- Excessive work scope changes
- Differing site conditions
- Construction defects
- Additional compensation claims
- Lack of construction inspection
- Delayed construction completion
We have provided Expert Witness Services to:
- Jones Day Law Firm Washington D.C. – Department of Energy Georgia Power Southern Company Vogtle Unit 3 and 4 – Westinghouse Contractor claim related to the change order of adding an external steel protective cladding to the Reactor Cylinder structure (anti-airplane impact measure after 9/11)
- City of San Francisco 4th street 1917 Joseph Strauss design Bascule bridge Contractor Obayashi Tokyo constructability – delay claim mediation & settlement
- CALTRANS Standard Agreement No 42A8357 As-Planned versus As-Built Comparison Cost Estimate: Caltrans Contract No 10-3A1204 – San Joaquin & Route 5120 Bridges
- CALTRANS Standard Agreement No. 42B0029 As-Planned versus As-Built Comparison Cost Estimate: Caltrans Contract No. 10-0V9504 A12027 – Route 132 Vernalis RSC HWY concrete paving contractors claim
- Caltrans Standard Agreement 42B1037 As-Planned versus As-Built Comparison Sacramento River Bridge Project Cost Estimate Development and Quantity Survey Construction Project Schedule Caltrans Contract 02 378904 Cast-In-Place Concrete post-tensioned Segmental Bridge
- North West Territories Canada Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway review & analysis of the Construction Specifications and QC Engineering
- Responsible for change orders, claims and litigation preparation for a water transmission tunnel and shaft project in Walnut Creek, CA, USA. Worked closely with surety companies in the project’s final claim and contract completion preparation.
*The As-Planned versus As-Built analysis is a retrospective methodology that compares the contract schedule, or what is referred to as the baseline As-Planned construction schedule, to the As-Built schedule or contemporaneous progress documentation data and information.
item* item**We develop two (2) detailed “Contractor style” cost estimates.
We are a member of the SEAK Expert Witness Dictionary.