Technical, Standard of Care & Defect

Pre-Design and Design Phases Services

• Scope definition
• Contracting strategy
• A/E selection
• Contract and scope of work review
• Constructability, project status, and coordination reviews
• Refinement of solicitation
• Financial controls and oversight
• Project reporting and monitoring guidance and oversight
• Initial cost estimating and budgeting
• Budget validation
• Construction plan and phasing analyses
• Master and detail scheduling guidance and services

Construction Claims and Disputes Services

• Design and construction defect analyses
• Design team standard of care evaluations
• Typical industry practice and standards
• Owner, engineering, and construction standard of care evaluations
• Evolution of design and change order entitlement
• Quantification and entitlement of damages
• Claim analysis; delay and disruption analysis
• ADR – dispute review boards; mediation and arbitration
• Expert testimony and provision of expert witness reports
• Analysis of engineering and construction accidents to determine cause and accountability
• Evaluation of design and construction defects to predict necessity or likelihood of a simple repair or complete replacement
• Building and facility evaluations to assess property conditions and provide estimates of deferred maintenance and repairs