Felipe Pelaez

Felipe Pelaez is a Senior Director with FTI Consulting’s Construction Solutions practice in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment and is based in Atlanta. Felipe has more than 20 years of experience working in the United States, Europe, Middle East, Canada and Latin America.

Felipe has provided expert witness testimony, consulting services, claims mitigation, dispute resolution and planning and scheduling analysis on a wide range of projects, including multi-billion dollar disputes. He specializes in claims management, construction monitoring, contract administration for infrastructure, cost control, institutional projects, oil and gas, power, residential and urban development.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Felipe worked as the head of R&D in Colombia for one of the largest cement and concrete manufacturers in the world, as well as managed commercial and industrial construction projects in the United States.

Felipe holds two degrees in civil engineering, a B.S. from Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, and a M.S. from Georgia Tech University. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Relevant Experience:

• Analyzed losses of a subcontractor during the development and construction of a cement plant project in Bolivia.
• Analyzed the engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) contractor’s productivity loss during the development and construction of an urban road in Colombia.
• Analyzed the disruption impacts to the EPC contractor during the development and construction of a rapid transit system in Peru.
• Audited, reviewed and proposed modifications to the contractual and proposal evaluation procedures implemented by the largest copper mining company in Chile prior to the execution of a multi-billion dollar program.