Cost Analytics & Auditing

Clients turn to FTI Consulting for objective advice about forecasting, controlling costs, auditing change orders and invoices, and overseeing cost recovery strategies — all to meet project financial goals without surprises. Our experts quantify direct and indirect costs in support or defense of requests for additional compensation.

FTI Consulting’s global team of construction cost experts includes Certified Public Accountants, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Certified Cost Professionals, Certified Construction Auditors, and Certified Fraud Examiners who are skilled in identifying the cause-and-effect relationship between project issues and increased construction costs.

How We Help

Our expertise is in helping our clients understand, manage and forecast construction costs in order to determine, protect or enhance our clients’ financial positions and make informed commercial decisions. Our services include:

• Cost risk assessment and contract review
• Verification of Reimbursable costs
• Analysis of Profit and other markups
• Payment Project Closeout and Cost Recovery Audits
• Integrity monitoring
• Independent project reconciliation/shared saving calculation
• Review of payment applications
• Review of application of labor rates and equipment rates per contract terms
• Review of change order documentation / verification
• Review of change order/RFI/payment response times in context of contractual requirements
• Construction fraud investigations
• Analysis of cost overruns
• Dispute advisory and litigation support