Construction Solutions Disputes & Advisory

Construction, Projects & Assets

Today’s construction projects are complex and risky endeavors subject to unforeseeable complications despite the best efforts to predict them. When issues arise, projects cost more, take longer to complete and may not produce the intended level of benefits. These unwelcome outcomes are becoming more commonplace in today’s rapidly changing world and can increase the potential for construction-related disputes.

When projects encounter unexpected events, you need advisors with the relevant industry expertise to help navigate the resulting risks. Drawing on their in-depth industry and technical expertise, our experts provide project advisory, construction claims analysis and expert witness services for some of the world’s most complex, high-profile projects.

How We Help

Delay and Disruption Experts

As highly regarded construction delay and disruption experts, we are trusted by parties, their counsel,...

As highly regarded construction delay and disruption experts, we are trusted by parties, their counsel, courts and tribunals to provide credible delay analysis on complex issues and disputes. We approach each engagement objectively, considering the relevant evidence and providing robust analytics backed by the most appropriate approach and our own considerable technical and field experience to support written and oral testimony that can withstand the rigor of cross-examination.

With experience in mediation, adjudication, dispute boards, litigation and domestic and international arbitration, our experts have provided testimony related to complex issues such as:

Delays and disruptions
Loss of productivity
Acceleration
Concurrent delays
COVID-19 impacts

Quantum and Damages Experts

FTI Consulting’s construction damages and quantum experts have been appointed by the world’s...

FTI Consulting’s construction damages and quantum experts have been appointed by the world’s leading law firms and organizations to handle some of the most complex engineering and construction disputes. We have quantum experts in every key market worldwide who provide comprehensive valuation and damages expertise rooted in local knowledge coupled with global perspectives and capabilities. Our experts are recognized as leading practitioners in their field and are known for their in-depth expertise and skill across multiple sectors.

Our construction quantum experts regularly provide oral and written expert evidence in arbitration and litigation. They deliver expert witness testimony related to myriad complex economic and financial issues in every major commercial and treaty arbitration center and geographic region. They prepare independent quantifications associated with the impact of:

Projects cost estimates
Prolongation costs related to delay
Disruption
Lost profits
Valuation of remedies for contract termination and default
Valuation of remedies for breach of contract
Loss of productivity
Change orders
Pricing of variations
Design changes
Cost allocation and apportionment
Escalation and market price adjustments
COVID-19
Betterment

Claims Management

Claims are increasingly commonplace in capital projects.

Claims are increasingly commonplace in capital projects. Drawing on decades of experience in analyzing schedule delays and cost overruns in formal disputes, we help clients to proactively build claim avoidance strategies, as well as prepare and respond to construction claims during project execution. Our technical expertise allows us to identify the strengths and weaknesses of claims and assess the associated risks so that stakeholders can make informed commercial decisions.

Where litigation or arbitration is unavoidable, our experts work as an integrated part of our client's legal department or with their outside counsel, providing support across the entire dispute life cycle, from research and analysis to expert testimony in arbitration, mediation or trial.

Our claim management services include writing, reviewing or responding to claims related to:

Extensions of time
Loss of productivity
Loss and expense
Liquidated damages
Effects of gross negligence, force majeure, suspension or termination

Construction Analytics

Construction and engineering projects generate large volumes of complex data.

Construction and engineering projects generate large volumes of complex data. Understanding the information within the data to identify causal facts is often at the heart of many disputes. Efficient data management and technology-supported data analysis are crucial for identifying risk so that a robust strategy can be developed to ensure the success of a case.

Our construction analytics experts provide data-driven, proven solutions to owners, contractors and legal representatives dealing with large volumes of data on capital projects. By combining our construction expert witness expertise with our data and analytics prowess, our customized solutions help clients resolve their most complex issues by using data effectively.

Effectively Managing Complex Data To Reduce Risk

FTI Consulting’s construction analytics can be implemented at all stages of a project’s lifecycle as soon as a project situation becomes unclear or distressed. Our multidisciplinary team works seamlessly with clients to collect and structure the relevant data from schedules, progress reports and correspondence so that key facts can be identified for commercial and strategic advantage. By using case-proven and peer-reviewed solutions, we can quickly identify the root cause for events to build compelling narratives to resolve disputes and support written and oral testimony that can withstand the rigor of cross-examination.

Construction Audit and Contract Compliance

Construction projects and capital improvement programs are complex financial undertakings.

Construction projects and capital improvement programs are complex financial undertakings. If rigorous and proactive cost and schedule review processes are not in place, the potential for breakdowns in project controls, contractor overcharges, schedule delays and stakeholder disputes increases exponentially.

FTI Consulting's construction audit and contract compliance team helps organizations identify, quantify and mitigate risks that could lead to delays, disruptions or increased costs and disputes on construction projects. Our construction audits provide benefits at both the project and program levels, such as identifying cost recoveries on specific projects due to contractor overcharges and providing actionable recommendations to eliminate those risks in the future.

3D/4D Modeling and Animation

The increasing size and complexity of projects and assets creates communication challenges for stakeholders...

The increasing size and complexity of projects and assets creates communication challenges for stakeholders with varying interests and limited technical knowledge.

FTI Consulting’s experts have the specialized knowledge and experience to distill many streams of complex technical data into an easy-to-understand package accessible to all stakeholders. Our visualizations help to overcome the technical barriers inherent in voluminous and highly technical data, allowing stakeholders to digest the relevant information and engage with visually compelling representations of complex concepts and events. From the boardroom to the courtroom, our models can help diverse groups of stakeholders visualize the future of planned projects, understand how assets work, or forensically analyze events and outcomes. Our modeling and animation services include:

Virtual Site Tours
4D Scheduling
Trial Graphics
Design Defects
Schedule Impacts
Visualizations

Meet Our Experts

Alastair Farr

Senior Managing Director, Head of EMEA Construction, Projects & Assets

Alastair Farr has more than 35 years of experience in the construction and engineering industries across a wide range of sectors. He is an experienced testifying quantum and delay expert, having acted as an expert witness in international and domestic arbitration and litigation. He has also been appointed and testified in adjudication proceedings and delivered reports and presented in high-value Dispute Adjudication Board (“DAB”) proceedings. Mr. Farr has experience in most forms of procurement, including traditional, engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”), lump sum, reimbursable, target cost and public-private partnership (“PPP”). He leads the Construction, Projects & Assets practice in EMEA and is based in London.

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Lee Baker

Senior Managing Director, Head of APAC Construction, Projects & Assets

Lee Baker is a planner and delay analyst with extensive international expertise, gained over the last 20 years. He is recognized in Who’s Who Legal’s premium list as one of the world’s leading International Arbitration Expert Witnesses. Mr. Baker trained as a construction planner and now provides clients with comprehensive planning, delay analysis and project risk management solutions for a wide range of sectors within the construction industry. He leads the Construction, Projects & Assets practice in Asia and is based in Singapore.

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Stephen Rae

Senior Managing Director, Head of Australia Construction, Projects & Assets

Stephen Rae is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with more than 35 years of experience in the construction and engineering industries, 25 years of which have been as a specialist in dispute management, expert witness services and the provision of claims and contractual advice to the construction, engineering and offshore oil and gas industries in the UK, Asia-Pacific and Australasia regions. Stephen specializes in the preparation and analysis of contractual claims for delay, disruption and variation valuation. He leads the Construction, Projects & Assets practice in Australia and is based in Perth.

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Andrew Rhodes

Senior Managing Director

Andrew Rhodes has more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry. He specializes in schedule delay and disruption analysis and damages calculations and has provided expert testimony on more than 70 occasions. Mr. Rhodes consults on complex domestic and international projects, assisting contractors and owners throughout the project lifecycle in their efforts to effectively manage the recovery of time and additional costs, defend against claims and avoid formal disputes. He is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Thomas Hofbauer

Senior Managing Director, Head of Continental Europe Construction, Projects & Assets

Thomas Hofbauer is a civil engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the construction and engineering industries. He serves as both a delay and a quantum expert in English and German language disputes. He specializes in expert witness services, contract- and risk analysis as well as in delivering project audits to assess delay, disruption, damages and cost for all types of projects, including energy, infrastructure and rolling stock projects He has given evidence in arbitral proceedings under various rules in disputes in Africa, America, Asia and Europe.

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Laura Miller

Senior Managing Director

Laura Miller is an expert in the calculation of construction delay and disruption-related damages. She has more than 25 years of construction and damages-related experience. Ms. Miller’s expertise includes the analysis of construction damages considering the impact of design changes, change orders, delays, disruptions, inefficiencies and accelerations. Her work in the construction arena has also involved issues such as terminations, defaults, limitations under Federal Acquisition Regulations and integration of damages with schedule delay. She is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Thierry Linares

Senior Managing Director, Head of France Construction, Projects & Assets

Thierry Linares has more than 20 years of experience managing the various components of construction project controls, having been extensively involved in the management of projects on-site for 15 years. Mr. Linares specializes in expert witness services, contract and risk analysis and project audits to assess delay, disruption, damages and cost for all types of projects, including O&G, energy and infrastructure. He regularly gives evidence in arbitral proceedings in French and English and also acts as an International Federation of Consulting Engineers ("FIDIC”) Certified Adjudicator. He leads the Construction, Projects & Assets practice in France and is based in Paris.

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Joe Slavis

Senior Managing Director, Head of North America Construction, Projects & Assets

Joe Slavis is a CPA with more than 30 years of experience focused primarily on litigation consulting services. He provides expert testimony and consults on construction and litigation support matters, providing contract claims assistance and litigation support services relating to the calculation of and approach to damages. Mr. Slavis assists clients with the review and measurement of construction costs, including construction cost audits, calculation of damages for claims and analysis and review of subcontractor arrangements. He leads the Construction, Projects & Assets practice in North America and is based in Atlanta.

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Maria Fisentzou

Managing Director

Maria Fisentzou is a Chartered Civil Engineer, a testified Delay Expert and a Centre for Effective Disruption Resolution (“CEDR”) Accredited Mediator with more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry. She has acted as a party-appointed delay expert on several projects in wind and nuclear power industries, infrastructure, public building construction (including high-rise buildings), shipbuilding and oil and gas. Maria’s expert witness work has involved carrying out delay, disruption and culpability analyses, preparation of independent expert reports and liaising with counsel and instructing solicitors. She is based in London.

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Brandon Chaney

Senior Managing Director, Head of Latin America Construction, Projects & Assets

Brandon Chaney has more than 18 years of engineering and construction management experience within the mining, liquefied gas, infrastructure and defense industries. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Chaney worked with Bechtel and the Gilbane Building on complex construction projects throughout the world. He has strong exposure in cost control, quantity surveying, pricing of variations, cost savings, cost estimating, client relations, project management and project/resource planning. He is experienced in worldwide projects having worked and lived in Spain, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Angola, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, the U.S. and Mozambique. He leads the Construction, Projects & Assets practice in Latin America and is based in Madrid.

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Laura Arrigo

Managing Director

Laura Arrigo has 19 years of experience analyzing and quantifying construction-related claims on complex projects. Ms. Arrigo’s expertise includes schedule delay and disruption analysis primarily through the use of Critical Path Method (“CPM”) scheduling techniques and the analysis and evaluation of delay, disruption and loss of productivity damages. Ms. Arrigo’s experience includes the overall management of the delay and disruption claim analysis on numerous complex construction projects, some with claim values exceeding one billion dollars. She also helps contractors and owners with the management of schedule and cost risk throughout construction.

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Ali Al-Ahmad

Senior Managing Director, Head of Canada Construction, Projects & Assets

Ali Al-Ahmad specializes in assessing delays and damages on construction projects. Mr. Al-Ahmad has been retained by legal counsel to provide independent expert opinions on matters of delay and damages in the context of litigation and arbitration proceedings. He also assists owners, contractors and other contracting parties on ongoing projects with project scheduling, contract administration as well as other commercial and strategic support. His experience has spanned a variety of projects, including highways, bridges, light rail transit, hospitals, airports, mines, oil refineries and hydroelectric generating stations. He leads the Construction, Projects & Assets practice in Canada and is based in Toronto.

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Colin Wilson

Senior Managing Director, Head of Middle East Construction, Projects & Assets

Colin Wilson specializes in the provision of quantum analysis as well as contract and claims management services on construction and infrastructure projects. He has more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, where he has worked for multinational contracting organizations and international consultancy businesses. He has been based in the United Arab Emirates since 2007 and has worked on projects throughout the UK and internationally in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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