Claims Management Services

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Our firm focuses intensely on methods designed to avoid litigation when disputes that arise in the course of construction are not resolved. Considering the costs associated with preparing for and going to trial, and the certain disruption to ordinary business associated with the process, compromise and negotiation are most often the most economical course to follow.

The key in our approach is to establish, in conjunction with our Client’s counsel, an objective and realistic assessment of the factual, technical, legal and equitable posture of the respective parties. It is our belief that the most effective approach to avoiding litigation is providing complete documentation and a strong position that would enable good faith negotiations. 

Issue Cognition

• Review correspondence, change orders and all other relevant project documentation
• Interview project participants
• Perform cost and schedule variance analysis
• Identify deviation in performance
• Identify delays, disruptions, interferences, inefficiencies

Quantify Damages

• Identify direct costs allocable to each impact
• Determine dilution in value for nonconforming performance
• Compute and allocate time related costs or liquidated damages incurred due to delays
• Pinpoint direct, indirect, and incidental damages

Determining Causation

• Investigate factual cause of each and every impact
• Prepare an as-built CPM for comparison to the as-planned
• Identify responsibility for deviations in performance
• Determine magnitude of each impact to cost/schedule driver.

  Negotiation/Arbitration/Litigation Support

• Prepare project factual and contractual history
• Generate graphic displays of project history
• Compile and present an Expert Report for each issue having contractual responsibility/causation/damage

Establish Liability

• Determine the nature and extent of liability for each deviation from contractual responsibility