Construction Claim Consulting
EMA Forensic Associates provides following services as part of our EMA construction claim consulting:
– Building Claim Consulting services in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville & Ft. Lauderdale.
- Cost and Damage assessment
– Delay claim analysis
– Change order analysis
– Quality control issues
Construction Schedule Analysis
- Assemble the best available documentation record of the project
- Examine the project record in detail
- Create a relational database of all relevant documents and testimony as required.
- Analyze the original as-planned schedule for contract conformance
- Establish accurate as-built schedule updates for review
- Identify delay issues during construction by claim consulting
- Identify impact issues during construction claim consulting services.
- Identify changes to the scope of work
- Perform detailed analysis of the schedule updates
- Identify out of sequence work
- Identify adverse weather impacts to the schedule
- Identify individual contractor conformance to the schedule
- Identify party or parties responsible for a delay or impact to the schedule
Documentation of the Effect of Schedule Changes on the Project
- Identify changes to extended overhead costs
- Document loss of productivity
- Establish actual damages
- Identify compensable and non-compensable components of the delay
- Prepare accurate cost report for claim
- Prepare narrative report outlining actual impacts to the work, sustained damages, and changes in contract time, and allocate responsibility for damages, as requiredduring construction claim consulting service.
- Prepare graphic representation of impacts to the schedule
- Prepare trial exhibits to support testimony Resolution of the Claim
- Assist in preparing negotiation strategy
- Assist in claim negotiation with reports, graphical evidence and cost summary
- Assist in development of discovery plan
- Assist in depositions
- Refute technical evidence presented by opposing side as appropriate
- Provide expert testimony as appropriate
Resolution of the Claim
- Assist in preparing negotiation strategy
- Assist in claim negotiation with reports, graphical evidence and cost summary
- Assist in development of discovery plan
- Assist in depositions
- Refute technical evidence presented by opposing side as appropriate
- Provide expert testimony as appropriate.