Construction Claim Consulting

EMA Forensic Associates provides following services as part of our EMA construction claim consulting:

– 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 during construction claim consulting.
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 in construction claim consulting
Identify impact issues
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 required
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