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Construction management disputes in commercial litigation typically arise when an owner, contractor, or construction manager disagrees about whether project scheduling, cost control, or contract administration was handled consistent with accepted construction management practices. These disputes surface in delay and disruption claims over whether schedule impacts and critical path analysis support a contractor's or owner's damages claim, in cost overrun and change order disputes over whether construction costs and change management were properly documented and administered, and in contract administration disputes over whether a construction manager fulfilled its scheduling, budgeting, and coordination responsibilities under its agreement. Because construction management involves specialized scheduling, cost control, and contract administration methodologies, determining whether a specific delay, cost overrun, or administrative failure met applicable standards requires expertise in construction project management. The central issue is typically whether the scheduling, cost control, or contract administration practices at issue were consistent with accepted construction management standards and the contract that governed the project.

A construction management expert helps attorneys evaluate that question by applying accepted scheduling, cost control, and contract administration methodologies to the project records at issue. That might mean conducting a critical path method schedule analysis to determine the cause and responsibility for project delays, auditing change order and cost documentation to assess whether cost overruns were properly justified and administered, or evaluating whether a construction manager's coordination and oversight met the standard of care its contract required. These findings support positions on delay damages, cost overrun liability, and professional negligence, giving attorneys a methodologically grounded basis for litigation strategy.

Construction management cases benefit from experts whose specific background, whether scheduling and delay analysis, cost estimating and change order administration, or construction manager professional practice, matches the precise question at issue rather than construction management in general terms. Round Table Group's construction management network includes professionals with experience across commercial, medical, biotech, and manufacturing facility construction, several of whom have testified on contractual disputes, cost overruns, and project delays. With more than 75,000 expert searches completed for litigators, we help attorneys match a case's specific construction management issue to an expert whose credentials will withstand scrutiny. Let us help you find the right construction management expert for your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.

Kinds of Cases We Work On

Round Table Group helps our clients find a wide variety of Construction Management expert witnesses for cases like:

01

Whose Delay Was It Really.

A project owner sued its general contractor over liquidated damages after a large commercial project finished well behind schedule, and the contractor countered that owner-caused design changes, not contractor inefficiency, drove the critical path delay. We identified experts with experience in CPM schedule analysis, critical path delay attribution, and construction project controls. The expert's as-built schedule analysis isolated the owner-caused design changes as the dominant driver of the critical path delay, and the liquidated damages claim was substantially reduced in arbitration.
02

The Change Orders Added Up Differently.

A general contractor sued a project owner for unpaid change order costs after the owner disputed both the scope and the pricing of a substantial series of field-directed changes on a hospital renovation project. We identified experts with experience in construction change order pricing methodology, cost estimating standards, and construction contract administration. The expert's independent pricing analysis confirmed the contractor's costs were consistent with prevailing rates for the work performed, supporting a substantial recovery in the contractor's favor.
03

The GMP Wasn't Guaranteed Enough.

A developer sued its construction manager at risk after project costs exceeded the guaranteed maximum price by a substantial margin, alleging the overrun stemmed from the CM's failure to properly manage subcontractor buyout and cost tracking rather than legitimate scope changes. We identified experts with experience in GMP contract administration, construction cost control systems, and subcontractor buyout process evaluation. The expert's reconstruction of the project's cost tracking records found a pattern of unapproved cost transfers inconsistent with the GMP contract's change management provisions, supporting the developer's claim in a substantial settlement.
04

Forced to Speed Up the Job.

A contractor sued a project owner for the costs of constructive acceleration after the owner refused to grant time extensions for several owner-caused delays while continuing to enforce the original completion date, forcing the contractor into costly overtime and additional crews. We identified experts with experience in construction acceleration cost analysis, time impact analysis, and schedule delay entitlement evaluation. The expert's time impact analysis confirmed the contractor was entitled to time extensions the owner had denied, supporting the acceleration damages claim in a substantial settlement.
05

What Was Really Buried Underground.

A highway contractor sued a state transportation authority for differing site conditions costs after subsurface soil conditions proved materially different from what the contract documents represented, requiring substantially more extensive foundation work than bid. We identified experts with experience in differing site conditions analysis, geotechnical baseline report interpretation, and construction cost impact quantification. The expert's comparison of actual conditions against the contract's baseline representations confirmed a material differing site condition, supporting the contractor's claim through arbitration.
06

Terminated for Cause, Then Disputed.

A project owner terminated its general contractor for cause midway through a mixed-use development and hired a replacement contractor to finish the work, and the terminated contractor sued, disputing both the basis for termination and the reasonableness of the completion costs the owner sought to recover. We identified experts with experience in construction contract termination standard-of-care evaluation, cost-to-complete analysis, and replacement contractor cost reasonableness assessment. The expert's review found the completion costs included scope beyond what remained under the original contract, reducing the owner's recoverable damages substantially in the resulting award.
07

Finishing What a Defaulted Contractor Left.

After a contractor defaulted on a large public works project, its surety sued the project owner disputing the reasonableness of the completion costs the owner had incurred using a replacement contractor under the performance bond. We identified experts with experience in construction default and completion cost analysis, performance bond claims evaluation, and public works project cost benchmarking. The expert's review found a meaningful share of the claimed completion costs reflected scope changes unrelated to the original default, and the surety's payment obligation was reduced accordingly.
08

Whose Prime Caused the Delay.

A project owner using multiple prime contractors on a large campus expansion was sued by one prime contractor after project delays it attributed to poor sequencing coordination among the primes, with the owner arguing the contractor's own crew productivity was the actual cause. We identified experts with experience in multi-prime project coordination analysis, CPM schedule sequencing evaluation, and construction productivity measurement. The expert's schedule analysis found the sequencing conflicts among the primes, not the contractor's productivity, drove the disputed delay period, and the claim was resolved in the contractor's favor in mediation.
09

The Delay Claim That Fell Apart.

A contractor sued the construction claims consulting firm it had retained to prepare its delay damages claim after the claim was rejected in arbitration due to what the arbitrator found to be a fundamentally flawed critical path methodology. We identified experts with experience in CPM delay analysis methodology, construction claims preparation standards, and forensic schedule analysis. The expert's review confirmed the original analysis had misapplied the as-planned versus as-built comparison method for a schedule of that complexity, supporting the contractor's professional negligence claim against the consultant in a substantial settlement.
10

Splitting Profits on the Infrastructure Job.

Two contractors that had formed a joint venture to build a large infrastructure project disputed the allocation of both cost overruns and eventual profit after the venture wound down, each arguing the other's self-performed scope had been costed unfairly in the venture's shared accounting. We identified experts with experience in construction joint venture cost accounting, self-performed work costing analysis, and infrastructure project cost allocation. The expert's audit of the venture's cost records found one partner's self-performed work had been credited at rates inconsistent with the joint venture agreement, and the arbitrator adjusted the profit allocation accordingly.

Here are a few of our favorite Construction Management Expert Witnesses:

Florida Construction Management Expert #1701

I have 30 years of experience and specialize in the field of construction with specific knowledge in the areas of general contracting, construction management and job costing. I have published on such topics as choosing a remodeling contractor. I have testified 20 times on topics such as job costs, forensic investigation, and means and method.

 

Pennsylvania Construction Management Expert #8492

I have 26 years of experience in the field of civil engineering. with specific knowledge of construction management, critical path method (CPM), scheduling and financial damages. I have published on such topics as construction management. I have testified 13 times on topics such as delay analysis, financial damages, and errors and omissions.

 

Florida Construction Management Expert #16536

I have 25 years of experience and specialize in the field of construction with specific knowledge in the areas of structural, architectural and construction management. I have testified on worker’s compensation and job safety.

 

Oregon Construction Management Expert #28520

I have 44 years of experience in the field of construction management with specific knowledge in the areas of medical, biotech, electronic research and manufacturing facilities. I have testified 6 times on topics such as construction project contractual disputes, construction job site safety and construction defects.

 

New Hampshire Construction Management Expert #30619

I have 32 years of experience, and specialize in the field of construction with specific knowledge in the areas of commercial building, project process requirements and contractual arrangements.

 

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California Construction Management Expert #34296

I have 48 years of experience, and specialize in the field of construction with specific knowledge in the areas of construction defects, claim resolution and engineering practices. I have testified on civil engineering practices and construction defects.

 

Nevada Construction Management, Claims Expert #37202

I have 35 years of experience, and specialize in the field of construction with specific knowledge in the areas of estimating, project management and scheduling. I have published on such topics as estimating. I have testified on delays, scope of work changes and project costs.

 

Florida Construction Management Expert #39041

I have 40 years of experience and specialize in the field of construction, with specific knowledge of general contracting, cost estimating and construction management. I have published on such topics as insurance coverage, defect scope, and repair and construction methodologies. I have testified 70 times on topics such as scheduling, construction management and construction defects.

 

California Construction Management Expert #39280

I have 30 years of experience, and specialize in the field of construction management with specific knowledge in the areas of commercial construction, water intrusion through building components, and concrete and carpentry. I have testified 20 times on topics such as cost of repair, standard of care, and exterior insulation finishing systems (EIFS).

 

Washington Construction Management Expert #40700

I have 30 years of experience and specialize in the field of construction management, with specific knowledge of cost analysis, schedule analysis and general conditions. I have published on such topics as cost of general conditions, change order contract clauses and trending for tracking cost changes during the design process. I have testified on schedule analysis and costs.

 

Construction Management Expert #44729

I have 27 years of experience, and specialize in the field of construction with specific knowledge in the areas of construction management, project procurement and leadership. I have published on such topics as procurement, innovation and leadership in projects. Lead the development of the first sustainability report for a public body in Abu Dhabi.

 

California Construction Management Expert #49014

I have 40 years of experience and specialize in the field of construction management with specific knowledge in the areas of code compliance, safety codes and systems technology. I have published on such topics as risk management for architects and contractors, continuing education and standard of care for contractors. I have testified 25 times on topics such as job site safety, code compliance and industry standards.

 

New York Construction Management Expert #49086

I have 24 years of experience, and specialize in the field of architecture with specific knowledge in the areas of construction management and inspections, disaster damage and construction contract administration. I have published on such topics as natural disaster, business and roofing.

 

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Construction Management Workshops

A few of the courses and workshops led by our Construction Management experts:

  • Green Construction Project Management
  • Strategic Planning in Construction

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