Expert profile
Highlights
- Over 35 years of experience in Construction and Government Contract matters.
- Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University’s School of Engineering.
- Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination in state and federal courts and arbitrations.
- Expertise in the analysis of critical path delays, labor productivity, cost overruns, and damages.
- Acts as an expert regarding scheduling, accounting, and program management matters in the construction, aerospace and shipbuilding industries.
Services
Construction Delay & Disruption | Construction Quantum | Commercial Litigation | International ArbitrationIndustries
Buildings | Industrial & Manufacturing | Transportation Infrastructure | Aerospace & Defense | Marine & Shipping | Mining & Metals | Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities | Real Estate & Tourism
Bob Groves is a sterling expert who comes highly recommended for his first-rate practice, providing scheduling and delay analysis in major construction and infrastructure projects.
Lexology Index - Construction - Thought Leader
Expertise
Bob Groves has over 35 years of experience in the construction, aerospace and shipbuilding industries. He has been retained as an expert regarding engineering, program management, scheduling, accounting and contract matters on numerous occasions.
Bob has testified in state and federal civil courts, in regulatory proceedings, and in arbitrations as well as participating in mediations and settlement negotiations. His testimony has covered critical path method (CPM) scheduling, delay analysis, construction accounting and damages analysis.
Bob’s consulting expertise includes the evaluation of schedule delays and cost overruns on construction and manufacturing programs, and the preparation and evaluation of contract claims. He has also performed fraud and false claims investigations and prepared settlement proposals related to contract terminations.
Professional recognition
Lexology Index
Construction – Thought Leader
USA – Construction – Thought Leader
Bob Groves is a highly skilled construction expert celebrated for his specialist understanding of engineering, accounting and contract matters owing to over 35 years of experience in the industry.
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Background
Bob has a background with an international construction company as a schedule and cost engineer developing, implementing, and updating schedules and cost budgets for commercial, industrial and infrastructure construction projects. He has prepared cost estimates for negotiated and competitive bid projects and served as a project engineer with responsibility for coordinating subcontract work and contract administration.
Bob is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Project Management Institute, the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, the Construction Financial Management Association and the American Bar Association. Prior to joining HKA, Bob was a Vice President with TM Financial Forensics; a Managing Director at Navigant Consulting; a Vice President at Tucker Alan Inc.; and a Principal at Peterson Consulting. Bob also worked at Dillingham Construction.
Qualifications
BS Civil Engineering
Professional Memberships
ASCE, PMI, AACE, CFMA, ABA
Contact Bob
Email: bobgroves@hka.com
Tel: +1 415 793 4040
Location:
One Letterman Drive,
Building D, Suite P100
San Francisco, CA 94129