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Bob Groves

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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 Arbitration

Industries

With a background in schedule and cost engineering, Bob Groves specialises in evaluating delays and cost overruns on major construction and manufacturing programmes. His work spans construction projects in sectors such as aerospace and shipbuilding, where he provides expert testimony and settlement proposals in high-stakes disputes.
Lexology Index - US Thought Leader - Construction

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 has spent more than four decades helping parties resolve complex construction disputes through expert evidence on delay, accounting, quantum and contract matters. His prior background as a project schedule and cost engineer gives him a practical understanding of how projects unfold, which he applies across industries including construction, aerospace and shipbuilding.

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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.