Expert profile
Highlights
- Civil engineer with over 20 years of experience.
- Qualified as a credible expert witness and has supported named experts in domestic and international arbitrations.
- Expertise in delay and disruption analysis.
- Experience across various industries.
- Fluent in English, Hindi, and Telugu.
Industries
Buildings | Industrial & Manufacturing | Transportation Infrastructure | Healthcare & Life Sciences | Marine & Shipping | Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities | Real Estate & Tourism | Technology, Media & Telecoms
Expertise
Deviprasad Pentapati is a civil engineer with over 20 years of experience. He has been appointed as a technical expert and has been an assistant to the named expert on 15 occasions.
Deviprasad has supported with domestic and international arbitrations in federal and state court proceedings. He has assisted on matters in various alternative disputes resolution forums and authored expert reports on disputes with values of up to $1 billion.
Deviprasad specializes in critical path method scheduling, delay and disruption analysis, assessment of damages, analyzing productivity and inefficiencies, risk management, cost tracking and cashflow forecast, and change management. He has assisted clients on complex domestic and international disputes and has evaluated claims ranging from $5 million to $1 billion on disputed projects relating to light rail, transportation, power, buildings, pipelines, LNG plants, and chemicals.
Background
Deviprasad has held roles on projects as a program controls director, senior project controls manager, senior scheduler, and a senior claims specialist. His industry experience includes airports, data centers and technology, transportation and infrastructure, grade separations, power plants, high-rise residential, commercial and mixed-use buildings, oil and gas infrastructure (refineries, pipelines), correctional facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants, wind farms, chemical and LNG plants.
Deviprasad is a professional engineer, a certified construction manager, a project management professional, a planning and scheduling professional, a risk management professional, and a certified occupational safety and health administration professional. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, the Project Management Institute, and an active participant at the Design-Build Institute of America.
Qualifications
MS Civil Engineering
BS Civil Engineering
PE (CA and TX)
CCM
PMP
PSP
RMP
OSHA-Certified Professional
Professional Memberships
MAACEi, MPMI, MDBIA
Contact Deviprasad
Email: DeviprasadPentapati@hka.com
Tel: +1 713 396 1531
Location:
1800 West Loop South
Suite 2175
Houston, TX 77027