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Jack Westphal

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Highlights

Certified Public Accountant with 20 years of experience.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Specializes in the quantification and substantiation of construction costs.
Damages experience in multibillion-dollar processing facilities, high-rise construction, residential, power generation, maritime and defense, and transportation.
Experience in providing on-site project and cost control advisory services for large-scale construction projects.

Services

Construction Quantum | Environmental | Forensic Accounting

Industries

Expertise

Jack Westphal is a Certified Public Accountant with 20 years of experience. He has been appointed as a construction quantum expert on 17 occasions.

Jack has testified in state and federal courts and served as an expert in international arbitrations regarding complex construction, government, and environmental matters. He has authored multiple expert reports on disputes with values over $100 million.

Jack specializes in the quantification and substantiation of construction costs and damages. He has expertise in preparing and analyzing construction costs, environmental cost submissions, project cost audits, lost profits, and forensic investigations.

Background

Jack has a background in providing on-site project advisory services for large-scale construction projects and has led cost forecasting, weekly productivity analysis, and project cost controls for a multibillion-dollar copper mine mill expansion in the Southwestern United States. His industry experience includes construction, hospitality, maritime and shipbuilding, government contracts, power, real estate, agriculture, environmental remediation, education, airports and seaports, and manufacturing.

Jack holds a degree in finance and a certificate of post-baccalaureate studies in accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, and has delivered various presentations at industry conferences.