Construction Quantum Archives – Page 4 of 10

Syed Ali

Syed Ali is a Civil Engineer with over 15 years of industry experience. He has been appointed as a delay and quantum expert on multiple occasions.

Syed Ali is a top arbitration expert witness renowned for his extensive experience in complex delay and quantum issues. He is lauded by peers and clients for his “excellent technical and strong analytical skills.”

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Syed has acted as lead expert in litigation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution as well as assisting the named expert in numerous arbitrations and mediations. He has worked on a variety of complex delay and quantum issues, authored expert reports, and undertaken rebuttals to opposing experts, for projects with disputed values of up to $20 million.

Syed has vast experience in schedule management and monitoring, and in development and implementation of project control plans. He has developed and maintained integrated baseline schedules, recovery schedules, and acceleration programs on major projects in infrastructure, oil and gas, marine, power generation, transportation, buildings, wastewater, and industrial plants for projects of up to $5 billion.

Syed also specialises in cost analysis, performance measurement, and productivity analysis, including earned value management. He delivers expert reports on complex delay analysis, delay damages assessment, change orders analyses, disruption analysis, and schedule assessments.

Syed is a Project Management Professional, Planning and Scheduling Professional, and Certified Cost Professional, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Society of Construction Law, and the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. He holds a master’s in construction law and arbitration.

Syed provides a thorough and impartial analysis that adds significant value to construction claims. He is a reliable expert in forensic scheduling. Syed is timely, accurate, and a pleasure to work with.

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Alan Wakim

Alan Wakim is a Civil Engineer and Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 10 years of experience. He has been appointed as a quantum expert and assisted the named expert on several occasions.

Alan has acted as an expert for matters in both local and international arbitration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has provided expert opinion for a variety of quantum related matters on disputed infrastructure, industrial and power projects with values of up to $200 million.

Alan’s experience includes on-site contracting, cost management, and claims preparation roles on complex infrastructure projects such as rail, airports, and high‐rise towers. His involvement has ranged from preparing and assessing change orders, analysing cost reports, and identifying and preparing construction claims.

Alan specialises in performing quantum analyses on large-scale construction disputes. This includes calculating loss of productivity and disruption, and prolongation costs for large data sets often working with complex data and to difficult deadlines.

Alan holds a bachelor’s in civil engineering and a master’s in quantity surveying. He is a member and registered expert witness of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is bi-lingual in English and Arabic.

Jeff Lounsberry

Jeff Lounsberry has 25 years of experience in the construction industry. He has been retained as an expert on numerous occasions.

Jeff has advised clients as they progress through settlement negotiations, provided arbitration and trial testimony, and presented and otherwise participated in numerous mediations. He prioritizes client service and responsiveness.

Jeff is widely experienced in commercial and contractual matters, from job cost reports and bid analysis to cost overruns regarding labor and equipment matters. He has worked on projects ranging from transport infrastructure and buildings to wastewater treatment plants and manufacturing facilities.

Jeff specializes in the analysis of lost labor productivity, delay and disruption, extended job site and home office overhead, and equipment standby. He has performed project audits of cost-plus contracts with a guaranteed maximum price, as well as fixed-price contracts.

Jeff is a Certified Management Accountant and Certified Construction Auditor and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and the National Association of Construction Auditors.

Charles Wilsoncroft

Charles Wilsoncroft is a Chartered Civil Engineer with more than 20 years of construction industry experience. He has been appointed as an expert in both quantum and delay matters.

Charles has acted as expert numerous times and assisted the named expert in various major disputes in litigation, arbitration, adjudication, and regarding mediation, conciliation, and negotiated settlements in the UK and overseas. He has managed complex adjudications representing both referring and responding parties and assists counsel in the handling of lay witness evidence and preparation of cross-examination questions.

Charles’ background includes main contractor and public sector client experience. He has been involved in procurement, contract training, project management, contract and claims management, dispute resolution, and final account settlement. He has predominantly worked on civil and marine engineering including maritime works, dredging and structures including offshore wind (fixed and floating), marine transport infrastructure, subsea cables, FPSO mooring & hook up, platform decommissioning and salvage. He has also amassed significant experience in heavy engineering, infrastructure (highways, rail, pipelines, bridges, water treatment) and buildings (steel framed, RC frame).

Charles specialises in disputed matters regarding liability, delay and disruption, and contract valuation. He has in-depth knowledge of risks related to ground conditions, numerous interacting contractors, complex design changes, major supply issues, and weather affects alongside practical knowledge of numerous standard forms of contract (including NEC, ICC, FIDIC, ICE, LOGIC and BIMCO).

Charles is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He holds a master’s degree in construction law and arbitration and has been a member of various international industry sector bodies, including committees in the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Central Dredging Association. He has also written a variety of articles and papers and regularly presents training, both publicly and in-house.

Stephanie Raizon

Stephanie Raizon is a forensic accountant with over 10 years of experience. She has assisted the named expert on numerous occasions.

Stephanie has performed damages analyses for increased costs and lost profits and has assisted in preparing expert reports and subsequent testimony in various matters. She has experience in litigation (including Court of Federal Claims and state and district courts), arbitration, mediation, and bid protests before the Government Accountability Office.

Stephanie is experienced in increased costs, False Claims Act allegations, contract terminations, and compliance issues, including analysis and review of indirect rates, preparing incurred cost submissions, and responding to DCAA audit requests and reports for government contractors. She has assisted nuclear utilities with spent fuel litigation and settlements, various decommissioning cost analyses, the preparation of regulatory filings, and preparing for hearings before the Public Utility Commission.

Stephanie specializes in accounting and financial analyses related to US government contractors and utilities, including but not limited to False Claims Act investigations, big protests and cost damages analyses. She has experience with government contract compliance matters related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).

Stephanie holds a bachelor’s in finance and accounting and is a Certified Management Accountant. She is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA).

Geoffroy Bertrand

Geoffroy Bertrand is a professional engineer with more than eight years of experience in the construction industry. He has been retained as a delay and quantum expert on numerous occasions.

Geoffroy has provided independent assessment and expert reports for disputed projects, ranging from major infrastructure to a wide variety of building uses, in arbitration and litigation proceedings. He has acted as expert and as assistant to the named expert for disputed values of up CAD$370 million and for projects with values of up to CAD$1.2 billion.

Prior to working as a consultant, Geoffroy was responsible for the project management of various civil engineering projects in paving, rehabilitation of underground infrastructure, buildings, excavation, and earthworks for a general contractor. He has negotiated the procurement of projects, ensured full supervision, and coordinated all stages of construction (including cost and schedule management and change management) on complex projects.

Geoffroy specialises in disputes related to changes, delays, loss of productivity, and quantification of damages. He also provides advisory and expert support for a variety of clients preparing and defending construction claims.

Geoffroy is a member of Quebec’s Order of Engineers (Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec) and the Project Management Institute. He speaks at industry conferences about construction dispute resolution and project management and is fluent in English and French.

Seyran Celik

Seyran Celik is a civil engineer with more than 15 years of industry experience. She has been appointed as an expert in delay, quantum and technical matters.

Seyran Celik is renowned for her expertise in delay and quantum matters in high-stakes and global projects. She is regularly sought after to provide reports for international arbitration and litigation proceedings, with sources saying, “Seyran’s analysis is well thought out and presented in a way that is easy to understand.”

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Seyran has undertaken expert analysis, written expert reports and assisted the named expert for disputed projects with values of up to $1 billion. She has provided expert services for international arbitration, litigation and mediation and has delivered sworn testimony at deposition.

Seyran has significant project management and design experience as a geotechnical engineer. She has provided services relating to preconstruction phase feasibility studies, damage studies, remediation solutions, subsurface investigations, and environmental assessments. Her international work consists of government contracts and embassy work, defense and military, transportation, infrastructure, healthcare, education, wastewater, and commercial high-rises.

Seyran’s expertise includes analysis of shallow and deep foundations, slope stabilization, ground improvement, and roadways. She has been retained as a delay and disruption professional by local and international contractors, owners, architecture and engineering firms, and law firms. She has also assisted internationally acclaimed delay and quantum experts on multibillion dollar oil and gas, power, transportation and commercial projects across Australia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Seyran is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers, the Project Management Institute, the American Bar Association, Arbitral Women, and the Society of Construction Law. She currently serves as president of the AACE Greater Miami Chapter, committee chair of the HKA Americas Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative, and regional director for the Society of Construction Law Florida Chapter.

Seyran’s analysis is well thought out and presented in a way that is easy to understand. She is organized and performs very well under pressure.

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Bob Groves

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 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.

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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 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’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.

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.

Bob is an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University’s School of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he teaches a graduate class on construction claims analysis and resolution, including the topics of construction accounting and cost overruns, schedule delay analysis, claim preparation and alternative dispute resolution. He has also lectured to corporations, public agencies, law firms, and industry groups on topics including project scheduling, construction cost overruns, schedule delay analysis and contract claims.

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.

Lexology Index – Consulting Experts – Construction – Quantum Delay and Technical

Douglas Rapp

Douglas Rapp is a forensic accountant with more than 35 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert on more than 40 occasions.

Douglas has testified in state court and in arbitration hearings regarding accounting and damages issues. He has also made presentations and consulted with clients in various alternative dispute resolution (ADR) forums, including mediation and non-binding arbitration.

Douglas has provided consulting services for owners, contractors, architects, engineers, sureties, financial institutions, and counsel on many commercial and public contract matters. He has performed detailed reviews of contractors’ billings pursuant to audit clauses in cost-reimbursable contracts, conducted pre-award evaluations of contractors’ accounting systems, advised clients on contract language addressing cost and accounting issues in cost-reimbursable contracts, and consulted with clients on contract change order language and pricing.

Douglas’ expertise includes the analysis and assessment of the cost and pricing aspects of formal and constructive changes, lost productivity, delay damages, contract terminations, and differing site conditions on construction projects. He has also assisted counsel and client companies with fact-finding and damages analysis on a wide range of other engagements including dealer and distributor terminations, partnership accounting disputes, professional liability investigations, public utility matters, product liability actions, and troubled loan workouts.

Douglas is a certified public accountant (California) and is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Construction Financial Management Association. He has delivered lectures on claims pricing and damages analysis to attorneys, owners, engineers, and contractors.

Brian Hammer

Brian Hammer has more than 35 years of economic, accounting, financial and damages experience. He has been appointed as an expert on numerous occasions.

Brian has testified in state and federal courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, arbitrations, and depositions. He has participated in mediations, settlement negotiations and other proceedings presenting expert analysis and developing alternative methods to resolve disputes.

Brian is a widely experienced consultant, supporting clients regarding finance, accounting, economics, damages, and data management and analysis issues in disputes and general business consulting matters. He has prepared or critiqued damages claims for lost profits, increased costs, business value, and royalties.

Brian has extensive experience in government contracts including claims, REA’s, terminations, overhead rate reviews, cost impact proposals, false claims, and regulatory compliance. His construction expertise ranges from analysis of delay and disruption costs to change orders, contract issues, reimbursability of costs and increased cost claims.

Brian holds a master’s in business administration (concentrations in finance and accounting) and a degree in economics and business.

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