Drawing on more than 35 years of experience in construction management and civil engineering, this expert specializes in construction standard of care, construction scheduling, schedule disruption, delay and acceleration, labor productivity, project planning and control systems, construction defects, engineering management, construction safety, personal injury, subcontract administration, cost analysis, design management, and construction-related disputes. His experience spans engineering, construction, technology, petrochemical, military, manufacturing, education, transportation, water and wastewater, and process facility projects. He has more than 20 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving construction management, scheduling, labor productivity, standard of care, and construction claims.

His professional background includes serving as Senior Consultant and operating an independent international construction consulting practice, Professor of Construction Management at a public research university, Assistant and Associate Professor at a research university, Project Engineer and Estimator for a construction contractor, Systems Analysis Team Leader for a healthcare organization, and Project Engineer for an engineering consulting firm. Throughout these roles, he has advised attorneys and project stakeholders on construction litigation, labor productivity, cumulative change impacts, delay analysis, acceleration, breach of contract, engineering design issues, cost estimating, project controls, scheduling, subcontract administration, and construction management. His work has included assignments involving hospitals, highways, bridges, schools, transit systems, water and wastewater facilities, power plants, process plants, military facilities, and major public infrastructure projects.

In addition to his consulting practice, he has conducted research on construction change, labor productivity, scheduling, and project controls, including an award-winning study examining the effects of construction changes on labor productivity. He has authored more than 180 papers published in scholarly journals, books, and magazines and has extensive experience in trial, arbitration, mediation, and construction management education. His qualifications include a Ph.D. in Construction Management/Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering/Construction Management, certification as a Dispute Review Board (DRB) Mediator and American Arbitration Association (AAA) Arbitrator, and leadership roles with the Project Management Institute College of Scheduling, the Berkeley Roundtable for International Construction Studies (BRICS), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Project Controls Committee.