Construction Management

Construction disputes can turn on how a project was planned, coordinated, documented, and controlled, not just how the physical work was performed. A construction management expert witness may examine schedules, meeting minutes, RFIs, submittals, change logs, progress reports, contracts, correspondence, cost-control records, and other project documentation to evaluate how the project was administered and how management procedures operated in practice.

The analysis may involve project coordination, scope administration, progress tracking, change management, schedule and cost controls, communication, or document management. By comparing documented project requirements and assigned management functions with contemporaneous records, the expert can help counsel understand how responsibilities were organized and performed, identify where communication or project controls may have broken down, and evaluate whether the management practices at issue were consistent with relevant project requirements and recognized construction-management practices.