This construction professional serves as an expert witness with over 30 years of experience in commercial and industrial construction, supported by more than 40 years of overall involvement in project execution, estimating, and construction management. Their background includes work across government, healthcare, education, retail, restaurant, warehouse, transportation, flood control, airfield, and civil construction projects, including new construction, renovations, design/build, design-assist, and hard bid delivery methods. The expert has provided consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony for more than 20 years in disputes involving construction practices, cost evaluation, and project performance.

Their expertise centers on construction estimating, inspections, contract administration, construction management, scheduling, and value engineering, with experience completing thousands of projects nationwide as an estimator and project manager. Work includes preparation and evaluation of cost estimates across all CSI divisions, analysis of change orders, contract terms, and project documentation, as well as cost control, purchasing, and proposal development. Case-related analysis has addressed construction defects, defective workmanship, overbilling claims, scope-of-work disputes, and cost-of-cure determinations, supported by detailed professional reports, rebuttal opinions, and documented deposition and trial testimony in construction-related matters.

Project experience extends to federal, state, municipal, and private construction programs, including work associated with DoD, USACE, NAVFAC, GSA, and other agencies, as well as projects involving healthcare facilities, laboratories, dormitories, offices, libraries, fuel facilities, parking garages, rail, and residential developments. Their work incorporates value engineering workshops, conceptual through detailed estimating, and application of industry cost data, including R.S. Means, in evaluating project costs and construction claims. The expert has also contributed to construction estimating education through authorship of instructional materials for the American Society of Professional Estimators Estimating Academy and has received national recognition from that organization for estimating and project work.

Professional credentials include Certified Professional Estimator through the American Society of Professional Estimators, Certified Value Methodology Associate through SAVE International, Certified Construction Consultant, Certified Construction Project Manager, Certified Construction Inspector through the Association of Construction Inspectors, and Certified Quality Control Manager through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and NAVFAC. The expert holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Science and has been involved with organizations including the American Society of Professional Estimators, AACE International, and SAVE International.