Expert Witness Archives

24 Jan Inflation Drivers and How They Affect Your Project

Posted at 19:06h in Budgeting, Business, Construction, COVID-19, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economic Injury, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, Global Construction Projects, inflation, International Business, Labor, Leadership, material pricing, News, Project Management, Project Management Services, Staffing, Uncategorized, Warning Signs, work force

My estimating background has trained me to look for indicators that will predict the future cost for the design and construction of a construction project. Over the 50 plus years in the construction business, I have researched those trends and have developed leading indicators that...

30 Mar INFLATION PRESSURES

Posted at 19:29h in Arbitration, Budgeting, Business, Construction, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Expert Witness, Labor, Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Tariffs, Uncategorized, Warning Signs

In Georgia, many things are returning to normal. For example, weekend traffic on the roads is back and close to the congested experience prior to the pandemic. Comments about workday traffic include similar observations. The expected impact will be an increase in the truck traffic...

16 Oct Building During a Pandemic

Posted at 15:21h in Budgeting, Construction, COVID-19, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, Global Construction Projects, Labor, Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Uncategorized

The construction estimator’s role is to quantify the project work and assess the cost. Often this task includes a projection of the future anticipated cost. To accurately project future costs, I have relied on leading indicators that help guide the estimate projections plus future construction...

09 Sep Built to Last – Secrets for Building a Lasting Consulting Business

Posted at 15:00h in Business, Construction, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, HotelExecutive.com, Leadership, News

The Windy City isn’t among the easiest places to manage a major construction project, what with its oftentimes confusing politics and—more recently—the perfect storm of COVID-19 and mass protests that have brought so much business to a standstill. Such obstacles notwithstanding, the latest addition to Hilton's...

17 Feb Success Doesn’t Just Happen…it requires a plan.

Posted at 16:34h in Budgeting, Business, Communication, Construction, Development Solutions, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Expert Witness, Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Services, Uncategorized, Warning Signs

I have worked with some great developers creating iconic destinations, gaming resorts, plus massive complicated structures, such as airports, biocontainment labs, and hospitals just to name a few. Every one of these projects started with a financial and general building program outlining the services...

17 Dec Ten Warning Signs A Project Is In Trouble and What To Do About It

Posted at 14:10h in Budgeting, Business, Communication, Construction, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, Global Construction Projects, Labor, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Staffing, Uncategorized, Warning Signs

Construction Industry has been extremely active stretching the resources of the contractor and designer’s staffs. One common cause of project disputes is that the industry attempts to put a “B” team on a project that requires the “A” team. This often results in project difficulties or worse - disputes. The...

10 Jul Expert Witnesses Must Communicate Clearly

Posted at 22:50h in Arbitration, Construction, DRB, Expert Witness, Leadership, Uncategorized

Expert Witnesses must be able to communicate clearly. Experts are retained to make the difficult simple. Communicating their findings in a clear and straight forward manner is important. The secret for any Expert Witness is “how long” will the Judge, Jury or Arbitrators remember what...

10 Apr Expert Witness: The Secret To Avoiding The Courtroom

Posted at 13:11h in Business, Construction, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, Expert Witness, Project Management

Learning from other's mistakes is often a valuable experience; as an Expert Witness we utilize this knowledge to guide our clients. Retaining a Project Management Consultant for a development program enables the developer to benefit from a broad range of experience learned from other projects. As...

10 Nov Forensic Construction Consultant

Posted at 17:09h in DRB, Expert Witness, Project Management

Mr. Boyken serves as a forensic construction consultant providing expert witness testimony, cost analysis, construction claims analysis and document review for construction dispute resolution involving damage calculations, delay analysis, resolution of unresolved change orders, defective workmanship and related damages. Since 1970, Mr. Boyken has been part...