Construction Management and Cost Consulting Professionals
Forensic Engineering
BTS Services and our associates specialize in providing Forensic Engineering and Construction Claims Services to help clients navigate the construction litigation process. While construction is complex, our experienced forensic engineer professional's understand client needs and objectives. We are focused and committed to excellence in each project while striving to exceed expectations. BTS Services is a full-service forensic construction claims consulting and design firm. BTS Services is comprised of highly experienced architecture, engineering, construction inspection and infrared thermography experts with over 30 years.
Building Evaluations: We work closely with attorneys, insurance companies, owners, and contractors to identify the causes of architectural, structural and building enclosure performance problems. The scope of our services include:
• Engineering analysis of buildings, structures and architectural components
• Construction compliance reviews and evaluation of as-built conditions
• Field investigation including visual surveys and invasive testing
• Clear and concise reports with photographic and detailed illustrations
• Evaluation of cause and extent of damage and determination of liability
• Preparation of remedial repair recommendations and costs of repair
• Review and analysis of drawings, specifications and construction documents
• Research current and past building code conformance
• Review manufacturer’s installation requirements and specifications
• Expert deposition and trial testimony
• Participation in settlement conferences, mediation, arbitration
• Graphic presentations illustrating analysis, deficiencies or repair concepts
Cost Estimation Services: Expert cost estimation is important to determine the most accurate costs during the construction process and is integral to establishing a strong, reliable cost estimate of damages during litigation. BTS expert architect and engineering cost estimators are equipped to prepare cost estimates and/or verify proposed construction costs at various stages throughout construction.
Delay Claims Services: Challenges in constructions inevitably arise and how we meet those challenges can make all the difference. Delay claims are among the most common types of demands made against parties to a construction project. BTS’s experienced experts will identify, analyze and prepare construction delay claims and disputes for a variety of projects. When constructions claims arise, our experienced experts help assess or validate entitlement and quantification of damages to resolve disputes in an effective, timely and efficient manner.
BTS Services specializes in analyzing, preparing and validating construction schedule delay and disruption claims whether the delays are related to design, procurement of materials, construction, labor forces, or a combination of these and other factors that influence the progress of the completion of the project. Our CPM scheduling and project controls experts are experienced in identifying, developing and mitigating schedule delays and disruptions as well as provide ongoing support to assess or validate a party’s entitlement or quantification of damages.
Throughout the duration of construction or after the start of beneficial occupancy, our experts will analyze project schedules, construction contracts and the parties’ performance to identify liability, quantify damages, and assist with requests for equitable adjustment or construction claims in a timely and cost-effective manner. An accurate baseline schedules and updated schedules are valuable resources for all parties’ as a shield and sword. BTS Services utilizes standard industry means and methods to identify, quantify and prepare schedule delay claims.
Dispute Resolution Services: With dispute resolution services, our experts will assist with construction disputes as they arise. BTS highly experienced construction experts will help keep projects on time and budget with better cost controls. According to the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, “(a) Dispute Board (DB) is a board of impartial professionals formed at the beginning of the project to follow construction progress, encourage dispute avoidance, and assist in the resolution of disputes for the duration of the project. Dispute Boards are commonly referred to as Dispute Resolution or Review Boards in the US, and Dispute Boards internationally, but may be referred to by a variety of terms such as Dispute Avoidance Board (DAB), Dispute Review Board (DRB), Dispute Review Panel (DRP), Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Board (DAAB), and many others. While they may be referred to in different ways, their function is essentially the same, which is to encourage dispute avoidance and to resolve disputes.” With our dispute resolution services, BTS experts will help settle disputes as they arise with agreed-upon neutral professionals to help streamline a complex and sometimes litigious process. BTS will gather a group of designers, construction, and legal professionals for the client to choose its Dispute Board for the next project.
Expert Witness: The testifying expert’s role is to is to help the trier of fact make sense of technical or complex scientific matters and explain how these complexities fit into the case at hand’s fact pattern. BTS’s team of experts are highly experienced in all facets of construction and work closely with attorneys, litigants and courts to help resolve all types of construction litigation disputes. BTS’s knowledge, experience, leadership and thorough analysis formulate the basis upon which our expert witnesses effectively testify in mediations, arbitrations, and court appearances. What makes us unique is our ability to help clients, attorneys, and the trier of fact understand complex construction issues by explaining scientific and technical issues in a clear and simple manner. We are a highly specialized firm who pays close attention to detail, timelines, budgets and operational constraints. Our testifying expert witnesses understand client needs and objectives, and are prepared to help clients navigate the complexities of the construction litigation process.