Material contrary evidence
What material information supports or challenges the proposed technical conclusions?
Expert witness
Repair
Construction repair analysis addressing documented conditions, repair alternatives, scope and supporting cost information.
Repair assignments may consider documented conditions, possible repair approaches and the cost information relevant to the questions presented.
The scope may concern condition, repair feasibility, quantities, pricing or a subset of those questions.
Inspections, photographs, construction documents, proposals and other records may inform the analysis.
Alternatives may differ in access, sequencing, materials, quantities and assumptions. Their relevance depends on the condition and project facts.
An assessment may distinguish restoration, changed scope and improvement through drawings, condition records, quantities, estimates and documented scope assumptions.
Oxley explains the basis and limitations of its technical findings. The analytical approach and conclusions depend on the assignment, the project facts, the available records and the contract.
Questions an assignment may address
In practice
- 01
Documented conditions
What conditions and supporting information are available for evaluation?
- 02
Repair alternatives
Which repair approaches relate to the assigned questions and available access?
- 03
Scope and cost
What supports quantities, resource assumptions and pricing?
- 04
Assumptions and limits
How do uncertainty and differences among alternatives affect interpretation?
Considerations and limitations
Questions and limitations to consider
Unexplained assumptions
What assumptions or reconstructions affect interpretation of the analysis?
Scope and explanation
How do the technical findings relate to the actual questions and limits of the assignment?
Repair
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- TerminationOpinion on the circumstances and consequences of a termination.
- EstimatingTechnical estimating analysis addressing scope, quantities, pricing and assumptions.
- RepairConstruction repair analysis addressing documented conditions, repair alternatives, scope and supporting cost information.
- Completion CostsTechnical analysis of remaining work and construction completion costs.
- Estimating
- Repair
- Completion Costs
- Construction DefectsOpinion on the existence, cause and cost of remedy of alleged defects.
- Construction Industry StandardsConstruction-practice opinions grounded in the project facts and records.
- Construction Contract AdministrationOpinions on day-to-day administration of contracts and subcontracts from a contractor project manager’s perspective.
- Delay DamagesTechnical analysis of delay-related costs, supporting records and assumptions.
- Contractor, Owner & Subcontractor Damages CalculationsDamages quantification for different roles in the contractual chain.
- Forensic Construction AccountingTracing claimed cost back through the books to what was actually spent.
- Property Damage Expert OpinionsOpinion on first-party windstorm, hurricane and water losses: scope, repair and cost.