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The following are key CPM Experts and Professionals available for your assignment.:





 
Andrew Civitello, Jr., President

Nationally recognized project management specialist and construction claims consultant, Mr. Civitello is skilled in the areas of construction contract management, claims entitlement and valuation, CPM scheduling, delay and interference analysis, productivity analysis, claim presentation and defense.

A veteran constructor, his clients include owners, contractors, design professionals and attorneys on a wide range of public, institutional and private projects throughout the United States and the Caribbean. He has extensive experience in the areas of job cost, estimating & bidding, scheduling, subvendor coordination, changes management and dispute resolution.

Mr. Civitello has been an advocate and expert on construction claims ranging to $70 million, an active panelist for the American Arbitration Association on construction cases ranging to $6 million and is a qualified expert witness in his fields of expertise in litigation, arbitration and mediation venues.

He is the the author of best selling construction books with McGraw-Hill, Prentice-Hall, Simon & Schuster, and M.E. Sharpe including The Construction Operations Manuel of Policies and Procedures, The Construction Manager, Complete Contracting, Contractor's Guide to Change Orders, The Builder's and Contractor's Yearbook, Construction Scheduling Simplified, and the Construction Safety & Loss Control Program Manual, and is an advisor to those publishers on books by other authors.

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Anthony Civitello, Vice President

Construction project management and corporate administration specialist. Experienced general contractor, construction manager and real estate developer of commercial, industrial, institutional & residential projects in the various public & private sectors of the United States . Provided services on new & renovation projects in over $100,000,000 of aggregate costs.

Directly responsible for construction claims work and expert witness testimony pertaining to new & renovation projects of residential, commercial & institutional types in public and private sectors. Represented owners, developers, contractors, landlords, tenants, home owners associations, and loss adjusters. Typical assignments pertain to assessment of job delays and related damages, cost and damages valuation, change order & backcharge assessment, evaluation of work scope responsibility, scheduling analysis, project cash flow and contractor payment evaluations, job cost assessments, loss of use calculations, payroll compliance reviews, and bonding matters related to financial statement billings, WIP statements, and percentage of completion reporting.

Experience also includes project feasibility studies, cash flow and p & l statements, debt and equity funding structure & management, land aquisition, project design, zoning, permit and local approvals, sales & marketing, organizing construction and construction management activities, maintaining accounting, legal and administrative controls and seeing projects through closeout.

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Javier Irizarry PhD (Civil Engineering) - Senior Associate

Registered civil engineer in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Dr. Irizarry also serves as Assistant Professor at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia in the Construction Management Department.

Dr. Irizarry is experienced in CPM Scheduling development, updating maintenance and analysis, recovery schedule development, schedule delay analysis, productivity analysis, conceptual cost estimating, change order management, budgeting and cash flow projection, payment application management and safety compliance evaluation. His experiences span public infrastructure and private development projects totaling over $400 million. Project types include schools, water treatment plants, athletic facilities, codominiums, parking garages, waterways improvements, airport facilities site development, roads, bridges, and passenger rail systems.

Dr.Irizarry is the author of several articles presented at national and international conferences including: "Analysis of Safety Issues in Trenching Operations," "Excavation and Trenching Safety: Existing Standards and Challenges," and " Trench-Related Fatalities in Construction; An Analysis of Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Records". Co-author of Chapter 26 of Construction Safety Safety Management Systems; "Trenching Accidents and Fatalities: Identifying Causes and Implementing Changes" (Spon Press)

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Tony Cummings, AIA, CSI - Senior Associate

Licensed architect (N.C.A.R.B. Certified) in Connecticut, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia (Florida, Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Texas - reactivated as necessary).

Specialist in the investigation and analysis of construction disputes. Experienced forensic analyst performing services on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants including code review and conformance, failure analysis of building systems and components, material and workmanship evaluations, standard of care for design professionals and contractors, CPM schedule analysis, and suitability of plans and specifications.

Experienced in contractor quality control oversight services for clients including the Washington Naval / Yard, Naval Research Center and NASA-Goddard Space Command and the Naval Research Laboratory. Former head of estimating and supervisor of contract administration and quality control representative for two international construction companies specializing in Department of Defense construction.

Deposition and expert testimony experience in venues including federal and state arbitration and mediation and before the Armed Services Board of Contractor Appeal.

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Ronald A. Ford, AIA - Senior Associate

Licensed architect with over 25 years experience in the design profession, providing services, in the capacity of vice president, with two internationally recognized architectural firms. Responsible for design and design management services ranging from document preparation to full on-site construction administration on projects of varying scale and complexity.

Skilled in the areas of project management, document control, risk management, CPM scheduling, construction contract management, defective construction analysis, construction claims, schedule delay/impact/acceleration analysis, job cost analysis, claim issue identification, claim documentation, cost analysis, and preparation of demonstrative evidence. Expert witness in matters relating to architectural performance.

Project design and construction administration experience includes office buildings, educational facilities, detention facilities, retail, hotels, large custom homes, and government buildings with construction costs up to $60 million individually. Projects are located in various parts of the United States.

Extensive experience with post occupancy work, including forensic analysis, warranty review and code compliance studies. Clients include the General Services Administration of the United States government, as well as many private sector owners.

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