WHAT I DO
Sometimes construction, zoning or real estate situations go bad. When this happens, I seek the simplest solution at the lowest cost.
I work with Realtors, Attorneys, Buyers, Owners, Builders and Insurance Companies. It starts with asking: "What is really going on? How to sort things out?"
To uncover the truth, I analyze physical, contractual and regulatory issues. The evidence that I uncover leads to detailed reports, strategies and expert opinions.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
- $120 million experience, public and private, commercial and residential
- 44 years successful owner and manager of general contracting companies.
- Land acquisition, subdivision, design, budget, finance, bids, scheduling
- Track record with owners, buyers, sellers, contractors, attorneys engineers, architects, insurance companies, inspectors, regulators
EXPERIENCE
- Saved Real Estate deals by critiquing home inspection reports
- Documented insurance and construction claims and value engineering proposals
- Revealed the underlying causes of construction defects
- Designed, built or managed 58 commercial and 64 residential projects
- Prepared hundreds of construction bids and claims for extra work
- Chaired a municipal Planning Commission for seven years
- Licensed Realtor for 4 years working with buyers and sellers
- Resolved complex construction disputes
- Evaluated and challenged engineering reports
- Expert witness in administrative and judicial courts
- Developed Army Corps of Engineers invitational design-build projects
- One of seven speakers at an Office of Management and Budget conference
- Litigation support for landmark Federal contracting case, Pevar vs Evans
- Documented and won a Federal FAR-50 claim and a GAO dispute
- Created a utility patent for handicap access combining ramps and split levels
- Lobbied successfully for a Federal law that mandates value engineering and incentivizes better management.
EDUCATION
BA, MA and all but Dissertation for PhD in Analytical Philosophy