Construction Claims: A Quantitative Approach
James J. Adrian, Ph.D., PE, CPA


Owing to uncertain events and the complexity of the construction process, change orders, disputes, and claims are common place for the construction project.  Often these change orders, disputes, and claims evole into large dollar issue; large enough to jeopardize the going concern of a firm.  The resolution of a change order, dispute, or claim involves both a liability or legal argument and the a financial damage issue.  This book focuses on the preparation of the financial damages for a change order, dispute, or claim.  Included are the quantification of lost productivity, determination of the equipment cost component of  a dispute, and the quantification of the company overhead cost component.  The book reflects over twenty years of experience in arbitrating disputes and claims, mediating disputes and claims, and serving as an productivity and financial expert in arbitration and litigation.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1:  Construction Claims: Frequency and Reasons
  • Chapter 2:  Types of Construction Claims
  • Chapter 3:  Types of Claim Cost Components and Types of Claims
  • Chapter 4:  Quantifying Lost Productivity for a Claim
  • Chapter 5:  Productivity and the Ability to do Work
  • Chapter 6:  Productivity and Environmental Factors
  • Chapter 7:  Measuring Lost Productivity Using Scientific Methods
  • Chapter 8:  Construction Equipment and Claims
  • Chapter 9:  Company Overhead or Home Office Costs and Claims
  • Chapter 10: Project Planning and Scheduling and Claims
  • Chapter 11:Evaluating the Estimating and Cost Control Practices
  • Chapter 12: Record Keeping and Claims
  • Chapter 13: Project Owner's Prevention and Defense Against a Claim
  • Chapter 14: Summary Checklists for Prevention and Preparing a Claim

$39.95 Sofcover, 306 pp.  1993
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