Construction Claim
Hect combines knowledge and experience to proactively and reactively analyze contracts, establishing the cause and effect relation and formulating a solid and consistent opinion regarding the discrepancy of the scope, deadline and price, as well as the pathologies identified in the products.
Hect professionals are experts in scheduling forensic delay analysis. Hect has extensive experience preparing and analyzing as-planned progress, as-built schedules, determination and later evaluation of the project critical path, and allocation of the project delays.
Hect's analysis consists of an objective assessment, identifying critical delays, segregating the project impacts, and providing clients with an objective opinion regarding project delays, including the client's potential liability.
Over the years, Hect has performed many project cost reviews to identify the project's projected budget deviations. Among the most common are overhead and resource utilization compared with the project planned resource structure.
Our professionals have experience in the pricing of overrun of the direct cost, jobsite overhead, calculation of home office overhead, cost of escalation, equipment and manpower overrun, pricing project changes, determination, and pricing loss of productivity.
Loss of Productivity Analysis There is no question that loss of productivity is one, if not the most challenging, damages to assess. As we call it, the silent killer could result in delays and, most notably, the increasing cost of manpower.
Over the years, we have analyzed and testified in litigation procedures the impact caused by the loss of productivity. Our knowledge on the subject derives from years of study of court and board decisions related to the topic, tens of loss of productivity calculations, and our construction projects' experience.
Hect experts have, over the years, rendered expert testimony on construction projects worldwide. Hect's experts have testified in matters related to scheduling forensic analysis, quantum calculation, and loss of productivity in various legal venues including, but not limited to Permanent Court of Arbitration, ICC Arbitrations, Brasil-Canada Chamber, Center of Arbitration and Mediation of Santiago, and U.S. Courts.
While our purpose is to avoid disputes or achieve early dispute resolution, in some instances, some projects end in litigation procedures such as arbitrations and trials. In those cases, Hect offers substantial litigation support. We have extensive experience working with counsel in all phases of the litigation process.
Hect firmly believes that a complex case could be presented in a simple manner. In that regard, our graphic representation of our findings helps us to convey the most difficult Topics effectively.
