Construction Damages

Construction disputes are often complex, accounting intensive, and generate an extraordinary number of supporting documents. Our economic consulting staff at Hampton IP focus only on relevant issues and documents. We don’t need to look under every stone to calculate economic impacts. A focus on key issues and documents saves time, and in most cases makes for a clearer more persuasive presentation of the facts. Our knowledge and experience saves our clients’ money and provides the most convincing proof of damages.

The economic consulting professionals at Hampton IP can help you identify the type of damages to claim, link damages and causation, audit construction costs, audit change orders, and provide expert witness testimony. We have prepared, or challenged, methods such as the “measured-mile,” “total cost,” and the “modified total cost,” and various “Eichleay” approaches. We know construction. Let us put our knowledge to work for you.

We have broad experience with construction claims, including:

• Delay
• Disruption
• Acceleration
• Termination
• Scope disputes
• Extra work
• Betterment

Addressing the Impact of Construction Damages

For construction disputes, the principal issues are causation and sufficient support for claimed impacts. Damages claimed must be linked to the record and be supported by the sound methodology. Construction damages can often be grouped into two categories.

• Direct damages
  • Labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, profit, and field office overhead.
• Indirect damages
  • Lost profit
  • Escalation
  • Loss of efficiency
  • Impaired reputation
  • Loss of bonding capacity
  • Home office overhead