John Livengood has more than 38 years of experience in construction, design, delay analysis and litigation support.  He is a registered architect and attorney, with proficiency in architectural design, construction, project management, government contracts, litigation support, mediation, arbitration, and construction litigation.  John’s services to his clients have included providing construction cost audits, cost estimation, analysis of change orders, delay and disruption claims, acceleration claims, loss of productivity claims, construction method analysis, and defective design claims.  As an expert witness, John has testified in court and arbitration proceedings throughout the world on delay and productivity issues as well as damages and causation issues.   

Mr. Livengood is active in AACE International and the American Bar Association (ABA) and has published numerous articles in industry magazines.  He is one of the principal authors of the AACE Recommended Practice on Forensic Schedule Analysis (2011) and an editor of a forthcoming book published by the ABA on the law of schedule delay.

Selected engagement experiences include:

• Leading the cost and productivity team of six individuals that lived and worked on site in Hong Kong developing a $500 million arbitration claim stemming from design defects and interference by other prime contractors.  The detailed costs analysis was tied to the productivity/schedule analysis.  The claim settled during arbitration.
• Assisting the design-build team in monitoring progress and assisting in negotiating claim resolution on a major new Federal office building for such issues as steel price differential, differing site conditions and design changes.  The LEED^®building was eventually completed in a close working relationship with the GSA.
• Testified on delays associated with the fabrication and erection of the largest central bascule bridge (mechanical draw-bridge) in the world as part of a 12-lane interstate bridge in a major metropolitan area.  Delay and productivity methodology used by the opposing expert, was analyzed and testified to in this arbitration.
• Led a team of schedulers assisting the Design-Build contractor in developing the three-year schedule to construct a NFL stadium.  Ongoing work included regular schedule updates and assistance in identification and presentation of schedule delays.  During construction, schedule and production changes enabled five-month acceleration.
• Served as project manager to oversee the design and CM services for during the re-construction of one of the largest and oldest waste treatment facilities in the US.  Responsibilities included improvement of design responsiveness and management of a team of approximately 15 engineers providing detailed services on the project.  During the course of the project, there had been significant delays due to changed environmental regulations and air-quality permit issues.
• Assisted during arbitration on an insurance Sub-Guard claim to assure opponent delay analysis was accurate and presented correctly on a project that experienced more than 2 years of delay Mr. Livengood assisted in strategizing the litigation and assisting in examination topics.
• Prepared delayed delay analysis and testified as the final witness during the 45-day court proceeding. The project was delayed during the course of construction due to defective and incomplete designs.  Eventually, the owner terminated the contractor for convenience, but alleged thousands of construction defects and approximately 6 months of delay.