Melrose Middle School Claim

Project Name: Melrose Middle School
Location: Melrose, MA
Project Value: $41,720,000
Dispute Value: $928,063
Project Owner: City of Melrose
Sector: Education
Time frame: 2010
Legal Counsel: Hinckley, Allen, Snyder LLP
Contractor: P. J. Stella Construction Corp
Architect: Tappe Associates, Inc

JGCMI Claim Involvement:

  • Retained by the general contractor as an expert witness to complete a review of contractor’s sitework and supervision expense.
  • Review sitework completion contractor’s cost to complete and render an opinion on whether total cost was fair and reasonable.
  • Review general contractor’s supervision and senior management expense and render an opinion on whether total cost was fair and reasonable.
  • Provide testimony at arbitration hearing.
  • Assist legal counsel in the preparation of arbitration questions for cross-examining opposing expert witness.
  • Complete review of opposing expert witness cost to complete report and issue 18-page opinion itemizing where opposing expert witness failed to exhibit appropriate estimating judgment when calculating the projected cost to complete.
  • Issue one page Expert Disclosure summarizing professional opinion as to why cost were fair and reasonable.

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