Pinnell/Busch: Project Management Consultants for the Design & Construction Industry
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Construction Arbitrator, Mediator, Partnering Facilitator or Neutral Expert Experience of Steve Pinnell
- Design & Construction Expertise: Construction field experience as a contractor's estimator, superintendent and project engineer. Design experience at an internationally recognized consulting engineering firm (CH2M-Hill). Knowledgeable of design standards and practices, specification writing, permits, surveying, contract administration, and inspection. Management consulting experience for local and federal public works agencies. A licensed civil engineer.
- Broad Project Experience: From South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia to the Caribbean. Familiar with a wide range of working conditions from the 120° Arizona desert to 40° below on Cook Inlet, Alaska. Project experience includes high-rise and mid-rise office and residential, hotels, hospitals, harbors, dredging, bridges, highways, railroad, flood control, utilities, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper, light and heavy industrial, light rail and heavy rail mass transit, electrical transmission, military facilities, and airports.
- Seasoned Construction Manager: Experienced with design/build, turnkey, guaranteed maximum price, CM, and other alternative project delivery methods.
- Internationally Recognized Expert in Critical Path Scheduling: Has scheduled over 100 major construction projects plus architectural and engineering designs, manufacturing startups, environ-mental studies, permits and project funding efforts. The chief proponent of the timescale arrow diagramming technique. Adjunct professor and lecturer and the author of numerous articles and professional papers on scheduling, construction productivity, cost accounting and control, value engineering, project management, and construction dispute resolution.
- Software Developer: The developer of PMS80, a powerful yet flexible project management software program, and author of several articles on computerization of engineering and public works management.
- Knowledgeable in Construction Law & American Arbitration Association Rules: He has worked with many attorneys on construction disputes, and taught university courses and numerous seminars on "Contracts, Specifications and Claims." One of the speakers for the Oregon State Bar's Continuing Education Seminar, "The Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence."
- An Experienced Arbitrator: Member, American Arbitration Association, and instructor for their Basic Arbitrator Training course. Assignments ranged from a $40,000 school remodel to a $30 million three-way dispute between the owner, designer and contractor of a large, design/build hydroelectric plant and a $125 million EPC industrial contract.
- Trained in Mediation & Partnering by the Associated General Contractors and the American Arbitration Association.
- Experienced Claims Consultant: Thorough researcher with the ability to analyze large volumes of documents and prepare clearly written reports. Effective as an expert witness. Experienced in negotiation, litigation support, preparation of exhibits, and expert testimony in state and federal court, before arbitration panels, and in mediation.
- An Unbiased Facilitator of the Construction Process: Understands and sympathizes with the needs of all members of the industry — owners, designers, contractors, and suppliers.
- Author of HOW TO GET PAID For Construction Changes, the most comprehensive reference for contractors, owners, designers, and construction attorneys on the practical aspects of creating or defending against a claim. Previously published in hardcover by McGraw-Hill, now published in paperback by Pinnell/Busch.
Project Experience
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