Matthew Nichols has more than 13 years of experience as a project controls professional and specializes in construction planning & scheduling and the development and analysis of construction claims for delay, loss of productivity, and damages. He has provided expert analysis & testimony and advisory services to owners, contractors, and subcontractors in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Middle East, and Australia.
Mr. Nichols has applied his expertise across a broad spectrum of construction projects valued from $1 million to $15 billion, spanning multiple sectors including airport, bridge, dam, high-rise commercial, mass transit, mine, nuclear, oil & gas, road, water, and wastewater.
- Analyzed the delay and provided expert testimony for the prime contractor on three apartment projects in Texas.
- Analyzed the delay and the validity and pricing of unapproved CORs and provided expert testimony for the prime contractor on a rehabilitation hospital construction project in Ohio.
- Analyzed the delay for the owner on a rare earth mine and processing facility construction project in California.
- Analyzed the delay and signed the corresponding expert report for the prime contractor on a middle school renovation project in Texas.
- Analyzed the delay for the owner on a high-rise residential building construction project in New York.
- Analyzed the validity and pricing of unapproved CORs and provided expert testimony for the prime contractor on a child development center construction project in California.
- Analyzed the validity and pricing of unapproved CORs and provided expert testimony for the concrete paving subcontractor on a road improvement project in California.
- Analyzed the delay and provided expert testimony for the electrical subcontractor on a large medical clinic construction project at an Air Force base in Texas.
- Analyzed the delay for the owner of a hospital in Texas for the post-explosion reconstruction of the hospital.
- Developed multiple rebuttal analyses and co-signed the corresponding expert report for various claims against the engineer on a 10-mile interstate reconstruction project in Colorado.
- Developed the schedule and productivity analyses for multiple change order requests for the prime contractor on a soda ash mine construction project in Wyoming.
- Developed the schedule analysis for a time extension request for the prime contractor on a pharmaceutical manufacturing production line addition in Colorado.
- Developed the schedule analysis for a time extension request for the prime contractor on an alkylate facility construction project in Texas.
- Analyzed the delay and co-signed the corresponding expert report for an electrical subcontractor on a senior living construction project in Colorado.
Education
- Texas A&M University
MEng Construction Engineering and Management, 2012 - Texas A&M University
B.S. in Civil Engineering, 2011
Licenses/Certifications
- Certified Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP)
Affiliations
- AACE International
- TEXO
Languages
English