Overview

Matthew Nichols has more than 9 years of experience as a project control professional and specializes in construction scheduling and the development and analysis of construction claims. He has provided claims and project advisory services to owners, contractors, and subcontractors in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Middle East, and Australia. He has experience on airport, bridge, dam, hotel, mass transit, nuclear, oil and gas, road, water, and wastewater projects ranging from $1 million to $15 billion.

Project Experience

• Analyzed the delay and co-signed the corresponding expert report for an electrical subcontractor on a senior living project in Colorado.
• Analyzed the delay and productivity loss of a pipe coating subcontractor for the prime contractor of an oil and gas megaproject in the United States.
• Performed an hour-by-hour schedule analysis for the prime contractor of a nuclear refueling project in Canada.
• Developed the schedule analysis and assisted in the development of an expert report for the prime contractor of a refinery megaproject in the Middle East.
• Provided a third-party analysis of time extensions and signed the corresponding expert report for the prime contractor of a pump station and sewer diversion project in Washington, D.C.
• Analyzed the schedule impact of a utility delay and co-signed the corresponding expert report for the owner of a high-rise hotel and residential building in Washington, D.C.
• Developed the schedule analysis for a time extension request for the prime contractor of an oil and gas megaproject in the Middle East.
• Developed the schedule analysis for a time extension request and request for equitable adjustment for the prime contractor of an oil and gas megaproject in the United States.
• Performed a schedule analysis and assisted in the development of an expert report in response to a contractor claim for a cable-stayed bridge in Central America.
• Developed multiple time impact analyses for a highway interchange reconstruction project in Texas.
• Rebaselined and maintained the schedule for three simultaneously-constructed cast-in-place bridges in Texas.
• On a monthly basis, during the construction of an oil and gas megaproject in Canada, provided an independent analysis of the schedule’s performance and quality to the contractor.
• Designed the scheduling architecture for the capital planning system replacement for a natural gas exploration and production company in Texas.