Matthew Nichols has more than 11 years of experience as a project controls professional who specializes in construction scheduling and the development and analysis of construction claims for delay, loss of productivity, and damages. He has provided expert analysis and testimony and advisory services to owners, contractors, and subcontractors in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Middle East, and Australia. Mr. Nichols has experience on a wide variety of project types valued from $1 million to $15 billion, including airport, bridge, dam, hotel, mass transit, mine, nuclear, oil & gas, road, water, and wastewater.
- 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 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.
- Analyzed the delay and productivity loss of a pipe coating subcontractor for the prime contractor on an oil and gas construction megaproject in the United States.
- Performed an hour-by-hour schedule analysis for the prime contractor on a nuclear refueling project in Canada.
- Developed the schedule analysis and assisted in the development of an expert report for the prime contractor on a refinery construction megaproject in the Middle East.
- Provided a third-party analysis of time extensions and signed the corresponding expert report for the prime contractor on a pump station and sewer diversion construction project in Washington, D.C.
- Analyzed the schedule impact of a utility delay and co-signed the corresponding expert report for the owner on a high-rise hotel and residential building construction project in Washington, D.C.
- Developed the schedule analysis for a time extension request for the prime contractor on an oil and gas construction megaproject in the Middle East.
- Developed the schedule analysis for a time extension request and request for equitable adjustment for the prime contractor on an oil and gas construction megaproject on the United States Gulf Coast.
- Performed a schedule analysis and assisted in the development of an expert report in response to a contractor claim for a cable-stayed bridge construction project in Central America.
- Developed a request for equitable adjustment and time extension for the prime contractor on two 6-MGD water treatment plant construction projects in Louisiana.
- Analyzed the rates of material production and installation equipment, and performed a schedule analysis in response to a subcontractor claim on a 6.5-mile water tunnel construction project in Texas.
- Performed a schedule analysis in response to an electrical subcontractor claim on a 50 MGD water treatment plant construction project in Texas.
- Analyzed standby supervision and equipment in response to a contractor claim on a sewer rehabilitation project in Louisiana.
- Analyzed correspondence and performed a schedule analysis, and then developed a request for equitable adjustment and time extension, for a 30-ton-per-day waste-to-energy construction project in California.
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