{"id":905196,"date":"2025-12-31T16:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=905196"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:25:49","slug":"expert-witness-arbitration-insights-alternative-delay-and-damages-quantum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/expert-witness-arbitration-insights-alternative-delay-and-damages-quantum\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Key Takeaways | Insights from Arbitrators and Advocates: The Pros and\u00a0Cons\u00a0of Alternative Delay and Damages Quantum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gautam Y. Reddy | <a href=\"https:\/\/ktslaw.com\/en\/insights\/perspectives\/2025\/12\/4%20key%20takeaways%20insights%20from%20arbitrators%20and%20advocates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kilpatrick\u2019s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ktslaw.com\/en\/People\/R\/ReddyGautamY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gautam Reddy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0joined a panel of fellow thought leaders at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/constructionsuperconference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2025 Construction Super Conference<\/a>\u00a0to discuss \u201c<strong>The Pros and Cons of Alternative Delay and Damages<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Quantum.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0The panel discussed delay and disruption claims in construction disputes where each side is armed with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adviseandconsult.net\/experts.php\">experts<\/a> providing competing opinions on delays and damages. They explored the risks and rewards of various approaches through the perspectives of experienced construction lawyers, scheduling experts, and arbitrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gautam provides the following takeaways from the discussion:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Construction arbitrators want defendants to provide a quantum alternative instead of simply challenging entitlement and providing no opinion on damages.\u00a0 The arbitrators on the panel emphasized that they are comfortable with the cognitive dissonance of a party contending there is no entitlement to the claimed damages, but also providing a damages model in the event entitlement is found.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The panel agreed that there are limited circumstances in which a party should not provide an alternate delay analysis and instead only attack the opposing party\u2019s delay analysis.\u00a0 These factors generally include the amount in dispute and the forum.\u00a0 You must be absolutely sure that the finder of fact is comfortable with independently evaluating a delay analysis and drawing their own conclusions.\u00a0 Other factors include the availability of documentation, the posture of the parties, and the complexity of the project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transparency is the key with any expert analysis, whether damages or delay.\u00a0 Arbitrators consider candor by the expert witness to be the most important factor in evaluating the credibility of an expert.\u00a0 Experts should make concessions when necessary and avoid overstating their position or appearing inflexible in the face of credible, adverse evidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arbitrators are not necessarily opposed to a party\u2019s project scheduler serving as the party\u2019s expert on delay.\u00a0 There are certainly pitfalls here, primarily that project schedulers are generally unaccustomed to testifying or preparing expert reports. However, this approach is cost-effective and the project scheduler can come across as more authentic than a professional forensic scheduling expert.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gautam Y. Reddy | Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton Kilpatrick\u2019s\u00a0Gautam Reddy\u00a0joined a panel of fellow thought leaders at the\u00a02025 Construction Super Conference\u00a0to discuss \u201cThe Pros and Cons of Alternative Delay and Damages\u00a0Quantum.\u201d\u00a0The panel discussed delay and disruption claims in construction disputes where each side is armed with experts providing competing opinions on delays and damages. They&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/expert-witness-arbitration-insights-alternative-delay-and-damages-quantum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">4 Key Takeaways | Insights from Arbitrators and Advocates: The Pros and\u00a0Cons\u00a0of Alternative Delay and Damages Quantum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41,7],"tags":[9895,12271,42,12272,17],"class_list":["post-905196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arbitration","category-expert-witness","tag-advise-consult","tag-alternative-delay","tag-arbitration-2","tag-damages-quantum","tag-expert-witness-2","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 Key Takeaways | Insights from Arbitrators and Advocates: The Pros and\u00a0Cons\u00a0of Alternative Delay and Damages Quantum - Advise &amp; 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