Construction Disputes in Miami Demand Local Expertise

Miami builds vertically, on the coast, and under some of the most demanding regulatory conditions in the country. High-rise condominium towers in Brickell and Edgewater, luxury oceanfront projects in Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach and Bal Harbor, and major public infrastructure across Miami-Dade County all share one trait: compressed schedules with little room for error. When a project falls behind, the question of who caused the delay — and who pays for it — becomes the center of the dispute.

Florida Construction and Scheduling Consultants has served the Miami construction and legal community for decades. Our principal, Don Carlow, CGC, EI, PSP, has provided forensic schedule analysis and expert witness testimony on hundreds of construction matters, including luxury resorts and high-rise work such as the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, the Delano Hotel, the Shelborne Hotel, the Ritz Carlton Villas, 2000 Ocean, 3050 Adventura, the Plaza on Brickell, and the Iconbrickell condominium. Mr. Carlow also served as a scheduling-delay expert in the recent Miami Beach Convention Center litigation.

Expert Witness Services for Miami Attorneys

We support counsel in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade), the Southern District of Florida, and in arbitration before the AAA and JAMS. Typical engagements include:

Schedule delay claims and time-extension disputes on high-rise and commercial projects
Lost productivity and acceleration claims
Contractor default and surety takeover matters
Delay consequences of construction defects and repair sequencing gone astray
Delay damages modeling: extended general conditions, liquidated damages, and labor and materials escalation

Every analysis is built to survive cross-examination: opinions grounded in project records, contemporaneous schedule updates, and accepted forensic methods — not advocacy.

Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis

We select the delay methodology the record supports, such as those described in AACE RP 29R-03 — including Contemporaneous Period Analysis and windows analysis — as well as the chronological and cumulative retrospective time impact analysis (TIA) recommended by the Project Management College of Scheduling (PMCOS). Our tool of choice is Oracle Primavera P6, and we routinely reconstruct and audit the contemporaneous P6 and Microsoft Project schedules produced in discovery. The project schedules are routinely evaluated against other sources of data, such as daily reports or logs.

CPM Scheduling for Miami Projects

Litigation experience makes better schedules. For Miami owners, developers, and contractors, we prepare baseline CPM schedules, monthly updates, and time impact analyses designed to streamline dispute resolution — because we know exactly which scheduling failures end up in court. From podium towers to interior build-outs, our schedules are realistic, resource-driven, and contract-compliant.

Why Don Carlow

Certified General Contractor (CGC), Engineer Intern (EI), AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP), and AACE Certified Forensic Claim Consultant (CFCC)
40 years of construction industry experience; consulted on numerous large projects exceeding $1 billion in value
Claims analyzed with damages in excess of $100 million
Written and live testimony in deposition, arbitration, and trial — retained by real estate owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, fabricators, insurers and sureties alike

Frequently Asked Questions:

When should a Miami attorney retain a delay expert?

Ideally, while the project is still underway. An early forensic review of the schedules and issues, conducted contemporaneously with the project's construction, allows your client to avoid missteps and improper documentation of impacts — including not segregating critical path delays from non-critical path delays, making untimely time extension requests, and not properly providing written notices of delay. Early involvement also helps to properly preserve and identify documents and schedule files you will need in discovery.

What delay analysis methods hold up in court?

Florida courts and arbitration panels expect a recognized methodology applied to the actual project record. We use the methods described in AACE RP 29R-03 — including Contemporaneous Period Analysis and windows analysis — as well as the chronological and cumulative retrospective time impact analysis (TIA) that is recommended by the Project Management College of Scheduling (PMCOS) — and select the one the available records genuinely support, which is the first question any competent opposing expert will raise.

Do you handle condominium disputes?

Yes. Condo work is a Miami staple — defect-related disputes involving developers, associations, contractors, and design professionals, including the scheduling consequences of repair programs that go astray. We have been involved in many of these types of disputes

What does a forensic schedule review cost?

It depends on the volume of schedule updates and project records. Still, a preliminary review — enough to tell you whether a delay claim has merit — may run anywhere from $3,000 on small projects up to $15,000 on a larger project, which is a fraction of full expert engagement. Book a free consultation call, and we will scope it honestly.

Speak With a Miami Construction Expert

Call (407) 603-6165 or email Info@Florida-Consultants.com to discuss your Miami construction dispute or scheduling need. Free 15-minute consultation calls can be booked directly online. Every engagement begins with an honest assessment of whether your claim or scheduling issue warrants expert involvement.