William Ibbs is a recognized expert on the subject of construction and construction claims, particularly cumulative impact of changes, schedule delay and disruption, and loss of labor productivity. He and the associates of his firm have also worked and testified on other construction-related issues, such as professional standard of care, personal injury, false claims and loss of business value disputes. He has consulted on projects with a total constructed value of $30 billion all over the world, with clients such as Bechtel, Chevron, Obayashi, the US Navy and various public agencies.

Dr. Ibbs is also professor of civil engineering and leader of the Construction Management program at the University of California at Berkeley. A recognized authority in the area of construction change and change management, he has published more than 180 scholarly papers in this area. Much of that work has been adopted by corporations and government agencies as a corporate standard claims manual.

Professor Ibbs earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and his Ph.D. degree from Berkeley, all in civil engineering with a construction management emphasis.

Paul Stynchcomb retired as Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting's Forensic and Litigation consulting practice in 2013 and is presently the principal of Vero Construction Consultants, located in Vero Beach, Florida, and is a sub-consultant to the Ibbs Consulting Group, based at the University of California Berkeley.  He has served the construction industry since 1984 as an expert in CPM scheduling, construction management, contract administration, and labor productivity. Prior to 1984, Mr. Stynchcomb held construction management positions in several major U.S. construction firms. Mr. Stynchcomb has been qualified as an expert in CPM scheduling, construction management and subcontract administration.

Mr. Stynchcomb graduated from Jacksonville University in 1971. Mr. Stynchcomb served as Project Engineer and Project Manager for major mechanical contractors / engineering firms on such projects as health care, fossil fuel and nuclear power plants, industrial processing facilities, chemical plants and commercial buildings and was manager of corporate planning, scheduling and cost control for a major mechanical and electrical construction firm. Mr. Stynchcomb continued his education at Syracuse University.

In 1985 Mr. Stynchcomb co-authored with Mr. Barry A. Brower the book entitled “The Applications of CPM Scheduling and Claims Analysis for Construction Managers” and has taught thousands of construction professionals the principles of CPM scheduling, claims prevention and analysis.

Mr. Stynchcomb has chaired Alternate Dispute Resolution sessions and is a member of the Project Management Institute, the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, the Construction Management Association of America and the American Society of Military Engineers. Mr. Stynchcomb has been examined and certified by the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering as a Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) and a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC).