Bill Schwartzkopf, the author of the treatises "Calculating Construction Damages" and "Calculating Lost Labor Productivity in Construction Claims", will discuss effective approaches for calculating and analyzing damages resulting from delay, disruption, and wrongful termination. The importance of a detailed analysis using actual cost records will be highlighted, and a variety of examples will be used to illustrate the calculation of damages. During this training CD, you will learn:

• How to analyze overruns and underruns in actual costs over budgeted costs
• How to determine whether the variances are consistent with the asserted causes of the contractor's damages
• A wide range of methods for calculating damages, including:
  - Actual cost
  - Total cost
  - Modified total cost
  - Estimated cost
  - Measured mile
  - Earned value
• Which of the various accepted methods should be used in different situations
• How to properly calculate:
  - Extended field and home office overhead
  - Labor and equipment escalation costs
  - Actual productivity losses
  - Acceleration costs
  - Damages due to loss of bonding capacity
• And, much more!

Who Will Benefit? 

This training CD is a must if you're an owner, construction manager, contractor, subcontractor, consultant, engineer or legal professional.

YOUR PRESENTER:

William C. Schwartzkopf
William Schwartzkopf heads the national construction litigation practice at Sage Consulting Group, a national consulting firm specializing in construction claims and contract surety defaults based in Denver, Colorado. He has appeared in various state and federal Courts throughout the United States, as well as in front of many arbitration panels and disputes review boards. He was formerly the Vice President and General Manager in an ENR top 150 Building Contractor and Vice President and General Counsel in an ENR top 10 specialty contractor.

Mr. Schwartzkopf is the author of Calculating Lost Labor Productivity Claims and Practical Guide to Construction Contract Surety Claims, and co-author of Calculating Construction Damages, published by Aspen Law & Business. As a Registered Professional Engineer, Mr. Schwartzkopf is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers as well as the American Bar Association and its Forum Committee on the Construction industry and Public Contract Law sections. He received both a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering and a J.D. from the University of Nebraska.