Andrew Pratt has 29 years of experience in construction project management, dispute resolution, and claims analysis. He has managed a variety of public works, industrial, commercial, and residential projects. Pratt is certified by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. Currently he works as a senior consultant providing claims analysis, dispute avoidance and resolution services, and expert testimony.

1. Andrew D. Pratt BSc(Hons), MRICS, ACIArb, CFCC
Senior Project Consultant
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Andrew Pratt has twenty-nine (29) years of experience as a construction professional. He is an
experienced practitioner in dispute avoidance and resolution, and the commercial and
contractual management of construction projects. He is professionally certified through the
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and the
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. Project experience includes: semi-
conductor fabrication facilities, nuclear decommissioning works and weapons repositories,
pharmaceutical installation, major public works (heavy civil including water treatment plants,
highways and bridges, hospitals, prisons, and schools), commercial and residential developments
including hotels, and high quality refurbishment works. Also, some specialist mechanical and
electrical works.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
R.V. Buric Construction Management Consultants
Senior Project Consultant 2007 – Present
Works directly with contractors, owners and their attorneys in the development of claims and
claims defense. Reviews project documentation, cost reports, schedules and correspondence,
and performs analyses to determine the additional time and/or cost impact to a construction
project as a result of delays, losses in labor productivity, acceleration, additional work, etc.
Provides advice to contractors and owners on subjects of claims management and
documentation. Provides expert testimony. Provides litigation support services. Also performs
construction management, and CPM scheduling services as required.
Leach Consultancy Limited (Chippenham, United Kingdom)
Adjudication Manager/Associate Partner/Senior Claims Analyst 1990 – 2007
Supervision and preparation/defense of claims/cases for dispute resolution proceedings:
Contractual disputes, loss and expense, extension of time & delay claims, termination, procedure
& payment disputes etc. Successful prosecution and defense of clients’ entitlements through
negotiation and formal proceedings including litigation, arbitration, and adjudication. Expert
witness services, reporting on matters of quantum, valuation, procedure, delay and loss and
expense. Reporting & testimony in arbitration, adjudication, and litigation proceedings.
Provision of contractual advice, checking & drafting contract documentation. Identifying and
negotiating reduced risk in proposed client contracts on standard and bespoke terms.
Representing clients in adjudication proceedings. Liaising/working with legal teams where
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2. appointed, and “paralegal” services. Commercial and contractual management of building,
services, and specialist engineering projects. Supervision & management of project teams, both
in-house and client-based. Commissions from the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Ghana,
India, and California.
Gardiner & Theobald International (Saudi Arabia & Germany)
Senior Claims Consultant 1990
Management and supervision of site-based teams, and the preparation of claims at multi-million
Saudi Riyal pharmaceutical plant at Al Qasim in Saudi Arabia.
J Long & Sons (Bath) Ltd (Bath, United Kingdom)
Commercial (Quantity Surveying) Director 1984 – 1989
Initially recruited as project surveyor/administrator and progressively promoted to Company
Director. Commercial and contractual management of construction projects on new-build and
refurbishment works. Implementation of financial controls and reporting to the Main Board on
company's live project turnover on general construction as well as electrical and joinery company
subsidiaries. Supervision of sub-contract, and materials procurement. Avoidance / resolution
of disputes. Cost/value reporting on company contract turnover. Work in progress and
variation control system. Sub-contract payment controls. Recruitment. Management,
supervision and training of project surveying & administration department
John Boon & Partners (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Project Surveyor/Office Manager 1982 – 1984
Representing owners on procurement of construction projects from initial feasibility studies and
cost-planning to preparation of project contract documentation, commercial/contractual
management of projects through close out.
EDUCATION
University of Nottingham (Trent)
BSc (Hon) Quantity Surveying (4 year honors degree) July 1982
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Adjudicator-trained with Institute of Civil Engineers and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Certified Forensic Claims Consultant with Association for the Advancement of Cost
Engineering (AACE)
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3. PROJECT LISTING (PARTIAL)
26th Ward Water Pollution Control Plant New York, NY
Akron City Hospital Extension Akron, OH
Centinela State Prison Imperial, CA
Chafford Hundred Learning Campus Essex, UK
Chalmers P. Wylie Outpatient VA Clinic Columbus, OH
Conduit Street Development London, UK
Delano State Prison Delano, CA
Firelands Medical Center Sandusky, OH
Fuller, Smith & Turner – Hotels UK
Ghana National Electrification Project Ghana
Heinz Lofts Apartment Project Pittsburg, PA
Indianapolis International Airport Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Toll Roads Contractors Interstate and Structures Construction Indiana
James Ford Rhodes High School Renovation Cleveland, OH
Kingston Hospital London, UK
Lincoln Presidential Museum Chicago, IL, USA
Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project Mumbai, India
Nuffield Orthopedic Hospital Oxford, UK
Oakland-Macomb Interceptor Drain Detroit, MI
Pharmaceutical Plant – Al Qasim Saudi Arabia
Power Plant Chiller Expansion – The Ohio State University Columbus, OH
The Ross Heart Hospital Columbus, OH
Slough CHP Power Station Berkshire, UK
Trotwood Madison New High School Trotwood, OH
University Medical Center Columbus, OH
Wasco State Prison Wasco, CA
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