About Empire Projects, Inc.
Empire Projects, Inc. provides two distinct but complementary professional offerings: Construction Project Management Services and Construction Expert Witness Services. Since the firm’s founding in 2003, its principal, William N. Bernstein, AIA, has built a construction project management practice that provides services to the public and private sectors across multiple project types, while also providing construction expert witness services litigation on a wide range of project types. Both practice areas draw on the same foundation: deep technical expertise, more than two decades of hands-on construction project management experience, and a clear, articulate approach to complex problems. To learn more about the firm and its principal, please visit our About page.
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Construction Expert Witness Services
Construction expert witness services are required by attorneys litigating disputes involving construction defects, scheduling and delay claims, scope of work disagreements, change order disputes, contractor and subcontractor performance, project management failures, cost overruns, payment disputes, mechanic’s liens, contract administration, means and methods, construction safety, and code compliance. An effective expert witness in construction project management combines extensive hands-on construction management experience with the credentials, written record, and communication skills necessary to render credible opinions and testify clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, and mediators. The right expert helps counsel evaluate the merits of a case early, develops well-supported opinions, and presents complex technical issues in plain, persuasive language.
Empire Projects, Inc., through its principal William N. Bernstein, AIA, has provided construction expert witness services on more than forty cases in the United States and internationally since 2006. Mr. Bernstein is Yale-trained, NCARB-certified, LEED-accredited, a registered architect, and the author of two books and over forty articles on architecture and construction either written by Mr. Bernstein or about the work of his firm, including: apartments, banks, condos, coops, healthcare, hospitals, hotels, houses, industrial, institutional, offices, residential, restaurants, retail, schools, and townhouses. In addition to project types, the firm through its principal provides expert witness services involving ADA, premises liability, and standard of care.
Expert Witness in Construction Project Management
Attorneys who litigate cases involving construction project management and construction defects require an expert witness who is specialized in these areas. William N. Bernstein, AIA — principal of Empire Projects, Inc. and Bernstein & Associates, Architects — has practiced construction project management as well as architecture for over 25 years, and also provides expert witness services in the areas of construction and construction project management. Mr. Bernstein is a graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, a published author of numerous articles and books on construction and architecture, and is an intelligent, articulate and well-spoken professional. His combined experience as the owner of both a construction project management firm and an architectural firm gives him a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the issues that arise in construction litigation — from contract formation and constructibility review through scheduling, sequencing, change order management, defect investigation, and final closeout.
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Please contact Empire Projects, Inc. for construction expert witness services.