Mr. Ainsworth's expertise and management experience is derived from a diverse range of industries and projects. Within the construction industry, Mr. Ainsworth has comprehensive experience in cost engineering incorporating cost management; value engineering; project management, and contract dispute claims analyses. He has been involved in a broad range of domestic and international project types including process and power plants, industrial facilities, and commercial buildings.
Mr. Ainsworth, who originally hails from England, lived in South Africa preceding his emigration to the United States in 1994. Shortly after his arrival in the U.S., Mr. Ainsworth was employed by a construction project management consultant and held several positions within that company prior to being elected as a Vice President in 2000. He provided expertise in project, cost, and value engineering management that incorporated undertaking audits, contract administration and negotiation, feasibility analyses, estimating, bidding, and solicitation advice.
In 2002, Mr. Ainsworth joined an engineering consultant firm in Seattle specializing in dispute resolution service. Projects he worked on included analyses of schedule delay and cost engineering activities and incorporated quantification of direct and consequential cost impacts; analysis of: project management processes; project controls; change orders; productivity and other pertinent issues, respectively. Project examples included power and process plants; pipelines; commercial buildings and other special structures. Specific project analysis formed the basis of litigation support and included the preparation of expert witness reports, mediation presentations and briefs, as well as participation in claims negotiations, mediation and settlement discussions.
Mr. Ainsworth has also worked as a Claims Consultant, involved in all facets services including builder’s risk construction disputes, construction defect and liability claims, property loss estimating, as well as construction project monitoring.
Ainsworth A, Harris J. Practical analyses in proving damages. Presented at the 47th Annual Conference of AACE International, Orlando, FL, June 2003.
Ainsworth A, Whitehouse D. Dirol Plant KV23. AACE International Cost Engineering Magazine, June 2001.
Ainsworth A. Friends, Romans, lend U.S. your ears. Presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of AACE International, Denver, CO, June 1999.
Ainsworth A. Essentials of cost planning. Presented to Freeman White Architects Justice Studio Retreat, Charlotte, NC, May 1999.
Post Contract Claims Management and AnalysisAudit of $46.5 million Guaranteed Maximum Price contract for owner pertaining to Duke University Medical Center Clinic Phase 1, Durham, NC.
Evaluation and rebuttal of damages for Developer pertaining to turnkey contractor’s claim on a cogeneration facility in Nikiski, AK.
Evaluation and rebuttal of damages for contractor pertaining to a subcontractor’s claim on a baseball stadium in Fresno, CA.
Analysis and preparation of a $12 million delay and disruption claim for an Energy Services Company pertaining to a Power Purchase Agreement contract in Manaus, Brazil.
Analysis and preparation of a $248 million modified total cost damages claim for contractor pertaining to the construction of an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Analysis and preparation of a disruption and productivity damages claim for contractor pertaining to the construction of a natural gas pipeline in Bolivia.
Analysis and preparation of a $16 million delay, disruption and productivity damages claim for contractor regarding the construction of an airport terminal building in Fresno, CA.
Analysis and preparation of a $5 million delay, disruption and productivity damages claim for contractor pertaining to a new road project in Terra Haute, IN.
Analysis and preparation of lost profits claim for contractor pertaining to process plant projects in Rotterdam, Holland, San Roque, Spain, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Insurance Claims Management and Analysis Site investigation and subsequent preparation of scopes of repair for carrier pertaining to restaurants damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Gulf Coast.
Evaluation and rebuttal of Builder’s risk claim for carrier pertaining to force majuere events at a solid waste facility in Maple Valley, WA.
Evaluation and rebuttal of Builder’s risk claim for carrier pertaining to a ruptured slab at a mixed-use construction project in Millbrae, CA.
Preparation of a detailed quantity takeoff and cost analysis for owner regarding a $550 million Northridge earthquake insurance claim, Los Angeles, CA.
Contract Project and Claims ManagementChange Order analysis including settlement of contractor claims amounting to $36 million for Nissan on the Canton, MS manufacturing facility.
Project Controls management procedures implemented on the $125 million Honda Manufacturing Plant Facility, Lincoln, AL.
Project management and controls of $3 million BMW supplier plant expansion, Spartanburg, SC.
Project Controls management for SKC on its new $100 million USA Headquarters Building and Process Facility, Covington, GA.
Project Controls management oversight on the $30 million Strom Thurmond Fitness and Wellness Center, USC, Columbia SC.
Project Controls management procedures implemented on the $36 million Grove Park Inn Underground Spa and Resort, Asheville, NC.
Capital Budget developed and project controls implemented regarding the $880 million public private partnership Program for the School District of Greenville County, SC.
Change Order Management for BMW on the $12.5 million Performance Center, Spartanburg, SC.