Ms. Maples has management and engineering expertise in all phases of the development and construction project, including early stage project programming and entitlement, feasibility and constructability analysis, civil engineering design, on-site and hands-on construction management, and claims analysis.
Ms. Maples began her career with a small multidisciplinary engineering firm in Marina del Rey, CA. With this firm, she was exposed to a wide variety of projects, from analysis of earthquake damaged private residences to acting as the assistant scheduler on a complex $10M theater renovation of a high-profile historic building, with tight time constraints tied to a show opening. While in California, Ms. Maples went on to work as the owners’ representative on two major university projects, including contract administration, scheduling, oversight of the general contractor, and reviewing the work of 3 project inspectors.
Ms. Maples has also worked for a dispute resolution firm, providing schedule delay, project management, and construction damage analysis for various projects ranging from power plants to light rail and other commercial projects. She has extensive experience with preparing project schedules for forward-moving projects as well as performing delay analysis of completed projects and segments of work.
Most recently, Ms. Maples has been overseeing the entitlement and project programming for a private developer on the Washington Coast. She was responsible for negotiating the settlement of an 8-year long dispute between the permitting agencies, the developer, and local environmental groups for the entitlement of a 350-acre oceanfront golf resort.
Project Controls/Project Management—Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program Manager for two major Urban Planned Developments (1,046 acres and 1,080 acres) including oversight of contractor compliance with agency regulations in Redmond, WA.
Owners’ representative (construction management/contract administrator/project controls) on a $12M Chilled Water Plant Facility including the chilled water facility building, chillers and pumps, and over 5 miles of pipeline through a crowded urban campus setting in Pomona, CA.
Owners’ representative (construction manager/contract administrator/project controls) on a $25M University Science Building in Pomona, CA.
General Construction oversight for $200K restaurant and commercial office tenant improvement projects in Westport, WA.
Project Management of complex, 35-acre, destination resort project through entitlement, including 18-hole golf course, hotel, conference center, and condominiums on complex oceanfront site. Coordinated technical consultants, legal consultants, permitting agencies, and environmental groups and assisted in negotiating a settlement to end 8 years of environmental litigation on the project in Westport, WA.
Project Management through entitlement of a 5-acre marina front site for a 48-unit condominium complex, 75-room hotel, and community center in Westport, WA.
Project Management of technical consultants and agency coordination through proposal for controversial outdoor theater and park through the RFP process in Hollywood, CA.
General contractor/owners representative/CPM scheduling on a $10M theater renovation under extreme time limitations for high profile show opening in Hollywood, CA.
Developer’s representative (contract administration) on $8M, 43-unit luxury condominium complex in Westport, WA.
Claims Management and Analysis Schedule analysis and claim review for selected issues on an in-progress construction contract in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Schedule delay analysis assistance and evaluation of selected issues among over $140M in contractor claims on selected issues on a $600M light rail Design-Build-Operate-Maintain contract in Newark, NJ.
Schedule analysis and evaluation of contractor claim for damages from subcontractor regarding a minor league baseball stadium in Fresno, CA.
Schedule analysis and evaluation of contractor claim for acceleration on an airport passenger terminal upgrade in Seattle, WA.
Schedule analysis, technical issue analysis and evaluation of contractor claims in $18M water tunnel and hydroelectric facility renovation in Central California.
Schedule analysis and evaluation of claims for damages by a major supplier (supplier of turbine generators) on a new cogeneration plant outside of Detroit, MI.
Schedule analysis and selected claims on light rail project in Melbourne, Australia.