Mr. Berta has more than 20 years of experience working in the construction industry. He has consulted on matters involving economic damages, accounting, contract compliance, and cost overrun issues primarily related to large and sophisticated construction projects. He has participated in and presented at mediations and assisted clients with settlement negotiations. Prior to joining Exponent, Mr. Berta was the Vice President of Seo Consulting, Inc. and an Associate Director with Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Mr. Berta has been involved in a wide variety of cases associated with the construction of bridges, condominium complexes, commercial projects, convention centers, highways, hospitals, hotels and resorts, manufacturing facilities, power plants, prisons, rail systems, schools and wastewater treatment facilities. He has experience working with owners, public agencies, construction managers, and contractors to analyze the costs of commercial and public works projects. He has performed many cost reviews to determine the accuracy of contractors’ recorded costs and of costs reported by contractors to owners in connection with change orders or claims. He has performed contract compliance reviews of contractors’ recorded costs in connection with cost-plus contracts and profit sharing agreements. He has performed analyses on various projects including construction cost overruns, price and quantity variances, labor productivity, subcontractor bidding, equipment costs, contract change order work, payroll burden, general conditions costs and overhead, including the evaluation of home office overhead quantified by the Eichleay Method.
Mr. Berta has experience in commercial litigation matters including the analysis of claims for cost recovery and lost profits. He also has experience working in the construction industry. Prior to joining Navigant Consulting, he was employed by Arthur Buzz Haskins Construction as an assistant-superintendent, where he gained valuable “hands on” field experience while working on a variety of residential and municipal construction projects.