Paul J. Gorman

Mr. Gorman has broad experience in the review and analysis of construction costs and the preparation of construction claim damages. He is familiar with all categories of construction costs and has analyzed these costs on behalf of owners, both public and private, general contractors, and subcontractors. In performing these analyses, Mr. Gorman has employed various recognized methods for calculating damages. He has analyzed, among others, direct labor costs (rates and productivity impacts); material costs (quantities and escalation); equipment costs (rates and utilization); subcontractor costs; and overhead/general conditions.

Mr. Gorman has also developed and reviewed owner delay damages, including additional/increased costs, lost profits, and rental versus ownership cost impact. Mr. Gorman has construction experience in a variety of industries including: transportation, heavy/civil and highway, manufacturing facilities, prisons, power plants, and commercial buildings.

Mr. Gorman has provided expert testimony on the subject of damages and construction cost analysis on several occasions in federal, state, and city courts, and in arbitrations. Mr. Gorman has also participated in mediations as both an expert witness and as a mediator.

Prior to joining Exponent, Mr. Gorman was a Director in the construction practices of Navigant Consulting, Inc. and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP, and was a Principal in Gorman Consulting, Inc., which provided construction claims and management services to the construction industry.

Book Chapters

Pricing damages. Chapter 18. In: Construction Disputes: Representing the Contractor, Third Edition. Cushman RF, Gorman PJ, Coppi DF (eds), Aspen Law and Business. 2001.

Calculating construction damages. Co-Author, Chapter 34. In: Construction Law Handbook. Cushman RF, Myers JJ (eds), Aspen Law and Business, 1999.

Books Edited

Construction Disputes: Representing the Contractor, Third Edition. Cushman RF, Carter JD, Gorman PJ, Coppi DF (eds), Aspen Law and Business, 2001.

Proving and Pricing Construction Claims, Third Edition. Cushman RF, Carter JD, Gorman PJ, Coppi DF (eds), Aspen Law and Business, 2000.

Presentations

Gorman PJ. Executive construction seminar. Maryland Department of Transportation – State Highway Administration, 1996, 1997.

Guest Lecturer on Construction Operational Management, Graduate Level The Catholic University of America, Department of Civil Engineering.

Guest Lecturer on Construction Cost and Schedule Controls, George Mason University, School of Information Technology and Engineering.

Transportation

• AMTRAK’s Northend Electrification Project, New Haven, Connecticut to Boston, Massachusetts
• Bayfront Expressway, Erie, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
• Boston Central Artery I-90/I-93, Boston, Massachusetts
• The Connect Project, London Underground, London, England
• I-295 Roadway and Bridge Construction, Hopewell, Virginia
• Maryland Route 100, Howard County, Maryland
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Blue Line Extension Project, Largo, Maryland Southern California Rapid Transit District Transit Radio System, Los Angeles, California
  

Power

• Byron Nuclear Power Plant, Byron, Illinois
• Covert Generating Station, Covert, Michigan
• Helms Pump Storage Facility, Fresno, California
• I-95 Energy Resource Recovery Facility, Lorton, Virginia
• Roxboro Power – Unit 2 Modification, Roxboro, North Carolina
• Spent Nuclear Fuel Cases, Various Nuclear Utilities v. Department of Energy
  

Heavy, Industrial, and Process Facilities

• Catalytic Converter Manufacturing Facility, Kaiserslautern, West Germany
• Corn Wet Milling Facility, Washington, Indiana
• Collahuasi Copper Mine, Iquique, Chile
• Coney Island PCP, Brooklyn, New York
• Long Beach Fuel Pier Location, Naval Station, Long Beach, California
• O'Sullivan New Calender Facility, Winchester, Virginia
• 26th Ward Waste Water Treatment Plant, Brooklyn, New York
• Utility Building East Expansion, Dulles International Airport, Virginia
• Ridge Facility Project, Edwards AFB, California

Academic and Research Facilities

• College of Business & Management/School of Public Affairs
• University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
• Columbia University CEPSR/BP Building, New York, New York
• Morgan State University, Facilities for Science, Math & Home
• Economics, Baltimore, Maryland
• NIST – Advanced Measurement Lab, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  

Office Buildings, Retail, and Mixed-use Complexes

• Gannett/USA Today Headquarters, McLean, Virginia
• Gateway Center Office Complex, Orlando, Florida
• GSA Federal Building, Riverside, California
• Heilig-Meyers Corporate Headquarters, Richmond, Virginia
• Liberty Place, Phase II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Market Square, Washington, D.C.
• National Education Association Headquarters Renovation, Washington, D.C.
• 177 Post Street Office Building, San Francisco, California
• State Farm Corporate South, Bloomington, Illinois
• U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops Headquarters Building, Washington, D.C.
• Harborview Condominiums, Baltimore, Maryland
• Omni Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Rivertowne Commons Shopping Center, Oxon Hill, Maryland
  

Courthouses and Correctional Facilities

• Greensville State Prison, Emporia, Virginia
• Luzerne County Prison, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• Sedgwick County Adult Detention Center, Wichita, Kansas
• U.S Courthouse, Camden Plaza, Brooklyn, New York

Miscellaneous

• Fort Drum Community Facilities, Watertown, New York
• JOC '87-'90, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland
• Montgomery County Regional Compost Facility, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Phillips Collection, Annex, Phase II, Washington, D.C.