Mr. Freas has broad and extensive experience in the identification, analysis and evaluation of construction claims related to scope changes, schedule delay/impact and extended performance, and production disruption/inefficiency. As a part of his participation in numerous project disputes, he has dealt with a wide range of schedule, cost and design/construction issues involving construction claims. Specifically, he has prepared as-planned schedules, prepared and analyzed as-built schedules, and prepared delay and performance related analyses, productivity-impact and acceleration analyses, and cost and damages claims. Mr. Freas has participated in the preparation and presentation of a number of major construction and contract claims.
Mr. Freas’ construction project experience includes power and industrial process facilities; water and waste water treatment plants; pipelines; hospitals and health-care facilities; educational and laboratory facilities; sports complexes, government and military-related facilities; hotels, resorts and casinos; high-rise office and condominiums; apartments; luxury residences; retail and restaurants; airports; highways and bridges; parking structures; correctional facilities; museums, performing art centers and theaters; and tenant improvement build-outs.
Mr. Freas’ non-construction project experience includes shipbuilding; light rail transit cars; military aircraft production and defense systems; and hardware and software development.
Mr. Freas also has provided construction management services to owner clients during programming, design, and construction phases. From both management and technical perspectives, Mr. Freas has managed and performed extensive cost recovery analyses and reviews for a major construction program. He also has provided clients with strategic guidance to resolve complex business issues.
Mr. Freas has been an adjunct professor in the Department of Civil, Environment, and Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University.
Freas RM. Cost recovery without litigation. Paper presented at Construction Management Association of America Conference, May 2004.
Freas RM. Project management and scheduling techniques for the small and emerging contractor. ABA’s Section of Public Contract Law’s Fourth Annual Construction Institute, October 1995.
Freas RM. CPM scheduling—Changes and disputes resolution. Contributing author of Federal Publications Seminars’ course book.
Speaking Engagements
Freas RM. Builder’s risk losses: Coverage and adjustments. Panelist, Property Loss Research Bureau Claims Conference, April 2008.
Freas RM. Big Dig embankment failure: Mishaps and lessons learned. ASCE Metro Washington Geotechnical Chapter, September 2007.
Freas RM. Catastrophe at the site: How to survive and recover. Panelist, Construction Superconference, December 2006.
Freas RM. Cost recovery without litigation. Panelist, Construction Management Association of America Conference, May 2004.
Freas RM. Speaker on Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony at Board of Contract Appeals Judges Association’s Annual Educational Seminar, January 2001.
Freas RM. Changes to the concept of time in construction for 2000. Panel Moderator at Construction Superconference, December 2000.
Freas RM. Instructor on CPM Scheduling: Changes and Disputes Resolution, Federal Publications Seminars, LLC, September and October 1999, April and May 2000, May 2001, October 2002, April and September 2003, October 2004, September 2005, and March 2006.
Freas RM. Speaker at 16th Annual Construction Law Conference, March 2000.
Freas RM. Gaming and resort hotels. Panelist at Construction Superconference, December 1999.
Freas RM. Instructor on Advanced Scheduling Techniques and Mitigating and Analyzing Claims, Associated Builders and Contractors, February 1997.
Freas RM. Instructor on Construction Delay and Disruption Claims, Federal Publications, Inc., November 1996.
Freas RM. Instructor on CPM Scheduling in Mitigating and Analyzing Claims, Federal Publications, Inc. October 1996.
Freas RM. Instructor on Advanced Scheduling Techniques and Mitigating and Analyzing Claims, Associated Builders and Contractors, June 1997.
Freas RM. Speaker on Project Management and Scheduling Techniques at ABA’s 4th Annual Construction Institute, Section of Public Contract Law, October 1995.
Freas RM. Instructor on Scheduling Extended or Impacted Performance, Associated Builders and Contractors, March and November 1995.
Freas RM. Instructor on Basic Scheduling Course for Maryland State Highway Administration, April–June 1993.
Co-Instructor on Claims and Scheduling, Chesapeake Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command.