Trauner provided claims analysis services to the Michigan State Attorney General’s Office on the Blue Water Bridge project. The project was a $21M rehabilitation of both the substructure and the superstructure of the Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River connecting Port Huron, Michigan to Point Edward, Ontario, Canada. Trauner analyzed a $10M inefficiency and acceleration claim related to the contractor’s work on the Michigan portion of the project.

During the assignment, Trauner:

• Met with the project participants regularly
• Visited the project site
• Evaluated project documents
• Reviewed the contractor’s claim
• Evaluated the contractor’s alleged delays, inefficiencies, and damages.

Upon the completion of our work, we prepared a comprehensive expert report that included:

• A description of our independent evaluation of  delays
• Our assessment of quantity overruns and their impact on the project schedule
• Our analysis of alleged inefficiencies
• Our review of entitlement issues
• Our evaluation of the contractor’s damages

The Michigan State Attorney General’s office successfully settled the dispute for a fraction of the claim amount.