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Chris HANVEY
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About Chris HANVEY
Chris Hanvey is a Certified Cost Professional with over 20 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry. Mr. Hanvey has extensive experience in construction management and project controls including project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, and project management. Mr. Hanvey’s experience extends to a variety of project types including residential, commercial, infrastructure/transportation, educational, institutional, governmental, industrial, offshore/marine, energy, LNG, oil & gas, and pipelines.
Mr. Hanvey is experienced with a wide range of engineering and project delivery methods, such as design-bid-build, design-build, EPC, EPIC, Maintenance, Turnaround, Unit Price, Lump Sum, Guaranteed Maximum, and Cost Reimbursable. Mr. Hanvey has provided advisory work, construction management, and project controls work on numerous domestic and international projects. On matters involving disputes, Mr. Hanvey has successfully assisted clients with construction claim preparation and analysis, mediation, litigation and arbitration services.
Mr. Hanvey has been designated and testified as an expert in construction-related matters and presented damage quantifications to the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He has also been designated and testified as a damages expert in State court and the American Arbitration Association.
Professional Experience
10+ YEARS WITH FIRM | 25+ YEARS IN INDUSTRY
Chris HANVEY is a Senior Managing Director at SOCOTEC and has held various other positions within the organization since 2009. Prior to his current position, Mr. HANVEY was a Executive Vice President at Synergen Consulting International which was acquired by SOCOTEC in 2019. Mr. HANVEY was previously employed at Interface Consulting International, LLC, and Hanvey Construction Management, Inc.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering – The University of Texas at Austin – 1998
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association (ABA) – Construction Law Section
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI)
- Texas State Bar – Construction Law Section
Professional Trainings & Certifications
- Certified Cost Professional (CCP) – AACEI (Houston, Texas)
- OSHA Safety and Health & Safety Training (30-hour, Houston, Texas)
Practice Areas
- Dispute Resolution
- Project Advisory
- Expert Witness Testimony
- International Arbitration
- Preparation & Evaluation of Claims
- Construction & Project Management
- Risk Analysis
- Project Controls
- Scheduling / Critical Path / Delay Analysis
- Acceleration / Disruption Analysis
- Productivity Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Change Management
- Engineering / Procurement / Construction
- Damages Calculation
- Construction Practices & Safety
- Technical Report Writing
Continuing Education Courses
AACEI Annual Conference
- 2017 – Orlando, Florida
- 2018 – San Diego, California
- 2020 - Virtual
AACEI Annual Western Winter Workshop
- 2016 – Indian Wells, California
- 2018 – Indian Wells, California
- 2019 – Lake Tahoe, Nevada
ABA Forum in Construction Law
- 1997 – New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2001 – New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2005 – New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2008 – Palm Springs, California
- 2011 – Atlanta, Georgia
- 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2016 – San Francisco, California
ITA IEL ICC Conference on International Arbitration
- 2017 – Houston, Texas
State Bar of Texas – Construction Law Forum
- 2016-2020 – San Antonio, Texas
- 2021 – Virtual
Seminars & Papers Presented
- Construction Claims: Insight from Within
- Manhattan Construction Company
- Solving Problems with Design-Build Documents in Construction in Texas
- Lorman Education Services
- Mitigating Risk on EPC Contracts
- San Antonio Bar Association - Construction Law Section
- Managing Troubled Projects
- AACEI Western Winter Conference 2019
Testimony Forums & Venues
- State Courts
- American Arbitration Association (AAA)