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David COTTON

Senior Consultant
Houston, TX

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David COTTON

Expertise

Industrial & Manufacturing Infrastructure Oil & Gas Residential Transportation Change Order Analysis Claims Evaluation & Preparation Construction Defects Contract Administration / Breach of Contract Cost and Estimation Analysis CPM Schedule / Delay Analysis Damages Quantification Expert Witness Testimony Litigation Support Productivity Analysis Construction Site Analysis & Supervision/Inspections Construction/Project Management Cost Estimation Owner's Rep Risk Management / Claims Avoidance Scheduling & Project Controls Civil Engineering Progress Analysis Project Management / Construction Consulting Schedule & Delay Analysis Scheduling / Critical Path (CPM)
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Services

Alternative Dispute Resolution Commercial Disputes CPM Schedule Delay Analysis Delay Causation Analysis Expert Witness Testimony Forensic Accounting Labor Productivity Analysis Litigation Support Quantification of Damages Change Order Analysis, Preparation & Negotiation Planning & Scheduling Services Project Cost Review & Analysis Schedule & Contract Management
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About David COTTON

David Cotton has over 25 years of experience in project and construction management. Mr. Cotton's construction management experience spans a broad spectrum of industries, project types, and location. Mr. Cotton has served on projects involving infrastructure, manufacturing, commercial buildings, highways, petrochemical facilities and pipelines, power plants, and marine facilities. Mr. Cotton has served as an expert witness in court and arbitration on a broad range of construction management topics.

Mr. Cotton manages and performs detailed construction claims, evaluations, impact analyses, evaluations of productivity loss, schedule performance and critical path delay analysis, cost estimating, and quantification of damages on a wide range of projects. He has successfully assisted clients on over 350 large scale, complex domestic and international construction-related disputes, in multiple  countries around the world fromCanada to Bolivia and from Equatorial Guinea to Japan.

Mr.Cotton is a trained and experienced mediator and uses skillsand experience in the negotiation and resolution of complexclient disputes. Mr. Cotton holds a Bachelor of Science inCivil Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Professional Experience

15+ YEARS WITH FIRM  |  25+ YEARS IN INDUSTRY

 

David COTTON is a Senior Consultant at SOCOTEC and has held various other positions within the organization since 2003. Prior to his current position, Mr. COTTON was a Senior Consultant at Synergen Consulting International which was acquired by SOCOTEC in 2019.  Mr. COTTON was previously employed at Interface Consulting International, LLC, SLT North America, Adams Consulting Engineers, and RPR Construction. 

Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Environmental Engineering – Texas A&M University – 1994

Professional Affiliations

  • Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI) – Member
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Member
  • ASCE Construction Institute – Member
  • State Bar of Texas – Construction Law Section – Member

Professional Certifications

  • University of Houston Law Center’s 40-hour Basic Mediation Training – Trained Mediator – 2003, Houston, Texas

Professional Leadership

  • Construction Institute – Secretary of the Claim Avoidance and Resolution Committee – 2003-2008 

Testimony Forums & Venues

  • State Courts
  • American Arbitration Association (AAA)

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

Expertise

Industrial & Manufacturing Infrastructure Oil & Gas Residential Transportation Change Order Analysis Claims Evaluation & Preparation Construction Defects Contract Administration / Breach of Contract Cost and Estimation Analysis CPM Schedule / Delay Analysis Damages Quantification Expert Witness Testimony Litigation Support Productivity Analysis Construction Site Analysis & Supervision/Inspections Construction/Project Management Cost Estimation Owner's Rep Risk Management / Claims Avoidance Scheduling & Project Controls Civil Engineering Progress Analysis Project Management / Construction Consulting Schedule & Delay Analysis Scheduling / Critical Path (CPM)
+ See more

Services

Alternative Dispute Resolution Commercial Disputes CPM Schedule Delay Analysis Delay Causation Analysis Expert Witness Testimony Forensic Accounting Labor Productivity Analysis Litigation Support Quantification of Damages Change Order Analysis, Preparation & Negotiation Planning & Scheduling Services Project Cost Review & Analysis Schedule & Contract Management
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