BOB FREAS is a Principal in Exponent’s Construction Consulting practice. He advises clients on a range of topics including risk management, project control, change management, project scheduling, process improvement, change order negotiations, dispute avoidance and the preparation or defense of claims.
Bob has participated in several major construction and contract claims and disputes including the development, analysis and defense of construction claims related to delays, inefficiencies and cost overruns. Bob has been recognized as an expert in CPM scheduling, construction delay and inefficiency claims and related damages. He also provides risk analysis services to large construction owners and contractors including contract risk assessments, probabilistic scheduling, Monte Carlo simulations, and schedule and cost assessments. Bob also has provided project management oversight, construction management and lender presentation services; developed project control systems and prepared project status reviews.
Bob is a Fellow in the Project Management College of Scheduling, the 2020-2021 Board of Directors’ 1st Vice Chairman for the Washington Building Congress and the Past President of the National Capital Section of AACE International. He has been an adjunct professor in the Department of Civil, Environment, and Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University and frequently lectures on project controls, construction claims avoidance and preparation, and risk management and mitigation strategies.