Brian J. Furniss has served the construction industry for over 20 years, analyzing complex construction projects and providing expert testimony on scheduling, delays, productivity losses, and damages. Mr. Furniss applies his expertise both during and after the construction process, focusing primarily on CPM scheduling, delay and productivity analyses, change and risk management, cost analysis, dispute resolution, and claim analysis. He has provided expert analyses and guidance on projects ranging from $3.4M to over $15B USD.
Mr. Furniss is a licensed Professional Engineer (Industrial) in Florida, Texas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Colorado, and Georgia; and is a Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP), a Certified Cost Professional (CCP), and a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) with AACE International. He is principal co-author of the books, Construction Delays: Understanding Them Clearly, Analyzing Them Correctly; and Productivity in Construction Projects, and has authored technical papers for construction industry publications. Mr. Furniss is an award-winning speaker, provides training and presentations to universities and construction industry organizations, and is a Fellow with the Project Management College of Scheduling (PMCOS).
Mr. Furniss has experience in airport, bridge, commercial, dam, entertainment, gas, oil, and plastics refinery, government, healthcare, high rise, highway, hospital, hotel, laboratory, multi-family, pipeline, prison, residential, sports arena, theme park, tunnel, transit, water, and wastewater projects in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, United Kingdom, Middle East, Australia, and Antarctica.