Michael F. D’Onofrio, PE, is a founding shareholder and a Principal of Capital Project Management, Inc.Ò (CPMIÒ), an independent consulting firm that specializes in the analysis, resolution, and prevention of complex construction disputes. He is widely recognized as an expert in the area of delay and disruption, and has provided expert witness testimony before various courts, Boards of Contract Appeal, and Alternative Dispute Resolution panels.
Mike’s 40 years of experience includes engineering, project management, project controls, claims analysis, and expert testimony. He specializes in the use of critical path method (CPM) scheduling, productivity/inefficiency, and learning-curve theories. He has evaluated construction disputes that run the gamut—from delay, disruption and termination to differing site conditions and suspension—on a vast array of complex projects in the United States and abroad. Mike frequently offers his expertise on high-profile projects, including the Daewoo 53-mile roadway construction in the Republic of Palau. Other clients include national law firms, private owners, design professionals, and contractors.
Mike is the co-author of Avoiding & Resolving Construction Claims, published by R.S. Means Company, and the author of numerous technical papers and chapters. He lectures at seminars and professional conferences and has been engaged in the professional debate over the AACE International Recommended Practice for Forensic Schedule Analysis. In addition, Mike recently explored the method of location-based scheduling as it pertains to his experience with scheduling and delay analysis.