Design-Build/PDB/CMAR Expert Witness

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Becky Blankenship is a design-build, progressive design-build, and alternative-delivery industry expert with more than 35 years of experience on public and private projects and programs. Her project experience includes roles on projects and programs with total values ranging from approximately $3 million to $7 billion. Her role has varied by engagement, including architectural project manager, civil engineering technician, general contractor, owner representative, owner advisor, procurement advisor, trainer, and collaborative-delivery strategist. She provides expert opinions and litigation / procurement support involving delivery-method selection, design-build and progressive design-build procurement, CMAR / CMGC, public construction procurement, procurement protests / bid challenges, owner-advisor standard of care, collaborative-delivery governance, preconstruction services, early contractor involvement, risk allocation, cost and schedule development, project-controls governance, design-construction integration, procurement representations, and program-management practices for complex capital projects and megaprojects. She serves as a national trainer for the Design-Build Institute of America and is an authorized Progressive Design-Build trainer. Her work focuses on helping owners, contractors, designers, and advisors structure and manage collaborative delivery successfully, including procurement strategy, team selection, owner decision-making, governance, risk management, scope development, design coordination, commercial alignment, and transition from procurement through execution. Services offered: Expert witness reports; rebuttal reports; deposition and trial testimony; procurement protest / bid challenge support; delivery-method analysis; standard-of-care opinions for owner advisors, program managers, and collaborative-delivery advisors; analysis of design-build / PDB / CMAR / CMGC procurement documents; analysis of project governance, team structure, decision-making, and delivery-method implementation; evaluation of preconstruction services, constructability input, early contractor involvement, risk-management processes, and cost / schedule development practices; consulting expert support for attorneys, owners, contractors, and design professionals.