Damages Quantification
Construction damages, from actual costs to lost profits.
What the Loss Is Worth
Aperture quantifies the financial impact of construction disputes, from cost overruns and defective work to project losses. We build cost-based damages from actual cost data wherever possible, and we quantify economic damages such as lost profits, lost rental income, and added financing costs that flow from delay and disruption. Backed by forensic accounting and experienced construction professionals, we allocate responsibility and present figures that hold up under scrutiny. We support owners, contractors, sureties, insurers, developers, and counsel on either side of a claim.
Cost-Based Damages — Damages grounded in actual and estimated project costs. Includes cost overruns, quantum analysis, cost-of-repair and completion estimates, and damages allocation.
Economic Damages — Damages quantified through financial and economic analysis. Includes lost profits and revenue from delay, lost rental income, business interruption, and added interest, financing, and loan costs, along with extended and unabsorbed overhead.
Forensic Accounting & Contract Support — Financial investigation, contract oversight, and defensible quantification. Includes forensic accounting and cost tracing, construction cost audits, contract and claim management, actual-cost analysis, construction cost estimating, financial modeling, and expert reports and testimony.
Related practices: For broader economic and financial damages beyond construction, see Economic Consulting. For the schedule side of a delay claim, see Delay & Productivity Analysis.
Our Capabilities
Valuation and quantification of construction claims and damages using recognized methods and supporting project data.
Analysis of why a project exceeded its budget and by how much. We identify the sources of overruns and their responsibility.
Estimates of the cost to repair defective work or complete a project. We quantify the work required and its cost.
Audit of project costs to verify what was actually spent, testing cost records against contract terms and supporting documentation.
Allocation of damages among the parties and causes involved. We apportion responsibility based on the evidence.
Quantification of lost profits and analysis of revenue impacts resulting from a dispute or delay. We analyze the associated revenues and costs to determine the resulting economic loss.
Analysis of rental or lease income lost due to delay or defect. We quantify income the owner was unable to realize.
Evaluation of losses from interrupted operations tied to a construction issue. We quantify the financial impact of the interruption.
Analysis of added interest and financing costs caused by delay or dispute. We quantify the cost of carrying a project longer than planned.
Quantification of extended field and unabsorbed home-office overhead from delay, using recognized methods.
Analysis of a project’s actual incurred costs. We build damages from documented cost data wherever possible.
Independent estimating of construction costs and scope to support or rebut a damages figure.
Management and analysis of contracts and claims through a dispute, organizing entitlement, documentation, and claim positions.
Forensic accounting to trace funds, costs, and financial records. We follow the money to establish what was spent and where.
Modeling of financial scenarios and damages calculations to test and present the financial impact.
Overall quantification of the financial loss from a construction dispute. We determine the total value at issue.
Expert reports and testimony explaining the damages analysis clearly to attorneys, insurers, judges, arbitrators, and juries, on either side of a claim.
Review and evaluation of opposing damages claims, expert analyses, and supporting calculations. We identify and quantify areas of disagreement.
