William A Cook

William A Cook (Bill) is a registered civil engineer with over 40 years of program, project, construction and operations management experience. He employs his skills to forensically analyse claims and resolve disputes and has prepared or provided expert analyses on hundreds of appointments.

Bill’s experience includes programme, project, construction and operations management and post-construction claims resolution, with hands-on project experience including a US$850 million waste-water facility programme and a US$700 million rail line. Bill’s expertise spans a broad variety of project types including airports, casinos, concert halls, courthouses, education, highways, hospitals, hotels, industrial, libraries, office buildings, parking structures, sports stadiums, theme parks and transportation facilities. He was also a construction management specialist to FEMA’s Public Assistance group in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Bill has testified in a variety of dispute resolution forums including jury trials, arbitrations and mediations. He has testified and analyzed claims involving the areas of schedule and delay analysis, construction management standard of care, costs audits and impacts, contractor performance, extra work, contractor defects, errors and omissions and damages.  Case size has ranged from less than US$1 million to more than US$100 million.

Bill is a professional engineer in California. He earned a BS in civil engineering from Rutgers University College of Engineering and is a past member of the board of directors of the Construction Management Association of America, as well as a past Los Angeles chapter president. He has presented seminars to the LA County Bar Association and to many other trade associations and conferences on a variety of subjects from reading plans and structural engineering to scheduling and claims analysis.

William A Cook is a highly-respected expert in his field and is praised for his “vast industry awareness” and “intelligent and intuitive approach” to matters.