Led by David E. Chase, Chase A+EP offers expert witness services, mediation, and arbitration in the field of expert witnessing. A former long-term president and CEO of one of the largest architectural firms in the USA, Mr. Chase holds a master’s degree from Columbia University.
Over the course of his 45+ year career, he has personally been responsible for more than $1 billion of constructed projects as designer, specifier, project manager, architect-of-record or principal-in-charge of small and large complex projects.
Based on this foundation of technical and practical experience, Mr. Chase has participated as an expert witness in forensic construction assignments for plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of matters including ADA Accessibility Guidelines, insurance matters, standard of care, schedule delay, construction defects, contract disputes, water intrusion, mold, errors and omissions, and Florida 718 Statutes for condominiums regarding converter and statutory reserves. In addition, he has mediated assignments in foreclosure matters, and arbitrated warranty and construction claims.
Licensed in 20 states and currently practicing architecture in Florida, Mr. Chase has designed and completed project types in education, stadium, criminal justice, housing (senior, assisted living, public, multi-family and single detached), health care, commercial, hospitality and retail facilities. His specific forensic expertise in construction encompasses negotiating, authoring and administering design-bid-build, design-build, construction manager-at-risk, fast-track, fixed price, bridging, sole source and private/government contracts.
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