meet brian j. furniss

BRIAN J. FURNISS

PE, PSP, CCP, CFCC

PRINCIPAL

Brian J. Furniss has served the construction industry for over 20 years, analyzing complex construction projects and providing expert testimony on scheduling, delays, productivity losses, and damages. Mr. Furniss applies his expertise both during and after the construction process, focusing primarily on CPM scheduling, delay and productivity analyses, change and risk management, cost analysis, dispute resolution, and claim analysis. He has provided expert analyses and guidance on projects ranging from $3.4M to over $15B USD.

Mr. Furniss is a licensed Professional Engineer (Industrial) in Florida, Texas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Colorado, and Georgia; and is a Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP), a Certified Cost Professional (CCP), and a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) with AACE International. He is principal co-author of the books, Construction Delays: Understanding Them Clearly, Analyzing Them Correctly; and Productivity in Construction Projects, and has authored technical papers for construction industry publications. Mr. Furniss is an award-winning speaker, provides training and presentations to universities and construction industry organizations, and is a Fellow with the Project Management College of Scheduling (PMCOS).

Mr. Furniss has experience in airport, bridge, commercial, dam, entertainment, gas, oil, and plastics refinery, government, healthcare, high rise, highway, hospital, hotel, laboratory, multi-family, pipeline, prison, residential, sports arena, theme park, tunnel, transit, water, and wastewater projects in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, United Kingdom, Middle East, Australia, and Antarctica.

Our Team

  • B.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2003

    United States Military Academy,1998-2000

  • Professional Engineer (Industrial)
    Florida • Colorado • Texas • California • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia

    Certified Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) • AACE International

    Certified Cost Professional (CCP) • AACE International

    Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) • AACE International

    Fellow • PMCOS

  • Productivity in Construction Projects; John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2022

    Construction Delays - Understanding Them Clearly and Analyzing Them Correctly; Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Burlington, MA, 2009

    “Understanding and Applying the Elements of Constructive Acceleration;” Source, AACE International, Pages 21 through 29, February 2020

    • Provided expert testimony in Arbitration, Court, and ICC Dispute Review Board on scheduling, delays, productivity losses, and damages; served as Arbitrator for dispute regarding project delays.

    • Provided delay, productivity, cost, and schedule risk analyses on $12+ billion LNG and refinery projects in the United States, Canada, and Middle East.

    • Analyzed critical path delays and provided expert testimony on a 5-year, $230+ million highway and bridge project in Greenville, South Carolina. The design-build work included the expansion of two interstate highways, including 10 new bridge structures, along with the supporting wall structures, embankments, utilities, and infrastructure.

    • Analyzed critical path delays to 3 contract milestones on a 5-year, $500+ million new toll-road facility in Southern California. Determined party responsible for critical path delays, evaluated concurrent delays, and the cumulative effects of Owner changes to the critical path and contractor’s means and methods.

    • Performed analyses of critical path delays, change orders, scheduling and acceleration plans, subcontractor production, and other claims analyses on a new, 36-story high-rise in Miami, Florida.

    • Analyzed critical path delays to over 37 buildings on a $40+ million new condominium complex in Hawaii, and other multi-family housing projects throughout the United States.

    • Performed project scheduling, change order evaluation, and “what-if” acceleration scenarios for a general contractor during its completion of an $80+ million library in Chicago, Illinois.

    • Provided baseline schedule, and risk analyses with Monte Carlo simulations on over 20 contract milestones for a general contractor on a $300+ million world-renowned entertainment venue in Florida.

Ask me about…

  • Space Obsession

  • Life and work in Antarctica

  • Coaching Youth Sports

  • Love of Music