Christopher J. Mather Email & Phone Number

Devon, Pennsylvania

I advocate and advise large multi-national contractors and subcontractors, on implementing on-site Dispute Avoidance Services on their projects so as to mitigate project delays and project margin.I have represented Owners, Contractors and Subcontractors in many disputes and been successful in settling most issues pretrial. Over the past decade, I have (1) assisted a GC on-site as its Contract Manager on a hydroelectric project; (2) assisted an EPC on three projects, to mitigate its delays and margin erosion; (3) quantified a Client's losses incurred on three insurable loss events on a power plant built in Pakistan; (4) have converted a contractor's T4D to a T4C on both USAF and USN projects and submitted Termination Proposals in response; (5) quantified cost overruns on an environmental remediation matter; and (6) defended numerous conveyor belt manufacturers in the automotive and airline industry. I have prepared and defended change orders for one of the US's major BHS manufacturers. I have authored a Request for Equitable Adjustment (REA) on a Baggage Handling System at an airport in NE, USA. Additionally, I was tasked with developing the second-tier Mechanical Subcontractor's claim in tandem with the GC's BHS Subcontractor's claim. Both cases were successfully settled.I have assisted many clients to improve their projects' bottom-line and mitigate their exposure to LDs. I have reviewed, proposed and recommended contract term changes to mitigate downstream risks. During project execution, I have supported PMs in the field in a Commercial Manager capacity. I was tasked with assisting them in avoiding disputes as they arose and to have site personnel pull together the key supporting documentation to these issues, so Management had an accurate perspective of the issues and the project's true progress and financial status. In the past decade I have mitigated clients' project margin erosion by approximately $122MM at a cost of $4.8MM.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Assisted a client to complete and closeout its major transmission line project in Canada. Focused on developing strategies to determine the EPC’s entitlement to additional Labor Escalation costs. Led a team of 7 people, to collect and input labor data, that supported and proved the EPC's actual incurred costs and that substantiated the EPC's entitlement for its requested Final Change Order request to the Owner upon project completion. Owner issued an Approved Change Order for the sums claimed, supported and identified.In South Africa on a matter involving the construction of a super critical boiler I was engaged and tasked in developing a process to assess the prior performance of a selected installation subcontractor, and to develop and propose internal procedures to identify and mitigate future subcontractor disputes as the installation subcontractors’ continued to install the balance of their scopes of work.

Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Assisted all departments in commercial aspects, primarily Operations and Sales and Marketing; assisted in intellectual property protection. Performed commercial review and due diligence on proposed partners for future projects / ventures. Applied entrepreneurial experience to improve Operations and used my broad commercial experience to achieve corporate requirements and improve contract management. Applied my expertise to mitigate MET's exposure to potential schedule risks and serious cost exposure before either were fully realized. Completed three FGD projects and mitigated schedule and margin erosion. Seeks comparable challenges and business opportunities anywhere in the world.

Devon, Pennsylvania

Retained by an (FGD) OEM to defend its interests in Taiwan against an Owner. Developed a claim and schedule analysis against the Owner to support the EPC contractor's claim, which the Owner accepted. Worked on a similar assignment in Turkey for the EPC contractor who had disputes, both against the Owner and one of its major subcontractors. Worked for another well known US EPC contractor and developed and asserted its claims against the Owners of three utility plants. He defended the EPC contractor against affirmative claims asserted by the Owners on these three capital projects for assessed LDs and alleged additional costs incurred by the Owner in the construction and execution of these projects. He successfully mitigated the contractor's exposure and identified and obtained change orders to close out two of the projects. The third matter was settled at mediation.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for globally developing the company's Construction Litigation practice. This involved extensive travel. Wrote articles and presented in-house training seminars on Claims Prevention and Project Monitoring Oversight services.

Radnor, Pennsylavania

Quantified and assessed the damages in numerous private and public sector projects. Provided training to clients in Claims Prevention and Mitigation techniques. In one matter in which he was deposed, the Defendant sued for $60 million. At trial, the jury found for the Defendant and awarded $8.6 million to the GC.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Managed all vendors and commercial and public agency contracts for the company. Implemented all internal policies and procedures in the execution of department contracts. Negotiated contracts with the GSA, bringing in revenues in excess of $20 million. Principal purchasing responsibilities included evaluating products; negotiating terms and conditions; and determining product pricing with the company’s vendors and manufacturers’ representatives. Verified satellite offices were compliant with corporate-mandated policies and procedures. Performed in-house training.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As a Claims Analyst, I was involved in two multi-million dollar railcar claims on behalf of a major manufacturer. Tasks I performed, included document research, preliminary schedule analysis evaluation (As-Planned v. As-Built), and preparation of “itemized” claim reports. I coordinated the pricing of these claims with the client’s Cost Accountants and productivity experts. Other assignments involved claims analyses of other public entity facilities.