Kelsy Kurfirst

Kelsy’s professional experience includes:

• Midwest Flood Management River Diversion Project – Engaged by the owner of a flood management infrastructure project that includes construction of a 30-mile engineered channel to divert water from nearby rivers. Reviewed claims from the developer exceeding $100 million and developed analysis of schedule delays and disruption in preparation for legal proceedings. Created a program-wide as-built schedule analysis identifying critical coordination points between utilities, civil structures, and drain inlets across the 30-mile channel. Determined the as-built critical path and causes of delay.
• New York Airport Redevelopment Project – Engaged by the owner to provide risk management and advisory services during the construction and renovation of a new terminal at a New York airport. Analyzed monthly schedule updates to track progress towards key milestones, identify delays, and discuss risks and mitigation efforts with the client and construction management team. Assisted with commercial risk management by evaluating potential claims from subcontractors and drafting formal correspondences. Led weekly legal meetings with client executives and in-house counsel. Developed dashboards with key project performance metrics, including schedule, cost, and commercial updates.
• Southern California Airport Redevelopment Project – Engaged by the owner to review cost overruns, analyze pending change orders, and evaluate as-built schedule delays during the close-out of a new airport terminal renovation project in Southern California. Developed a report summarizing critical schedule impacts across the program in support of settlement discussions between the owner and contractor.
• New York International Airport Redevelopment – Engaged by the owner to provide risk management and advisory services during the construction of a new terminal at a New York airport. Developed analysis dashboards summarizing progress and risks across the program, from design and procurement to construction and close-out. Performed monthly schedule reviews and weekly look-ahead comparisons, identifying areas of delay. Led weekly meetings with client executives and the construction team to present findings and discuss mitigations.
• Los Angeles Mixed Use High-Rise Project – Engaged by the owner of a hotel-residential mixed use real estate development in downtown LA to review delay claims from the electrical subcontractor. Analyzed change orders, manpower reports, monthly schedules, and other project documents to evaluate alleged loss of productivity and quantify critical schedule impacts related to the electrical scope. Developed expert schedule analysis in preparation for potential legal proceedings.
• Luxury Hotel in Seattle – Engaged by the owner of a hotel project in Seattle to provide schedule advisory services and track progress towards key construction milestones. Developed monthly schedule analysis dashboards to identify risks and discuss mitigations with the client.
• Los Angeles Pharmaceutical Lab Project – Engaged by the owner of a pharmaceutical lab construction project to conduct schedule quality reviews. Presented key findings and proposed schedule quality improvement strategies to the client.
• International Bridge Project – Engaged by the contractor on a cable-stayed bridge project for schedule analysis and delay quantification. Reviewed the as-built schedule and project records to determine the critical path during construction, identified causes of delay, and developed analysis in support of expert testimony.
• Liquified Natural Gas Facility (Australia) – Engaged by the contractor on an international LNG facility for a review of the project management performance during construction of the facility. Reviewed subcontractor claims and contractor’s counterclaims exceeding $2.5 billion in alleged damages. Assisted with the preparation of expert reports for legal proceedings.