Material contrary evidence
What material information supports or challenges the proposed technical conclusions?
Expert witness
Completion Costs
Construction completion-cost analysis addressing remaining work, scope distinctions and supporting cost information.
Completion-cost assignments may consider work remaining at a relevant date and the information supporting proposed or incurred completion costs.
The contract scope, condition of the work and later changes can affect the questions presented.
Available information may include inspections, photographs, payment records, estimates, contracts and completion proposals.
An assignment may consider distinctions among completion, repair, changed scope and other cost components. Their significance depends on the facts and contract.
Costs may be evaluated using records, estimates, allocations or other supported information, with the basis and limitations identified.
Oxley provides technical cost analysis of remaining scope, recorded costs and completion estimates. The analytical approach and conclusions depend on the assignment, project facts, available records and contract-administration context.
Questions an assignment may address
In practice
- 01
Remaining work
What work and conditions are relevant at the date being evaluated?
- 02
Scope distinctions
How do the available records describe original, incomplete, changed or remedial work?
- 03
Cost information
What information supports the proposed or incurred completion costs?
- 04
Assumptions and limitations
How do assumptions, uncertainty and the available evidence affect the findings?
Considerations and limitations
Questions and limitations to consider
Unexplained assumptions
What assumptions or reconstructions affect interpretation of the analysis?
Scope and explanation
How do the technical findings relate to the actual questions and limits of the assignment?
Completion Costs
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