Ted Scott is a licensed civil engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in dispute resolution, delay and disruption analyses, cost overruns, scheduling, and project controls. His experience spans a variety of large-scale infrastructure and commercial projects, including airports, casinos, education, high-rise commercial/residential, highways and bridges, hospitals, hotels, judicial, oil & gas, ports, power, rail, stadiums, tunnels, and water/wastewater treatment facilities.
Mr. Scott has been appointed as an expert on numerous disputes in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. He has testified in the United States Federal and State Courts and arbitrations (under ICC, AAA, and JAMS rules) as an independent expert on scheduling, project delay, loss of productivity, and quantum matters
Mr. Scott is an author and frequent speaker on a variety of construction-related topics. He also serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers’ committee to develop of a national consensus standard governing the best practice for conducting CPM schedule delay analysis in construction. He is also an officer of the Society of Construction Law North America. Mr. Scott also serves as the Society of Construction Law’s Southwest Co-Regional Director.
Before working in the consulting field, Mr. Scott worked as a civil engineer and scheduler on several large highway and bridge projects gaining hands‐on experience from the ground up.
Regarded as a top voice in the industry, Mr. Scott is ranked across 10 reports in the esteemed Lexology Index publication. He is featured as a Global Elite Thought Leader in several Lexology reports — including Construction, Consulting Experts (Construction (Quantum, Delay & Technical)), and Thought Leaders – Global Elite. Lexology has also named Mr. Scott as a Thought Leader in Thought Leaders – Firm Management, Thought Leaders – Construction, Arbitration, Thought Leaders – Arbitration, and Thought Leaders – USA (in the Arbitration Expert Witnesses, Construction Expert Witnesses, and Construction – Quantum Delay & Technical categories). He is also featured as a Highly Recommended expert in the publication’s Energy and Transport reports. He is regarded by sources as “a very safe pair of hands” and noted for his “peerless written reports,” reflecting his experience as an expert on large-scale matters involving sectors such as transport, energy and water infrastructure across multiple international markets. A “well-rounded and well-spoken expert,” Mr. Scott wins praise in the market for his “unparalleled technical evaluations” and “excellent testifying skills.”
Lexology has also featured the following client feedback about Mr. Scott:
- “Ted is one of the best schedule delay experts in the country”
- “He is excellent on the witness stand”
- “He is a well-known expert in the industry”
- “Ted does excellent technical evaluations and is always well prepared”
- “He is a fantastic consultant”
- “He repeatedly helps us win complex arbitrations”