Wayne Kalayjian has provided analytical expertise for complex capital improvement programs worldwide for more than 35 years. He specializes in standard of care, best industry practices, program management systems and controls, and fraud investigations. Mr. Kalayjian’s consulting work includes financial damage analytics, forensic accounting, root-cause analytics, environmental risk remediation, cost estimating, quantum and damages analysis, dispute resolution, litigation support, and expert testimony.  

Mr. Kalayjian has hands-on experience in the design, construction, and oversight of projects in the energy, power, technology, transportation, water, higher education, military, institutional, manufacturing, healthcare, and gaming sectors. He brings clients first-hand insight into why construction projects succeed, how they fail, powerful ways to translate complicated technical issues into plain English, and other lessons learned.  

Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) recognizes Mr. Kalayjian as an impressive Construction expert, saying “Wayne Kalayjian is extremely well-known for his deep expertise in domestic and international design and construction projects across the energy, transport and healthcare industries.” One source notes, “Wayne has first-rate presentational skills.” Another shares, “He helped us frame our damages case with the most practical analysis and the clearest presentation.”

In addition, Mr. Kalayjian regularly lectures at the University of Southern California and is a Technical Expert for the California Department of Consumer Affairs and its Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. He is a senior advisor for a private equity fund in Manhattan and has been a board member for a mid-sized engineering company in South Florida, where he provided operational guidance. He has also furnished expert testimony in Federal and State courts across the United States and ICC matters in Europe. He is currently serving as a technical expert and panelist on a dispute resolution board associated with the largest nuclear power station in the Middle East. 

While earning an MS degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Kalayjian studied and wrote about “Skyscraper Technology in Manhattan: 1930 to 1990” for his research thesis. He was also part of the construction team that moved a historic lighthouse on Cape Cod National Seashore in 1995, and his engineering drawings are on display at the Highland Light Museum. He is the author of the acclaimed book, “Saving Michelangelo’s Dome,” and has lectured on construction, engineering, seismic risk, and fraud mitigation at conferences and universities around the United States.