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Patrick M. Kelly

Senior Managing Director

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2000 K Street NW, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

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Patrick M. Kelly is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Washington, DC. With more than 25 years of relevant experience, he is an expert in project controls, critical path method (CPM) scheduling, earned value analysis, forensic schedule analysis for delays, and disruption and loss of productivity analysis. Patrick is a professional civil engineer and a certified Planning and Scheduling Professional who has qualified and testified as an expert on CPM scheduling and forensic delay analysis in the U.S. and internationally. He has extensive experience in transportation and infrastructure, shipbuilding and ship repair, hotels and condominiums, and government and public facilities.

Experience

Patrick’s professional experience includes:

  • Scheduling and Project Controls: Provides consultant services in project controls, scheduling, earned value management (EVM), and construction management for contractors, developers, and federal, state, and city organizations. Strong knowledge of both construction methods and software techniques. Skilled in the development and analysis of critical path method networks for transportation, facilities, and critical structures assignments.
  • Schedule Delay Analysis: Provides forensic schedule analysis and litigation support to owners, contractors, and attorneys on construction methods, cost analysis, and delay/disruption issues, and is a testifying expert on CPM scheduling and forensic schedule analysis. Thorough understanding of delay and impact analysis methods and the application of construction legal doctrines.
  • Disruption and Loss of Productivity Analysis: Thoroughly experienced in performing lost labor productivity analyses and in trend analysis of productivity, efficiency, and earned value metrics. Performs “measured mile” and earned value analyses to determine lost efficiency and cumulative impact of multiple change orders and schedule impact analyses to determine the effects of lost productivity on schedule.
  • Transportation and Infrastructure: Contract management, construction management, scheduling, claims, and disputes resolution services on a broad array of projects in the U.S., Canada, and internationally, including work on major ports, roads, and highways (including construction of major interchanges, roadway, and utility construction and repairs, sound wall erection, etc.), bridge and tunnel construction and repair, and airport construction and renovation.
  • Shipbuilding and Ship Repair: Scheduling, claims, and disputes resolution services for both commercial and military ships. Projects include new ship construction as well as ship repair and refit to include both structural and mechanical systems repair, spanning from the dry-docking of craft through the post-availability sea trials.
  • Hotels and Condominiums: Contract management, construction management, scheduling, claims, and disputes resolution services on hotel and condominium projects within the U.S. and internationally.
  • Government, School, and Public Facilities: Contract management, construction management, scheduling, claims, and disputes resolution services on projects involving federal and state facilities, including schools, universities, dormitories, and military facilities.
Education
  • BS, Ocean Engineering, US Naval Academy
Honors & Awards
 
  • Who’s Who Legal says: “Patrick Kelly is ‘an excellent expert’ according to clients who describe him as ‘a go-to Individual’ for forensic schedule delay analysis.”
  • Who’s Who Legal Consulting Expert Witness: Construction – Quantum & Delay
  • Board of Directors, AACE International (Region 2 Director, 2016 – 2018)
  • Board of Directors, AACE International (Vice President for Finance, 2018 – 2020)
Certifications
  • Professional Engineer (Maryland)
  • Planning and Scheduling Professional (AACE)
Affiliations
  • AACE International
  • Society of Construction Law North America
  • American Society of Civil Engineers

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News & Events

October 3, 2023

66 Ankura Advisors Acknowledged by Who’s Who Legal as Leading Consulting Experts

Ankura is pleased to announce that 66 of our professionals have earned a well-deserved spot among advisors worldwide in the Who’s Who Legal: Consulting Experts 2023 list. This recognition highlights the exceptional depth of our advisory services spanning diverse sectors and geographical regions. This recognition underscores the parallel proficiency in several critical areas including: Forensic ...

September 16, 2022

45 Ankura Advisors Acknowledged by Who’s Who Legal as Leading Consulting Experts

Ankura is pleased to announce that 45 of its professionals have been named among the top professional advisors worldwide in the Who’s Who Legal: Consulting Experts 2022 list. This ranking exemplifies Ankura’s depth of multidisciplinary advisory experience across various sectors and geographies with experts from Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas receiving recognition ...

May 2, 2022

Outstanding Ankura Construction Experts Acknowledged by Who’s Who Legal

Ankura is pleased to announce that 20 of its professionals have been named among the top construction advisors worldwide in the Who’s Who Legal: Construction 2022 list. This ranking demonstrates Ankura experts’ decades of unparalleled industry experience, wide-ranging knowledge, and global perspective to help clients resolve the most challenging issues they face around the world. ...

February 4, 2022

Ankura Promotes 17 Professionals to Senior Managing Director

The newly promoted leaders highlight and emphasize Ankura’s continued growth and collaborative culture and reflect the depth of its broad-based multidisciplinary services around the world.

September 1, 2021

40 Ankura Professional Advisors Recognized by Who’s Who Legal as Leading Consulting Experts

Ankura is home to industry-leading talent as underscored by the recognition of 40 professional advisors as leading consulting experts in the world by an annual award program.

June 10, 2021

Ankura Experts Recognized as Top Construction Advisors by Who’s Who Legal

Ankura offers clients premier industry talent as 18 of Ankura's professionals are recognized as the top construction advisors in the world by annual ward program.

July 8, 2019

44 of Ankura’s Global Professionals Recognized by Who’s Who Legal as Consulting Experts

44 Ankura professionals from the U.S., U.K., U.A.E., Singapore, and Hong Kong are recognized as consulting experts by annual award program.

April 16, 2019

Ankura Construction Professionals Recognized as Construction Leaders by Who’s Who Legal

22 Ankura professionals are recognized as leading construction experts by an annual award program.

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