Strategic Technical Advisory for
High-Stakes Construction Litigation.
We separate forensic diagnosis from standard expert testimony. By partnering with your legal team to investigate and analyze the objective technical reality early in the case, we deliver what litigators need most: better control of costs and more predictable outcomes.
The Structural Failures of Traditional Expert Engagement
When litigating high-stakes construction claims, the breakdown rarely happens because of a lack of technical knowledge. It happens because the forensic investigation and analysis fail to align with the core legal strategy.
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The Budget Disconnect (The “Black Box”)
You hire an expert for a preliminary review. You expect a quick assessment. You receive a massive invoice for “document review” that yielded no usable strategy. This disconnect between expected value and billed hours makes it impossible to forecast litigation budgets accurately.
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The Strategic Disconnect (The Niche Silo):
Technical experts are often brilliant engineers within their specific disciplines, but they lack a cohesive view of the overall litigation. Without high-level strategic oversight, they produce opinions that may be technically sound but remain entirely disconnected from your core legal narrative.
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The Privilege Trap (“Poisoning the Well”)
You need to know the technical weaknesses of your case early. However, you are reluctant to engage a testifying expert to find them, fearing their work will become discoverable. You fly blind to avoid creating evidence that could be used against you.
Our Solution:
The Strategic Engine for High-Stakes Construction Litigation
We built AEC Forensics Group to solve these exact structural failures. We elevate the management of your case by separating the strategic investigation from the testimony. We leverage decades of objective, field-proven experience on high-stakes claims involving every aspect of the built environment.
Budget Predictability
We replace the chaos of unmanaged experts with a disciplined diagnostic framework. We define the technical investigation through strict, pre-authorized parameters, providing the absolute transparency you need to maintain total financial command.
Strategic Investigation & Analysis
We act as your dedicated technical advisory team. Rather than performing bulk document processing, we surgically audit the project record to extract the specific technical intelligence your legal strategy demands. We diagnose the technical reality so your team can focus entirely on legal execution.
Strategic Safety
We operate primarily as non-testifying consulting experts. This provides a privileged “Safe Harbor” to stress-test your theories and identify vulnerabilities early without the risk of immediate discovery.
Strategic Forensics in Action
AEC Forensics Group acts as a highly specialized extension of your litigation team. We apply our framework through three primary service engagements to ensure efficiency, objectivity, and strategic safety.
Preliminary Case Evaluation (PCE)
Before you retain a full roster of experts, get the ground truth. We audit the available record to deliver a clear assessment of technical exposure and establish strict budget parameters. This fixed-fee diagnostic provides objective baseline intelligence before you commit to a full roster of testifying experts.
Explore Case EvaluationStrategic Expert Integration
A fractured technical narrative compromises your entire strategy. We serve as the diagnostic hub for your expert team, curating the scope of work and ensuring every independent specialist operates from a unified, strategically sound foundation.
Explore Expert IntegrationStrategic Litigation Advisory
We act as your privileged technical consulting team. We extract targeted evidence, relentlessly stress-test theories under absolute safe harbor, and translate complex engineering data to arm you for highly effective discovery.
Explore Litigation AdvisoryCommand the Technical Narrative.
Let us establish the diagnostic foundation, integrate your expert team, and provide the privileged safe harbor you need so you can dedicate your highest-value time entirely to high-level legal advocacy.
Clear Conflicts & Discuss StrategyWhy choose us
Our Leadership
Brian L. Hill
CEO & Director of Forensics
Brian represents the firm’s expansive breadth, having advised on over 2,000 cases as a protected, non-designated consultant. He designs the technical strategy, aligns complex forensic investigations, and ensures the objective technical reality remains flawlessly integrated with your legal objectives.
Steve Hill
Senior Consultant & Testifying Expert
With over 50 years of experience in construction, Steve brings profound diagnostic depth to the firm. While our primary focus is objective forensic advisory, Steve serves as our foundational reality check. He acts as a technical mentor, a peer reviewer, and when strategically required, a formidable testifying authority grounded in absolute technical reality.
The Weight of Experience
2,500+
Cases, Disputes & Claims Managed.
55+
Combined Years of Construction Forensic Experience.
0%
Markup on Expert Fees & Rates.
Elevate Your Legal Strategy.
Partner with seasoned forensic advisors on your next high-stakes construction dispute. Bring objective, independent technical analysis to your case to control your budget and deliver predictable outcomes.