Steve Holloway, GC

CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS EXPERT

Since 1990, Steve Holloway has served as a construction claims expert, causation/damages expert, and expert witness on hundreds of contract disputes. He has participated in numerous settlement conferences and mediation. And he has provided fact and expert witness testimony in arbitration and litigation. In addition, he has been qualified and accepted as a retained and non-retained expert in numerous technical areas before various courts and panels.

He also serves as a private mediator and arbiter for clients seeking to avoid formal dispute resolution. In addition, he has lectured and spoken before the AGC, ABC, CLE, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, and Construction Superconference. He has also spoken to other industry groups on engineering, construction, contracts, financial and disputes topics.

Mr. Holloway is regarded by many in the construction industry as one of our nation’s leading construction damages experts. In May 2022, Holloway Consulting celebrated its 25th business anniversary.

Industry Experience

Working as an Owner, Contractor, and CM from 1974 to 1990, Steve Holloway gained extensive experience in construction claims and construction damages before joining Kellogg Corp. in 1990 as a construction damages expert witness and adviser. He became a Partner and Vice President with Navigant in 1993. He then formed The Holloway Consulting Group, LLC in 1997 to provide services in construction claims and construction expert witness. These services include construction productivity, construction defects, GC/CM standard of care; design professional liability and GC and CM standard of care; construction insurance; surety claims; cost audits and accounting; government contract disputes; construction advisory services, and other related matters.

Over the last 50 years, Steve Holloway has worked on a wide range of engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and construction projects in the U.S. and abroad, with an aggregate value of over $50 billion. From 1974 to 1984, Steve worked on a series of large industrial projects. He first worked for Fluor Corp., then with M.W. Kellogg (KBR), Bechtel Power, Fluor Mining & Metals, and ARAMCO. Steve rose through project control, project engineering, and project management positions. From 1985 to 1990, he worked for Heery Program Management and Stolte, Inc. in construction management and general contracting on various commercial projects across the U.S. See construction claims expert case study examples.

Steve Holloway’s Clients

Mr. Holloway’s contractor clients have included Kiewit, Turner, PCL, Washington Group, ch2m, Vogt-NEM, ABB, J.A. Jones, Bovis, Hensel Phelps, and Jacobs. His owner clients have included BASF, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, East West Partners, TVA, Intrawest, Vail Resorts, University of Colorado, and Rutgers University. His surety clients have included AIG, CNA, Zurich, Travelers and others.

CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE SUMMARY BY TIME FRAME

Fluor (EPC), M.W. Kellogg (EPC), Bechtel (EPC), Parsons/Gilbane (PM), and ARAMCO (Owner/PM) 1974-1984

Heery Program Management (CM/PM), and Stolte, Inc. (GC) 1985-1990

Principal, Kellogg Corp. (Construction Expert Witness) 1990-1993

Partner, Kellogg/Peterson Consulting Group (Construction Expert Witness) 1993-1997

Founder/Managing Partner, The Holloway Consulting Group, LLC (Construction Expert Witness) 1997-Present

SELECTED LECTURES

Mr. Holloway has lectured on construction disputes and expert witness topics to private clients. And also, in popular forums such as the Superconference, Colorado Bar Association, CLE International, etc.

PUBLICATIONS

Mr. Holloway has published approximately seventy-five articles on construction disputes topics. These include chapters in ABA BOOK Publishing’s Forum On Construction Law and ASPEN PUBLISHERS construction law library construction law update.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Building Construction, Northeast Louisiana University (Currently University of Louisiana, Monroe), 1973.

LICENSES

California General Building Contractor’s License #786241.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ROLES

American Bar Association, Associate Member #00750298.

American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel.

ABA Forum on Construction.

Mediator, Arbiter and DRB Member.

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