Laura Miller

Laura Miller is an expert in the calculation of construction delay and disruption related damages. Ms. Miller has nearly 30 years of construction and damages related experience. She has performed contemporaneous construction cost reviews and has analyzed the financial impact of various construction cost, schedule, and contract issues, both in private and public contracts. Ms. Miller has testified in depositions, at trial, and in AAA, ICDR, and DRB arbitrations. Her expertise includes the analysis of construction damages considering the impact of design changes, change orders, delays, disruptions, inefficiencies, and accelerations. Her work in the construction arena has also involved issues such as terminations, defaults, limitations under Federal Acquisition Regulations, and integration of damages with schedule delay.

Ms. Miller’s experience encompasses various industry sectors, including projects in the oil and gas, power, industrial, transportation, commercial building, pipeline, and government contracting sectors. She has consulted to steel companies, electric and water utilities, oil and gas companies, construction companies, housing authorities, insurance companies, sureties, equipment producers, school districts, municipalities and other government entities. A recognized expert in the area of construction damages, Ms. Miller has testified in various ADR and trial proceedings, and she has presented her findings at several mediations.

Ms. Miller has presented to local and national organizations on topics related to the tracking and verification of construction costs, the quantification of construction damages, and construction fraud.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Miller was a director of The Rhodes Group, where she led the firm’s forensic accounting services. She was previously a Managing Director in the Pittsburgh office of Navigant Consulting.

Ms. Miller holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting from John Carroll University and a M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified Construction Auditor (CCA). She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the National Association of Construction Auditors.