ABOUT AEC EXPERTS
COUNSEL
CLIENT SERVICES
CONSULTANTS
At AEC Experts, we have years of experience in the consulting industry. We specialize in providing top-notch services in areas such as risk management, litigation support, strategy and operations. Our expertise can help take your business to the next level.
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CONSULTANTS
CLIENT SERVICES
CONSULTANTS
Our team at AEC Experts is made up of highly skilled professionals with diverse backgrounds. We work together to provide our clients with tailored solutions that meet their unique needs. Meet our team and learn more about our individual areas of expertise.
CLIENT SERVICES
CLIENT SERVICES
CLIENT SERVICES
At AEC Experts, we take a holistic approach to consulting. We work closely with our clients to understand their goals and challenges, and develop solutions that address their specific needs. Our approach is collaborative, transparent, and results-driven.
RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
WHEN LAWYERS NEED ADVICE
In today’s economic environment the requirement to manage corporate assets, including the legal department, is key to success - and, perhaps survival. Most legal departments prior have not been tasked to operate as a business unit. The classic primary roles are to preserve and protect, and now profit.
AEC is formed to aid corporations, corporate counsel, law firms, lawyers, and other legal professionals in their risk mitigation strategies for effective project delivery and strategic business decisions.
Our clients are professionals – corporate counsel, lawyers, mediators, arbitrators, consultants. Savvy, smart, skilled - but, where do professionals turn when they need counsel?
HOW DO YOU FIND GOOD COUNSEL AND CONSULTANTS?
We all know that good contracts make for good projects. We know too that at times even with the best contracts, projects can experience construction disputes, costing you time and money.
We also know that there are many talented lawyers and consultants. But who is right for your needs?
There are a myriad questions to answer, for example:
- Have they successfully supported your firm in a related engagement?
- Are they seasoned in the project type?
- Are they a transaction attorney or a litigator?
- Are the admitted to the state or local bar?
- Are they licensed or credentialed in the geographic area?
Then there are the subtle nuances:
- Will they work well with in-house or outside counsel?
- Will they be effective in the locale?
- Do they have the capacity, the aptitude, to ensure a smooth and successful outcome?
MEANS AND METHODS
AEC aids your risk mitigation strategies for effective project delivery with a thorough selection process by asking these and many more questions, saving you time and valuable personnel resources. What might take corporate counsel, outside counsel and paralegals hours to research and analyze, our in-depth knowledge specific to the construction law industry, gives you the best candidates in less time and with the benefit of and in-depth understanding the industry.
Consider AEC an extension of your staff, independent and adept at the art of relationships, with the specialized knowledge and connections to find the most appropriate professionals, who are available when you need them and who have the requisite skills, knowledge and capabilities for your unique situation.
Unlike on-line or database referral services, AEC offers personal service. We work hand-in-hand with you to:
Review the engagement;
- Ascertain the exact team requirements, scope and budget;
- Confidentially outreach to potential counsel and/or consultants;
- Present and review the top three candidates per discipline;
- Upon your approval we will clear conflicts and arrange an appointment (via telephone, video call or in person);
- Assist in negotiating and retaining counsel and consultants;
- Support your team thoughout the entire process from pre-trial, trial preparation through trial.
In short, we identify and qualify: Co-Counsel, Local Counsel, Arbitrators, Mediators, Dispute Review Boards, Subject Matter Fact and Testifying Experts.
ETHICS, EXPERTISE AND EXPERTS
THE AEC BENCH
AEC has one plan - to protect our clients from project risk.
Over the decades, AEC’s professionals have gained their reputations with innovative ways and means, and the innate ability to manage and mitigate construction claims. We offer public and private clients the full suite of claims consulting services, including litigation support, adjudication, arbitration, fact and expert witness testimony, cost and damages assessment, delay and disruption analysis, architecture, engineering and construction management standard of care, failure defect analyses, lender advisory, risk management, forensic accounting, fraud investigation, construction advisory, and international arbitration.
AEC is a consortium on talented senior architects, engineers, construction managers and other industry professionals. We are able to step in anywhere along the project timeline, from pre-design services through troubled project and onto dispute resolution. Our bench includes Planning and Scheduling Professionals, Certified Cost Estimators, Certified Cost Consultants, Certified Cost Engineers, Certified Construction Managers, Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, Certified Fraud Examiners, Architects, Professional Engineers and other industry-recognized subject matter experts. Unlike single-purpose firms, this technical depth and breadth gives AEC the ability to address any conceivable claims consulting need.
Regardless of your circumstances, our emphasis is to manage your risk mitigation strategies for effective project delivery and effectively aid you and your client with a smooth process and optimal outcome.
EXPERT SERVICES
- Forensic Scheduling
- Delay and Disruption Analyses
- Recovery Schedules and Updates
- Forensic Accounting
- Cost and Damages Assessment
- Cost to Complete
- Productivity Analysis
- Fraud Investigation
- Audits (financial or claims audits)
- Failure and Defect
- Standard of Care: Architecture, Engineering and Construction Management
- Troubled Project Turnaround
- Contractual Liability Analysis
- Risk Assessment and Management
- Insurance Property Loss Services
- Construction Site Accidents
- Document Management
- Technical Support, Education and Training
- Fact and Testifying Experts: Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration, Adjudication, Litigation
SPECIAL SKILLS, SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
PRACTICE PERFORMANCE
AEC helps companies create a better and more integrated client experience. We oversee end-to-end internal and external client experience for the company’s practices. We serve as an ambassador, connecting the practices improving internal and external client relations and thereby contributing to business growth. AEC plans strategies and devises policies to help an organization create positive, integrated client experiences. Our job comprises planning, overseeing and arranging tasks that allow the organization to cultivate a unified client-centric culture. We help strategize and formulate client acquisition and retention strategies while addressing each operating companies’ specific strategic initiatives.
METHODOLOGY
- Strategic Planning
- Market Penetration
- Business and Financial Planning
- Acquisition Strategies
- Client Services Operations
- Interim Client Services
- Client Management: Internal and External
- Marketing
- Brand Management
- Public Relations and Social Media
- Client Outreach
- Business Development
- Executive and Management Search
- Executive and Management Training in Business Development
THE ART OF HELPFUL ACTIVITY, DEED AND FUNCTION
STRATEGIC PLANNING
- Develop and implement strategic plan inclusive of a multi-office, domestic and international corporate expansion plans; Defend core business lines;
- Market and financial feasibility studies, competitive analyses for multiple offices and service lines;
- Identify new markets and services; develop and launch market penetration strategies for new service lines and focused geographic markets;
- Implement and manage cross service selling initiatives;
- Identify acquisition and organic growth targets, and assist in integration of firms and on-boarding of new-hires;
- Identify and develop relationships with collaborative and complimentary professional service firms.
OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
- Train partners in client development and outreach best practices;
- Train next tier management in marketing and business development;
- Identify, retain, train and manage marketing and business development professionals;
- Develop, implement and manage business plans and related budgets inclusive of revenue and cost metrics;
- Implement CRM, train users and integrate into accounting system;
- Implement and manage conflict management system;
- Implement and oversee Request for Proposal process, submission and follow-up;
- Develop and maintain professional standards; oversee and manage external communications to ensure brand equity;
- Financial planning and implementation: accounting, cost analyses and controls (labor, benefits, materials, services), assist in collections; Companies operated consistently ahead of industry averages.
CLIENT OUTREACH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Responsible for industry presence and outreach;
- Enhance and expand firm visibility in target markets;
- Expand presence in both domestic and international marketplaces;
- Identify opportunities, craft successful team approach;
- Develop relationships with key potential clients then transition to partners;
- Introduced partners in multiple geographies to potential clients, manage and attend client appointments and follow-up;
- Manage troubled client relationships.
MARKETING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT
- Coordinate all marketing, business development and public relations activities;
- Augment and expand on activities in trade and industry associations;
- Manage conference activities including pre-conference, on-site, post-conference follow-up;
- Effectively present/place partners and associates for industry speaking engagements and articles in trade/industry publications, coordinate and edit content;
- Manage branding/re-branding activities, author and brand marketing materials;
- Author and coordinate monthly newsletter;
- Coordinate monthly webinar series;
- Manage website content, development/redevelopment;
- Manage social media campaign.
PROJECT TYPES
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Roadways
- Bridges and Tunnels
- Rail: Passenger, Commuter, Light, Heavy
- Airport
- Ports
- Multimodal Transportation Portals
- Water and Wastewater
- Telecommunications
ENERGY
- Alternative and Conservative
- Oil and Gas
- Generation and Transmission
INDUSTRIAL
- Mission Critical
- Manufacturing
- Warehouse
INSTITUTIONAL
- Healthcare: Hospital and Medical Office
- Senior Housing
- Higher Education
- K-12 Education
COMMERCIAL
- Office
- Hotel
- Retail
- Sports
- Entertainment
- Multifamily Residential
- Mixed-Use
PUBLIC
- State and Municipal Buildings and Infrastructure
- Federal: General Services, Overseas Building and State Department, Defense
- Justice: Courthouse and Penitentiary
- First Responders, Life and Safety
- Museum and Gathering
AMY PHILLIPS
“Building lasting business relationships is hard work. To establish a strong foundation, you need trust, mutual respect and an open mind.”
Amy Phillips is an industry recognized expert in construction advisory services. She has extensive operations, client development and marketing experience in the professional services industry.
Over her forty-year career Amy has developed and implemented strategic plans for the largest global Architecture, Engineering, Construction and industry relevant professional services firms. The respective strategies were inclusive of the firms’ domestic and international corporate expansion plans, where Amy identified new markets and services, acquisition and organic growth targets and assisted in integration of firms and executive hires.
As a leader, Amy focuses on external and internal strategic planning, talent deployment, ensuring the professionals have the tools they need, stepping in when they needed help either within the team or with the client. This is how she manages up, lateral and to all individuals within the organization. Amy’s guiding principal is what truly makes the best leader is the ability to get things done. She lives by this and hopes to prove to you she can and will get things done, and this is the value Amy brings to every engagement.
PRACTICES
Legal and Litigation Support, Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Real Estate, Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Program/Project Management, Finance/Restructure
ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION
RTKL Associates, AECOM Technology
CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY CONSULTING
Warner Construction Consultants, FTI Consulting, Nautilus Consulting, Arcadis, Navigant (kna Ankura), Aon Risk Solutions, Thornton Tomasetti, Hill International, SOCOTEC, National Forensic Consultants
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING
Cini-Little International, PKF Consulting
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Hyatt Hotels, Omni Hotels, Equitable Real Estate (kna ERE/Yarmouth)
Amy frequently lectures to industry, trade and corporate groups on strategic planning, marketing and business development, and has presented professional development programs to a wide range of participants including lawyers, developers, architects, engineers and consultants to the build community.
Amy brings leadership, sound judgment, resourcefulness, creativity, flexibility and efficiency in handling both people and business opportunities.