Joe Seibold is an Executive Vice President and leader of Arcadis’ Contract Solutions group in the Western United States. His combined years of leadership and experience in construction management and claims allow him unique insight into each project. Throughout his over 40 years of experience, he has served as a construction manager and construction disputes expert.
He has provided expert testimony on behalf of owners, designers, contractors and construction managers including testimony regarding entitlement, damages and the standard of care for construction management practices. His experience includes the evaluation and calculation of construction-related delay and disruption damages on more than 100 projects. He has participated in all forums of dispute resolution including mediation, Dispute Review Boards, arbitration, mini-trials and litigation. His specific efforts have included providing assessments of potential exposure, recommending strategies to resolution and providing expert testimony for both private and public sector owners, contractors, designers, and construction managers. In addition, he has authored and presented numerous articles regarding construction management, as well as claims analysis and resolution.
Joe has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Manhattan College and is a certified Professional Engineer in numerous states. He is the committee chairman for the Standards of Practice, Contract Administration, for professional construction management services as part of the Construction Management Association of America. In addition, he is a Fellow and the past National President of Construction Management Association of America (CMAA).
Bryan Payne brings 27 years of experience in the transportation, higher education, and healthcare construction sectors in construction management, claims avoidance and mitigation, mediation, and contract administration. Bryan's strength is solving construction problems and resolving disputes before litigation and getting broken programs back on track.
Bryan’s great privilege has been to contribute to some of California’s most challenging and complex programs: LA Metro; California High Speed Rail; Los Angeles Community College District’s BuildLACCD Program; and Southern California Regional Rail Authority’s Orange County Metrolink Service Expansion and Grade Crossing Safety Improvements Program.
Bryan is a Registered Civil Engineer and a licensee of the State Bar of California. Bryan has served as mediator for over 50 litigated cases for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Bryan has been registered as an emergency building official for over 20 years.