Roger Nelson, PE, PSP, LEED AP, Managing Consultant at Spire, has been invited to join the Barristers Club of the Bar Association of San Francisco as a panel speaker in a roundtable discussion regarding construction delays. On August 20, Mr. Nelson will share his first-hand construction scheduling expertise, specifically as it relates to delay analysis, and why understanding delays is important in construction-related disputes.

Spire has been growing rapidly over the last decade and has welcomed four new experts to its Austin headquarters office, broadening its presence in Texas. Mr. Joseph Pille, PE has been added to Spire’s Project Management team, and Mr. Ario Mirfatahi, Mr. Andrew Darko, and Mr. Steve Purugganan have been hired to supplement the Dispute Resolution Support team.

Spire experts had the recent honor of leading the Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) Certification Training Course in San Francisco, California, hosted by the AACE International (AACE) Bay Area Section. Spire’s Roger Nelson, PE, PSP, LEED AP and Dr. Nour Bouhou, PSP, facilitated the course, utilizing their combined decades of experience to provide valuable, first-hand insight to all who attended.

Mr. Rich Coffey has nearly 20 years of experience working within operational and financial functions. He has extensive knowledge in all types of business institutions, including both large and small, public and private companies.

Spire representatives had the honor of attending and presenting at the 2019 AACE Western Winter Workshop in the beautiful Lake Tahoe region of California. The Spire team was represented at the Workshop by Managing Consultant Roger Nelson, Senior Consultant Dr. Nour Bouhou, and Consultant Akshaya Iyer, each of whom led presentations at the Workshop.

For the 13th consecutive year, Spire had the opportunity to attend The State Bar of Texas Annual Construction Law Conference in San Antonio, which was held once again at the La Cantera Resort & Spa. Spire was well-represented at the Conference, with Managing Principal, Anthony Gonzales; Marketing Director, Tamara Savinas; and Managing Consultants, Jesus Schuldes and Kate Hull in attendance.

Spire’s construction claims and litigation experts recently attended the 2019 American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Construction Law Midwinter Meeting in Los Angeles, California, and also attended the Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA)’s annual KnockOut Night in downtown Austin, Texas.

Two of Spire’s experts have been published in industry-recognized publications. Managing Consultant, Roger Nelson, PE, PSP, LEED AP, co-authored an article in the January/February 2019 edition of AACE International (AACE)’s Cost Engineering journal. Additionally, Spire Consultant, Roberto Leandro, PMP’s Master’s thesis was published in the American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE)’s Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.

Spire’s project controls experts Kate Hull, Managing Consultant, and Roberto Leandro, PMP, Consultant, have delivered two thought-leading engagements to A/E/C professionals of Austin, TX over the last few weeks. In addition to speaking at the Austin Bar Association Construction Law Section’s January luncheon, Ms. Hull co-presented with Mr. Leandro at the 2019 Austin Build Expo conference.

Spire is excited to announce that as of February 2019, we have relocated our San Francisco office to the prestigious One Sansome Street, located in the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District. The new office offers Spire employees and clients easy access to all forms of public transit and is conveniently situated directly above a main Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station.