areas of expertise
- General Contractor Standard of Care
- Construction Manager Standard of Care
- Contract Disputes
- Cost of Repair
- Delay and Delay Damages
qualifications
- BS Architectural Engineering, UT Austin
- 45 Years of experience in residential and commercial construction
- California Licensed General Contractor
- Extensive testifying experience
I have always been in love with construction. My dad was constantly building or remodeling something and he had me using power tools and driving a tractor from my single digit years.
Bumgardner Consulting is the culmination of over 45 years in the construction industry where Ted Bumgardner’s passion for all aspects of construction and his extensive experience as a contractor, sub-contractor, construction manager, teacher, and consultant are focused on making complex issues simple so non-technical decision makers, like triers of fact, can make informed decisions.
experience
MC Consultants, Inc. — Expert-General Contractor/Construction Claims
2023 – PRESENT
Responsibilities include program and budget management, pre-construction services, construction management advising, contract/change order disputes, contractor bid and award, quality assurance standard of care, property loss assessment, master scheduling, and delay analysis, commercial/residential construction encompassing all phases of scheduling, estimating and project management.
Bumgardner Consulting, Inc. — President
2023 – PRESENT
Provided consulting services for risk mitigation in new construction and development projects and provided analysis, evaluation, and testimony as an expert witness in construction related litigation.
Vertex Companies, LLC — Consulting Services Principal
2021 – 2023
Oversaw and promoted consulting services on the West Coast. Provided analysis, evaluation, and testimony as an expert witness in construction related litigation.
Xpera LLC, A Vertex Company — CEO,RMO
2022 – 2023
Responsible Managing Officer for construction services in California.
Xpera Group — Chairman, Founder, RMO
2009 – 2021
Provided Building Envelope consulting services for large multi-use, residential, commercial and Public Works construction throughout Southern California, Quality Assurance inspection services to residential construction projects throughout California, and Forensic Expert Witness services throughout the West Coast.
Xpera CM — President, RMO
2015 – 2019
Provided Owner’s Representation and project oversight to a wide range of projects throughout Southern California.
NoteVault, Inc. — Advisor and Founding Shareholder
2010 – 2019
Provided an automated construction project documentation system to major general contracting companies worldwide.
San Diego State University — Adjunct Professor
2009
Developed and taught a full semester of a graduate-level course in Construction Management titled Con-E 655 as part of the Master’s in Civil Engineering degree program.
Gafcon, Inc. — Principal and Vice President, RMO
1993 – 2009
Responsibilities included leading construction management and consulting company specializing in a broad spectrum of commercial, residential, public works and reconstruction projects. Principal in charge of Consulting Services and oversaw all building forensics, property condition assessments and 3rd Party Quality Assurance work. Vice President and Director of Operations responsible for supervision of all Gafcon project management, field operations and consulting services. Director of Consulting Services responsible for the development and supervision of all Gafcon consulting services activities and forensic investigation services throughout California.
Davidson Construction Co. —VP of Construction Services Davidson Communities
1988 – 1993
Responsible for all residential construction projects built for outside clients. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with bottom-line responsibility for Davidson Construction Co., a general contracting company whose projects included commercial, multi-family and single-family residential, public works, and tenant improvement construction. Vice President of Operations responsible for project management and field supervision. Projects included o ce and retail centers, libraries, schools, multi-family and single-family residential, and tenant improvement projects.
Beltway Construction Co., Inc. — VP of Operations
1983 – 1988
Responsible for management and supervision of project managers and office engineers. Projects ranging in sizes up to $40million included office, retail, warehouse, manufacturing and laboratory facilities, public works, and tenant improvement construction. Vice President of Construction Management Technologies, Inc., a Beltway subsidiary. Principal projects included a new design build 200,000 SF laboratory facility for Litton Industries’ Core Laboratories, a toner facility for Xerox Corporation in Beijing, China, an $18 million design build telephone switch manufacturing facility for Digital Switch in Richardson, TX, and a $40 million wastewater treatment plant expansion in Dallas; various commercial, public and private construction projects. Project Manager with bottom-line responsibility for various projects including a 217,000 SF office finish-out in Lewisville, TX; a 156,800 SF office building in Richardson, TX; a 15,000 SF expansion of an optoelectronics manufacturing facility in Carrollton, TX; various commercial, public, and private construction projects.
M.M. SUNDT Construction Co. — ProjectManager/Engineer
1978 – 1983
Responsible for CPM scheduling, procurement, coordination of activities of field engineers, submittal processing, etc. Projects included a 380,000 SF luxury hotel in Grapevine, TX; three slip formed concrete building cores including the Olympia and York project, the largest slip formed building core in U.S. (Engineering News Record, February 11, 1982); 20 MGD addition to a wastewater treatment plant in Chino,CA; 65,000 SF, 5-story office building in Austin,TX.
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Potentially Disastrous, but Surprisingly Common, Contractor Practice
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