How we help you
Whether you need to mitigate fraud risk, support a clean audit trail or prepare for construction dispute resolution, Wipfli’s construction dispute services can help protect your business.
Resolve complex disputes.
Identify and prevent fraud across operations.
Minimize loss and maximize recovery.
Maintain compliance with construction contracts.
Protect your projects, profits and reputation
Managing construction dispute and fraud risk has become a critical part of safeguarding margins. Wipfli’s approach to dispute resolution, contract compliance and litigation is built for the reality of construction work.
Explore our construction dispute services
Wipfli helps teams gather and analyze the financial and operational facts needed to support negotiations, mediation/arbitration or trial. We deliver unbiased reporting and practical insights so that you can resolve even the most complex disputes.
Our experienced auditors and deep bench of specialists can support you with:
Agreed-upon procedures reports
- Assisting in defining and then executing specific procedures
- Tailored for specific circumstances
- Entire project cost or specific item review
- Providing peace of mind regarding the actual cost of construction
Construction dispute resolution
- Objective reviewers of facts surrounding disputes
- Effective communication of findings
- Cost-effective means to resolution
Litigation support
- Experienced in mediation, arbitration and judge and jury trials
- Experienced with claim preparation and review
- Assistance during the discovery process
- Development of case-specific data retrieval systems
- Working with attorneys to provide case management strategies
- Preparation of deposition and interrogatory questions
- Expert witness reports
- Expert witness testimony
Construction contracts are complex, and billing errors can slip through when time and resources are limited. Wipfli’s construction compliance team reviews contract terms and project documentation to confirm billing accuracy, validate compliance and identify overpayments or recovery opportunities.
Leverage the Wipfli contract compliance team to:
- Evaluate contract terms
- Review project budgets
- Help ensure billing accuracy
- Validate compliance with contract terms
- Analyze overhead and profit
- Review insurance costs
- Analyze change orders
- Verify labor costs
- Analyze subcontracts
- Validate the cost of self-performed work
- Examine general construction costs
Wipfli can help you identify, quantify and mitigate fraud risk across your organization — from the back office to the job site.
Our team supports construction companies with risk assessments, targeted investigations and proactive examinations. We can also guide you in the design of practical internal controls tailored to the realities of complex projects, decentralized teams and subcontractor networks.
The risk areas we help address include:
- Anti-bribery
- Corruption
- Corporate intelligence
- E-discovery
- Financial crimes
- Fraud and misconduct
Wipfli helps construction firms minimize financial exposure and maximize recovery when disputes arise. Whether you’re dealing with project claims, contract disputes, partner disagreements or regulatory matters, we provide end-to-end construction litigation support, from prelitigation strategy through expert witness testimony at trial.
Our team understands the complexities of construction projects, cost structures and revenue recognition, allowing us to deliver clear, defensible analyses.
We support construction organizations with:
- Calculation of lost profits and other economic damages.
- Financial matters consultation with attorneys.
- Lifestyle analyses (financial statement analysis, daily living expenses reconstruction, cash-flow reporting, income tax return analysis, marital lifestyle and post-separation analysis).
- Information gathering, evaluation and formal reporting.
- Preparation for and participation in depositions.
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