Protect your projects, profits and reputation
Managing construction dispute and fraud risk has become a critical part of safeguarding margins.
With dispersed job sites, tight cost structures and nonstop billing activity, even well-run firms face exposure that can quickly escalate into payment conflicts or full-scale disputes. And these issues don’t just threaten financial performance. They slow projects, strain owner and lender relationships and put your credibility under scrutiny.
Wipfli’s construction dispute services and support for contract compliance and litigation help you stay ahead of these pressures. Whether you need to mitigate fraud risk, support a clean audit trail or prepare for construction dispute resolution, our team can help protect your margins and your reputation.
Why Wipfli?
Wipfli’s approach to dispute resolution is built for the reality of construction work.
With extensive experience in construction accounting, job costing and revenue recognition, we understand how issues originate in the field long before they appear in the ledger. We also focus on your business needs, moving quickly and communicating clearly so that leadership has the confidence to act without slowing down operations.
The result is practical, relationship-driven guidance designed to drive profitability, bring clarity to disputes and keep projects moving.
How we help you
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.
Our team
Brian Bohman, CPA
With more than 18 years of experience, Brian is an audit partner in Wipfli's construction and real estate practice and leads the attestation and accounting services for the practice. His extensive experience in the construction industry and knowledge of best practices enables him to understand the unique challenges contractors face and provide timely, proactive, and valuable solutions and recommendations to achieve business objectives.
Brad Werner, CPA, MBA
Brad Werner is the Chicago market construction and real estate practice leader and an audit partner whose primary focus is on attest and accounting services. Working closely with members of management to improve their overall operations, he provides value to clients by offering broad experience in many industries and aspects of accounting and financial reporting. Brad ensures efficiency through solid planning and organizational skills in coordinating all aspects of each engagement. He effectively communicates complex accounting issues and solutions to his clients, enhancing overall retention.
Reed D. Sellers, CPA, CCIFP
Reed Sellers is a partner in Wipfli’s firmwide construction practice and brings in-depth experience with general and specialty contractors, unique financial statements and tax considerations. He is passionate about working with clients as a consultant, trusted advisor and even friend.
Client success story
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