
Brandon Fodo
RRO
Assistant Director
Construction Services
SPECIALTIES
Management of Expert Teams; CAT Response; Expert Witness/Litigation Support; Appraisals; Clerk of the Works/Construction Oversight; Commercial / Industrial / Residential; Builder’s Risk; Scope of Damage / Scope of Restoration; Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) and Detailed Line-Item (RCV / ACV) Estimates; Building and Property Valuations; Summary and Detailed Findings Reports; Invoice Scope and Cost Analysis; Period of Restoration (POR) and Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling and Analysis; Code and Ordinance Analysis; Historical Weather Analysis; Development and Presentation of Status Summaries for Insurance Markets; Metal Buildings; Manufacturing; Hospitals and Medical Facilities; Arenas / Athletic Facilities; Marinas (Docks / Wharves / Piers / Buildings / Infrastructure); Malls / Retail; Office Buildings; Hotels / Apartments / Condominiums; RV & Mobile Home Parks (Bldgs and Infrastructure); Country Clubs / Golf Courses; Churches
Biography
Brandon has over 24 years of experience consisting of developing bid packages for a HVAC contractor, design engineering, forensic engineering, and construction / building consulting. He holds a master’s degree in project management and his background has provided a comprehensive understanding of building design and construction which is reflected in the estimates and reports that he develops.
Brandon has extensive hands-on experience performing damage evaluations, development of restoration cost estimates (RCV and ACV), development of expert reports, invoice scope and cost evaluations, and working with contractors and other representatives towards fair and equitable resolutions. He provides consulting for small to large and complex losses on industrial, commercial and residential structures and has experience in managing multi-disciplined expert teams on large projects including scheduling and coordinating inspections, research, analyses of data, and development of work products for projects involving multiple experts to ensure a coordinated approach to the project. He has hands-on experience responding to catastrophes throughout the country including hurricanes, tornados, floods, and freeze damage over the past 20 years.
Brandon has worked on a multitude of projects involving scheduling delay analysis, development of period of restoration schedules, code and ordinance analysis, historical weather analysis, and identification and separation of scopes and costs for multi-peril incidences. He also has dispute resolution experience as an expert witness developing reports, providing depositions, and delivering expert witness testimony. He has also acted as the named appraiser on numerous residential and commercial insurance claims.
