George Lyle Charles, Jr, Jr.
Business Operations Advisor; Construction Consultant; Crisis/Turnaround Interim Management; Expert Witness; Mediator, Arbitrator; Mentor, Counselor
Tampa, Florida
Lyle Charles Consulting, Inc. – President
Business Operations Advisor; Construction Consultant; Crisis/Turnaround Interim Management; Expert Witness; Mediator, Arbitrator; Mentor, Counselor
President, Lyle Charles Consulting Inc., 2008 – Present; Chief Operating Officer, E & H Steel Corporation, 2001 – 2008; President, Lyle Charles Construction Consulting Inc., 1985 – 2001; President/Chief Operations Officer, Brashears Steel, Inc., 1967 – 1985.
Has over 50 years' experience in the commercial & industrial construction industry; 25 years as a subcontractor (structural & miscellaneous steel) and 17 years as a construction consultant, interim manager, mediator, mentor, counselor & expert witness. Clients include attorneys, contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, owners, banks, sureties (E & O & Payment Bonds) & manufacturers. Specialist in claim and schedule analysis, structural and reinforcing steel fabrication and erection/installation, architectural and tilt-up concrete panel manufacturing and erection. Expert witness in architectural metals, light and heavy gauge metals, structural steel fabrication and erection, reinforcing steel estimating & placement, metal building fabrication and erection, poured-in-place concrete forming/placement including embed placement and concrete additives, terrazzo and metal roof deck installations, and involvement in business valuations. Advisor to manufacturer/fabricator during the construction of 20 shrimp boats with steel hulls & fiberglass interiors in Central America. Projects range in value up to $120 million and include power plants in North & Central America, airports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando & Tampa, bridges in Central America, Georgia, Ohio and Florida including a bascule bridge at EPCOT & the Huey P. Long bridge in Louisiana, high-rise dwellings, hospitals, nursing homes, light and heavy industrial facilities, office buildings throughout the United States including a 56 story building in Atlanta, processing plants, schools, shopping centers, people movers, multiple stadiums & arenas, and mass transit projects. Acted as fabrication/tolerance expert on a semi-submersible oil platform/rig fabricated in the state of Mississippi & towed to a North Sea location. Previously held a certificate as a qualified residential home inspector & prefabricated mobile home inspector. Very familiar with Central America construction practices and customs including labor quality/productive expectations. Offered opinions on construction accidents involving steel erection and OSHA requirements.
Mediated at least 30 cases concerning structural steel subcontracting matters (involving owners, engineers, contractors, and subcontractors); and at least three cases concerning claims of design document defects (involving owners, architects/engineers, contractors, and subcontractors), which have impacted contractor and/or subcontractor performance and have led to increased cost matters. Mediated multiple residential home construction matters including contractor-owner issues and contractor-owner-subcontractor issues.
Mediated cases involving: concrete forming and placement issues; structural steel estimating, detailing, fabrication and erection issues; delay and disruption claims, both in shop and field; inefficient labor, trade stacking and acceleration issues; and error/omission/coordination issues relating to contract documents. Many construction mediations have involved schedule analysis.
As a mediator, I attempt to take the personalities out of the process and focus on issues. A strong emphasis is placed on actual damages/costs and the weeding out of fluff to get to the core dollars. It is stressed that a thorough understanding of each party's position on the basic issues must be conveyed to the other side so each party can weigh the strengths/weakness of that position. An attempt is made to obtain each side's best and final offer prior to concluding mediation. I am a strong believer in confidentially discussing each party's potential for recovery should mediation be unsuccessful.
Zoom Proficient <br/>Microsoft Teams Proficient<br/>
Villanova University (Masters Certificate, Mastering Project Management-2009; Masters Certificate, Applied Project Management-2009; Masters Certificate, Strategic Project Management Professional-2009; Masters Certificate, Strategic Project Management Professional-2009; Masters Certificate, Essentials of Project Management-2008); Emory University (BA, Chemistry-1963).
Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI).<br/>30 hour OSHA Department of Labor Certification
American Subcontractors Association; American Institute of Steel Construction (Past Regional Advisory Board Member); Southern Association of Steel Fabricators (Past President); Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute; American Welding Society; Associated Builders and Contractors.
$295 Per Hour
English
United States of America
Tampa, FL
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