Eric Stephenson P. Eng

Certified Construction Adjudicator in Ontario

Services Offered

  • Owner’s Rep for Construction Projects

  • Construction Disputes

  • Construction Insurance and Surety Claims

  • Construction Project Management

  • Renewable Energy Projects

  • Construction Risk Assessment and Risk Management

  • Contracting and Subcontracting

  • Company Set-up and Business Strategy

  • Operations Management

Experience

Eric’s broad experience spans the following areas:

  • Company start-up, ownership and operations

  • Construction processes (billing, reporting, record keeping, insurances, bonding)

  • Engineering design of (steel and concrete) buildings

  • Construction project management (Civil, Institutional, Commercial and Industrial projects)

  • Construction law, contract review and all aspects of subcontracting

  • Mediation, dispute resolution and litigation

  • Construction liens, insurance claims, bonding and surety claims

  • Construction delay claims and delay analysis

  • Quantification of construction damages

Eric also has significant experience in:

  • Geothermal (drilling operations)

  • Rooftop and ground mount solar (focus on mounting solutions)

Committee and Association Work:

  • CSA Group — Technical Sub-Committee member – SPE 900 Solar PV Best Practices – Guideline (2011–2013)

  • Canada Green Building Council — LEED Canada – Management Committee (committee member 2007–2010)

  • Ontario Geothermal Association – Member of Board of Directors (2009)

Education and Professional Affiliations:

  • B. Eng. Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Western Ontario (1985)

  • Member - Professional Engineers of Ontario (1992)

  • LEED® Canada – Accredited Professional (2006)

  • ADR Institute of Ontario (2019)

More

1985 — 1991
Structural Engineer (various companies in Canada and Australia)

  • Design and field review of structural steel and reinforced concrete buildings

1991 — 2007
EllisDon Construction

  • Director of Legal Services – for 4 years Eric was responsible for all litigation, construction lien claims, construction claims, surety claims and insurance claims

  • Managed legal services for EllisDon Construction in Canada and USA

  • Worked directly with outside legal counsel and claims consultants to assess and resolve construction contract disputes

  • Project Manager – Viva Transit (Quick Start) system ($70M design-build project)

  • Manager, Sustainable Buildings – Eric founded the ‘green buildings’ division for EllisDon. Guiding project teams through the LEED rating system

2008 — 2009
Clean Energy Developments

  • Started up and managed a team of drillers and ground crews for installing both vertical and horizontal loops for

  • Geothermal (heating & cooling) systems

2009 — 2018
hb Solar Canada (Rooftop solar racking - design and manufacturing)

  • Co-owner and founding partner

  • In addition to all the responsibilities that come with company start-up, ownership and operations, Eric was responsible for all technical aspects associated with sales and manufacturing of the rooftop solar racking systems

2011 — 2018
Triple S Hardware Canada Inc

  • Co-owner and founding partner of a company that sells stainless steel fasteners

  • Importing fasteners from Europe and re-selling to Canadian and US companies, primarily in the rooftop solar industry

2019
Revay & Associates

  • Eric’s work at Revay included construction claims preparation, contract review, delay analysis on construction projects and evaluation of damages for construction claims.

  • Additionally, Eric served clients by guiding them through the claims and litigation process.

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