When water starts dripping through the new roof or the new plumbing springs a leak, a property owner heads for the phone to call the builder. If the builder's response is too slow in coming, or doesn't come at all, the owner calls his insurance company. When the insurance company discovers that they're dealing in new construction, they sometimes opt out, and the owner heads for the yellow pages for the name of a good construction lawyer.

That's usually when MAC Associates gets involved. We're skilled in analyzing the cause of construction problems, and in estimating the cost to repair them. If necessary, we meet with all the parties in mediation, arbitration, or trial to resolve the matter. The objective is to see that the least expensive, permanent repair is made.

MAC Associates works, almost equally, for plaintiffs and defendants: property owners, contractors, developers, insurance company attorneys, and others, with residential, commercial, industrial and institutional properties. Our objective is to be objective - and credible - in determining the cause and the cost to repair construction problems, resolve delay claims and to aggressively represent the technical case in depositions, alternate dispute

resolution, or trial.

MAC Associates is headed by Michael A. Caggiano, AIA, who is a licensed architect in California, Oregon, and Nevada. Mr. Caggiano is also a licensed general contractor and realtor in California, making him a triple threat expert witness. He is VA-Approved for CPM scheduling and updates. He serves on the arbitration panel of Pacific ADR in Pasadena, California. Mr. Caggiano and our other associates have extensive field experience; each MAC Associate maintains multiple credentials in architecture, engineering, construction, or related fields, which saves our clients money. We are skilled in construction management, CPM scheduling, cost estimating, and defect or delay claims. We also work for property management companies to develop maintenance and repair programs, and design and write specifications for repair of older properties.

MAC Associates has worked for some of the largest and smallest insurance companies and law firms on the west coast, where its practice is based. Offices are located in the Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas areas, providing excellent coverage for every major city in the West.