Patrick Weller, EIT, LEED AP

Patrick Weller is a Senior Consultant of J.S. Held LLC where he provides construction consulting in the areas of surety, construction project management and claims analysis. Prior to joining J.S. Held, Patrick worked for Benchmark Consulting Services, LLC focusing primarily on work in the Surety industry servicing the top Sureties throughout the United States since 2012. Patrick has been involved in performance bond claim investigations, payment bond claim reviews, loss analysis and cost to complete estimating, takeover and completion contract negotiations, onsite and remote project management, construction project oversight, scheduling, delay analysis, claim preparation and defense, and formal claim mediations.

Before becoming a construction consultant, Patrick worked in project management for two large general contractors in Southern California. In that capacity, he managed a variety of commercial, public works, and residential projects varying in size from $500k to $30M. His project management experience includes RFQ and RFP response preparation, pre-construction estimating, subcontractor buyout, schedule preparation and management, cost management with owners and subcontractors, and project closeout.