About Us

RICHARD N. RICE

Forensic Architectural & Construction Technical Services - F.A.C.T.S.

Statement of Professional Experience

Bachelor of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley

Registered Architect, State of California, C-4365

Certified by National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, No.12869

Licensed General Building Contractor, State of California, No. 457114 (B-1 and H.I.C.)

Member, International Conference of Building Officials (I.C.B.O.)

Certified by  the Institute of Construction Management and Arbitration Works for

• Commercial Arbitration
• Commercial Mediation
• Dispute Review Board Panelist

Associate Member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association

Dispute Resolution Associate Member of the American Bar Association

DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE:

Since 1974, Mr. Rice has provided expert testimony for plaintiff or defendant in Architecture, Construction and/or Development litigation. Since 1994, Mr. Rice has consulted and assisted in the adjustment of over 200 insurance claims involving earthquake damage to residential and commercial properties. Mr. Rice has also performed services as an Appraiser for Attorneys and their clients in over 30 cases involving insurance claims resulting from earthquake damage. He is presently a consultant for a major Insurance Company in the final settlement of its 1994 Northridge Earthquake insurance claims. Mr. Rice has facilitated to successful conclusion numerous informal mediations involving construction disputes.

Richard N. Rice, A.I.A., Architect & Associates, Inc., formed in 1962, has received a number of awards for its work and has established a reputation for integrity, thoroughness and distinguished design. The firm has planned and designed a variety of projects, including Office, Commercial, Hospitality, Single & Multi-Family Residential, Banks, Savings and Loan Buildings, Medical, Surgical Out-Patient Centers and Parking Structures. Mr. Rice has been the Supervising Design Architect for over $1 billion of construction work. In addition, he has performed services on a consulting basis for a number of prominent architectural firms.

In 1973, Mr. Rice began structuring venture capital development projects to combine his related interests in Architecture, Construction and Real Estate Development. During the last three decades, Mr. Rice has functioned as Architect, Builder and Owner on a number of projects, acquiring extensive experience in all aspects of construction management. He has structured Real Estate offers, acquisitions and loans, working closely with Real Estate Agents and Escrow Companies. This experience includes intensive personal contact with financial institutions, construction trades, union business agents, City Planning and Zoning Departments, Building and Safety Departments, and Architectural Review Committees.

The firm offers a full range of Planning, Design, Construction and Development Services including Construction Management, site selection and evaluation, feasibility studies, architectural programming and design, and space-planning and tenant improvement design and construction.

Allied Firm:

To best serve our clients, F.A.C.T.S. has teamed up with Philadelphia's DAVID FERLEGER of SUMMIT SOLUTIONS. This is an allied firm with each available to assist the other to serve our respective clients. Mr. Ferleger, with thirty-two years professional experience, is available for Arbitrations, Mediations and ADR in all Civil Cases, for Class Actions, cases involving government agencies, and complex litigation. For the past seven years he has served a federal court as Special Master in a suit by the United States, and previously as a court-appointed monitor. He can be reached through his website http:./www.summitsolutions.us