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Kimberly Reome

Partner HKA

  • Chicago IL

Partner specializing in construction damages, forensic accounting and commercial litigation.

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Biography

Kim Reome is a financial professional with over 35 years of experience in the construction industry. She has undertaken more than 50 expert commissions in matters relating to construction damages and delay, quantum, forensic accounting, and commercial damages.

Kim has provided testimony and authored expert reports at the US Court of Federal Claims, US District Court, and a range of civil courts and regulatory commissions, as well as domestic and international arbitrations. She has served as a damages expert for construction contractors, construction owners, electric utilities, manufacturing companies and others on damages matters in excess of US$18 billion.

Kim specializes in providing damages analyses involving accounting, financial and economic issues in the construction and electric utility industries. She has significant experience with disputes regarding analysis of increased costs, critical path schedule (CPS) analysis, productivity analysis, and lost profits.

Kim has supported clients from a broad range of sectors including, but not limited to, nuclear and other electric power plants, renewable energy, government contractors, residential and commercial real estate, airports, oil refineries, mining facilities and wastewater treatment plants. She also has experience calculating damages for intellectual property, environmental, financial institutions and other commercial litigation.

Kim is a Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional and Certified Fraud Examiner. She has a master’s in business administration and a bachelors in finance. She is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEi), Women Construction Owners & Executives (WCOE), the American Bar Association (ABA), and US Women in Nuclear (US WIN).

INDUSTRIES SERVED:
Aerospace & Defense | Buildings | Environment & Climate Change | Financial Services | Healthcare & Life Sciences | Industrial & Manufacturing | Nuclear Energy | Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities | Real Estate & Tourism | Renewables | Sports & Entertainment | Transportation Infrastructure | Technology, Media & Telecoms

Areas of Expertise

Construction Delay & Disruption
Economic Damages
Environmental
Forensic Accounting
Commercial Litigation
International Arbitration

Highlights

  • Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional and a Certified Fraud Examiner.
  • Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
  • Acted as an expert for disputed projects on matters in excess of $18 billion.
  • Specialized in providing damages analyses involving accounting financial and economic issues in the construction and electric utility industries.
  • Skilled at calculating economic damages related to commercial litigation and disputes.

Professional Recognition

Lexology Index

- USA – Construction – Thought Leader
- Construction – Thought Leader
- Client Choice – Construction
- Energy
- Commercial Litigation
- Consulting – Financial Advisory and Valuation – Quantum of Damages
- USA – Experts – Construction – Quantum Delay & Technical - Thought Leader

Qualifications

  • CFE – Certified Fraud Examiner
  • CCIFP - Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional

Professional Memberships

ACFE

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

CFMA

Construction Financial Management Association

AACEi

Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International

Media Appearances

Prevalence of disputes warrants caution

Infrastructure Investor  

2026-02-02

Interviewed and quoted.

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Construction disputes in the Americas more about scope than time, money

Construction Dive  online

2025-12-18

Quoted in a Construction Dive article about HKA’s CRUX report and changing construction-dispute drivers, including rising payment, cash-flow and financial pressures.

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Nuclear renaissance – avoiding new generation reactor construction issues

Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR News)  online

2025-03-03

Authored expert commentary on nuclear construction risks, cost overruns, schedule delays and lessons for new-generation reactors.

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Education

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Master of Business Administration

Business Administration

2001

Michigan State University Honors College

Bachelor of Arts

Finance