Experience Matters

On behalf of an owner, analyzed a French contractor’s $14 million delay and increased quantities claim on a 36-inch gas pipeline and valve station project. Reviewed the owner’s ITB packages, contracts, project controls procedures, and contract administration procedures and presented a claims prevention seminar. Recommended clauses to resolve potential inconsistencies, ambiguities, and conflicts. Prepared clauses for cost and schedule control procedures.

Prepared entitlement and damage analyses for a hydroelectric pumped storage facility. Performed financial analyses and wrote expert reports.

On behalf of an owner, provided litigation support, database management system development, and assessment of the technical design, cost and schedule overruns, and start-up problems of a coal gasification project.

On behalf of a drywall and painting subcontractor, provided analysis and quantification of schedule delay, labor productivity loss, and other damage resulting from change orders on a commercial facility in Colorado. Prepared and submitted an expert report. Parties settled prior to arbitration.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed the validity of costs that a contractor invoiced on a pipeline project. Prepared an expert report and testified in trial.

Performed schedule delay and change order analysis in support of an owner’s defense of a $10.5 million claim on upgrades to piping, boiler and flare facilities in a major international oil refinery.

On behalf of an EPC contractor, analyzed delay and acceleration claims on the EPC of an ammonia plant project.

Assisted an equipment supplier in defending against a $10 million claim by the owner of a gold mine. The project involved the design and construction of a prototype gold ore processing plant. The owner sought recovery of costs associated with alleged breaches by the client resulting from late and deficient proprietary engineering information, late delivery of proprietary equipment, and failure of equipment to perform as specified. The case was settled during arbitration with the client paying no damages.

Provided support to management team including schedule review and development of working schedules and sub-networks for claims purposes on the $90 million NYC Times Square Rehabilitation Project. The schedule was cost and resource loaded and contained 2,823 activities.

On behalf of an insurance carrier, prepared an expert report for a case before the Superior Court of Ontario pertaining to the cost of construction to complete a residence in Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada. Reviewed, analyzed, and commented on the plaintiff’s expert report. Developed an estimated construction cost analysis for the scope of work presented by plaintiff’s expert. Opined on whether individual scopes of work provided by the plaintiff were a part of the completion of the house or an enhancement of the house.