Experience Matters

On behalf of a compressor manufacturer, analyzed delay and performance problems on a gas compressor/pipeline project resulting in liquidated damages in excess of $50 million. This project involved ICC arbitration in Geneva, Switzerland.

On behalf of an insurance company, analyzed a contractor’s claim for costs associated with repairs to damage resulting from a tower crane jacking failure on a mixed-use development project in Atlanta. Prepared detailed analyses and reports to identify reasonableness of costs claimed in preparation of negotiation and settlement among the insurers, insured, and insured’s contractor.

Prepared project schedule for the general contractor on a highway construction project, analyzed delays, and prepared written reports for time extension requests to the project owner. Testified in arbitration.

Prepared a $45 million claim including delay analysis and damages calculations for an Italian construction firm that constructed two hospitals.

On behalf of an LNG buyer seeking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue as a result of a major fire and explosion on an LNG plant, performed the following scope of work: 1) critiqued the owner’s compliance with established best practice and standard of care for the LNG industry; 2) developed Gross Negligence (GN) table identifying deficiencies and inadequacies in the owner’s operations and maintenance practices; the GN table provided the level of technical support needed by the legal team to essentially prepare an informal statement of claim; and 3) provided technical explanations and clarifications as the legal team required.

On behalf of a design firm, evaluated the technical validity and associated damages associated with alleged defective engineering and equipment design for the Pinal Energy Ethanol Plant Project.

On behalf of an insurance company, performed an analysis and prepared an expert report/testimony regarding an owner’s alleged business interruption loss due to an unplanned shutdown of an MTBE plant in Alberta.

Prepared a contractor’s delay and loss of productivity claim against an owner cooperative on the construction of a $32 million soybean processing plant. Developed a document database, prepared a detailed schedule analysis, and calculated the contractor’s entitlement to delay and loss of productivity damages as a result of the defective design by the process equipment licensor and late delivery of equipment.

Prepared an electrical contractor’s claim involving engineering delay, errors and omissions resulting in workarounds and construction delays on the installation of life safety systems and instrumentation and control automation on a silicone chip plant and cleanroom facility in Colorado Springs. Performed a schedule analysis of delay impacts due to engineering rework and added change order work, causing schedule compression and acceleration with trade stacking, overmanning of crews with a shortage of qualified labor causing productivity loss due to overtime fatigue, lack of coordinated drawings, late material delivery, and substandard supervisory management and cost controls by the construction manager.

Provided a claims prevention training seminar for a chemical company and its EPCM contractor on an $800 million methanol project