Experience Matters

Served as tribunal appointed experts for technical and schedule delay issues associated with an €18 million claim and a €145 million counterclaim on a major oil refinery upgrading and expansion project in Europe.  The disputes were being resolved in ICC arbitration proceedings.  Prepared expert reports and testified before the tribunal.

On behalf of a schedule delay consultant, reviewed its expert report regarding a claim on a hotel construction project and testified in arbitration regarding the thoroughness of the consultant’s work and the costs it billed.

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.

On behalf of a contractor, analyzed an EPC contractor’s change order and delay claims on a chemical plant project.

On behalf of an apartment building owner, performed an assessment to determine whether a contractor met its contractual and/or industry standard of care obligations associated with project management, project schedule development and progress updating, and construction management. Also prepared a schedule delay analysis of the project to identify delays to the project substantial completion date, determined their causes, and allocated responsibility for each delay to the parties. Prepared an expert report of findings and opinions.

Analyzed a contractor’s delay and disruption claim against the owner of a 4x2 combined cycle power plant in Athens. The scope of the work included a detailed CPM schedule analysis to determine delay and acceleration responsibility.

On behalf of an insurer representing a contractor, prepared an expert report and provided testimony regarding the analysis of an owner’s property damage claim following a fire at an oil terminal, which damaged the tank areas, including associated equipment, piping, electrical and instrumentation. Also evaluated the validity of the owner’s warranty claims that existed prior to the fire and included in the owner’s alleged damages. Prepared an expert report and testified in deposition, which led to a settlement of the dispute.

Analyzed a Swedish contractor’s delay and disruption claim involving the design and construction of a pulp and paper mill.

Prepared the detailed schedule for a multi-block combined cycle conversion project.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed change orders, delays, acceleration, and loss of productivity impacts associated with the relocation of an existing gas-fired turbine generator and the construction of a new HRSG in an existing industrial plant. This project involved the defense against the contractor’s claim and preparation of the owner’s liquidated damages counterclaims. Testified in mediation, which resulted in a successful settlement of the dispute.