Experience Matters

On behalf of the owner of an LNG project, reviewed an EPC contractor's values for reimbursable subcontracts and other estimated reimbursable costs and prepared a schedule and cost risk analysis. Preparing expert reports as part of an arbitration proceeding.

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.

Prepared a contractor’s claims for delays, impacts, and cost overruns experienced during construction of a multi-unit apartment complex.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed entitlement, schedule delay and damages related to a contractor’s $12 million claim against a major international chemical company associated with the construction of two process units in an existing chemical plant. The initial EPC contractor was terminated and sought recovery of its cost overruns as a result of field change orders. The owner alleged that the work was defective as a result of engineering errors, field installation errors, and welding defects.

On behalf of an owner, reviewed a claim involving disputed change orders and extra work by a contractor against a chemical company of an EVS/CVS upgrade project.

Provided a claims prevention training seminar for a hydroelectric power producing company.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed a $500 million property damage and business interruption claim resulting from fire damage to a petrochemical plant. Prepared cost estimates for the property damage claim and schedule analyses considering acceleration, betterments, upgrades, and non-rebuilt facilities.

On behalf of an owner, performed a schedule quality assessment of a CPM schedule regarding a new university building for the University of the West Indies.

On behalf of a contractor, reviewed eight Requests for Equitable Adjustments on U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force projects concerning differing site conditions, electrical design deficiencies, and owner-directed changes.

Provided expert testimony in arbitration, on behalf of the designer and module fabricator, regarding owner claims of faulty workmanship, delayed project completion, increased project costs, and the designer’s counterclaims of unpaid invoices and change orders related to the design and fabrication of modules and the construction of a gas processing facility. Provided deposition testimony regarding an expert witness rebuttal report.