Experience Matters

Assessed the delays a contractor experienced on a project. Provided delay analyses and opinions regarding owner-furnished engineering drawings and materials that the contractor identified that caused impacts to its ability to deliver the project on time and on budget. The assessment identified which delays were attributable to the owner’s actions or inactions and quantified the number of days for which the contractor was entitled to an extension of time.

On behalf of an owner, provided technical support for a claim against the EPC firm on a fast-track refinery project in the western United States. Issues involved late and deficient engineering, design development and scope increases, loss of construction labor productivity, and mismanagement of subcontractors and costs.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed delay claims on a hospital renovation project in Oakland.

On behalf of a contractor, prepared a response to an owner’s experts’ reports for an ICC arbitration in London regarding the reasonableness of a bid estimate and the cost to complete an airport project.

Developed the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $76 million Route 18 Extension Section 2A Highway Project.

On behalf of an owner, evaluated the performance of an EPC contractor performing a multibillion-dollar expansion of a U.S. Gulf Coast Refinery under a reimbursable contract. Issues included poor project management performance, delay, disruption, defective designs, and gross negligence, all of which led to significant increased project cost over the initial project budget and multiple budget reforecast during project execution.

On behalf of an electrical contractor, evaluated cost overruns resulting from change orders and extra work claims on a training facility at Fort Carson Air Force Base.

Provided project management and control services for a contractor providing fire alarm and voice paging systems work on Concourses A, B, and C, the airport office building, and the terminal complex at the Denver International Airport. Assisted client in cost control monitoring, schedule interfaces, change negotiations, and problem resolutions on a $12 million contract. Prepared financial and schedule analyses for the project and interfaced with the project management team for monthly pay applications and resolution of issues. Assisted in the client’s successful settlement of $6 million of outstanding changes with the owner due to unexpected changed conditions and third party contractor interference.

Reviewed typical contracts, cost and schedule control procedures that an offshore oil and gas contractor used to identify language that could be improved to reduce risks, identify ambiguities, and mitigate the potential for claims.

Performed a schedule quality assurance review. Reviewed and critiqued a consortium partner’s detailed fabrication schedules. Ascertained the suitability of the schedule to be used as a tool to analyze concurrent delays by maintaining CPM schedule logic to properly understand the client’s, and the consortium partner’s liability for delay, disruption, and impact damages, and any relationship between proceeding activities being the responsibility of other parties. Provided guidance on “best practice” recommendations for on-site schedule control, progress reporting, schedule development, and labor productivity. Recommended suitable effective documentation and record keeping to aid in the support or defense of possible future claims and integration of schedule activities with available cost details to accurately establish the cause and effect relationship among problems, issues, events, schedule impacts, productivity losses, and cost overruns and/or the need for acceleration/mitigation recovery countermeasures.