Experience Matters

On behalf of the general contractor, provided claim preparation, schedule and damage analyses, and litigation support services for the $100 million John Wayne Airport expansion project. Prepared detailed as-planned and as-built schedule analyses.

Reviewed an owner’s contracting strategy and risks associated with the engineering, procurement, and construction of several major chemical plant projects.

Developed the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $136 million FDR Drive reconstruction project. The schedule was cost and resource loaded with 2,344 activities.

On behalf of a contractor, analyzed schedule delays on a naval facility electrical substation project including: outage delays, switchgear design deficiencies, SCADA design deficiencies, and ground mat deficiencies.

On behalf of an electrical contractor, analyzed its man-hour and cost overruns that resulted from delays in the completion of predecessor work and the loss of labor productivity caused by the cumulative impact of changes on a hospital project. Prepared an expert report. The dispute was settled in mediation.

On behalf of the government, evaluated the quality of the CPM schedules prepared by several international oil companies for the development of an LNG facility in Tanzania.

Prepared change order requests and general site supervision on an outpatient/MRI medical clinic in Austell.

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.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed schedule delay claims by a prime contractor on an LNG facility being constructed.

Prepared main design-build contractor’s delay and disruption claim with additional associated costs for the Madina Centrale Project for The Pearl Qatar due to major changes in the structural and architectural design by the consultant and client. Testified concerning the validity of the delay analysis and the resultant cause-effect on the project completion date and the reasonableness and validity of the additional costs claimed by the design-build contractor.