Experience Matters

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.

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.

Assisted an EPC contractor with a $10 million claim against an owner for increased costs associated with increased scope of work, project delays and disruption, and loss of labor productivity arising from subsequent acceleration on the design, delivery and construction of an additional line for the production of polyester chips for use in plastic soda bottle manufacturing.

Prepared a detailed schedule for a two-unit “hybrid” power plant consisting of fluidized bed boilers, steam turbines, combustion turbines, and heat recovery units. Also developed multi-currency project cost systems to report consistent financial information in U.S. dollars while individual contracts fluctuated in multiple currencies.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed delays and project management performance deficiencies in defense of a $40 million claim of an EPC contractor. The claim involved additional overhead and fee on a cost reimbursable contract for the management of the design and construction of an LNG terminal project that was delayed over 18 months. Analyzed deficiencies in the EPC contractor’s schedules and analyzed concurrent delays. Prepared the basis of a counterclaim by the owner against the EPC contractor.

On behalf of an electrical contractor, prepared a $6 million delay and disruption claim on the St. Louis Stadium and Convention Center project.

On behalf of an insurance company, performed a schedule delay analysis and provided expert testimony in litigation brought by the insured against an underwriter for severe weather-related delays during the construction of a condominium and commercial retail development in Miami Beach. The parties settled the litigation following deposition testimony.

Developed and maintained updates of the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $230 million Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) project. Provided schedule expertise, project administration, coordination, analysis, and negotiation of all time-related issues. The schedule was resource loaded with 2,840 activities.

On behalf of a government controlled nuclear management company, performed a third-party review and upgrade analyses of its bidding processes and contract conditions for the decommissioning and new construction of nuclear power plants. Reviewed the contract/bidding documents and provided an independent risk management report covering best practices, PMBOK application, project success goals, and general procedures for upgrading contractor performance.

Performed damages and schedule analyses for a contractor in a $1.3 million dispute with its earthwork and utilities subcontractor. Submitted an expert report that asserted $300,000 in damages and defended a $1 million counterclaim. Prepared all damages and schedule analyses and provided testimony in both deposition and arbitration. The contractor received a favorable award.