Experience Matters

On behalf of an electrical contractor, reviewed the validity of backcharge claims alleged by a general contractor. Prepared a report to facilitate settlement of the claims.

Prepared schedule delay and damages analyses and an expert report on behalf of an electrical subcontractor on claims against a general contractor on two Corps of Engineers lock and dam projects on the Red River.

On behalf of the Ontario Provincial Government, evaluated delays to the restart of a power plant unit at a nuclear power electricity generation station located in northwest Ontario. The operator of the nuclear unit suffered a force majeure outage and, as a result, was entitled to balancing payments from the Ontario Government while the unit was being repaired and restarted. The provincial government was concerned that the delays that the unit operator experienced were excessively long. Evaluated whether the operator managed the unit’s outage schedule in the most efficient manner.

On behalf of an owner, prepared an expert report regarding the potential impact on the surrounding area caused by the construction and operation of a compressor station project.

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 interested underwriters, performed cost and data analysis and prepared an expert report for an insurance adjuster. The claim related to a fire loss that was the result of a line failure that caused an oil-based thinning agent to leak at a bitumen upgrader settling basin. The loss occurred for one of the largest operators in the Canadian oil sands industry and its joint venture companies. The facility is an embankment dam that was, by volume of construction material, the largest earth structure in the world in 2001.

Reviewed and performed delay and cost analysis services for a mixed-use and retail development project in Roswell. Prepared detailed schedule, damages, and delay analysis in preparation of litigation and support for trial.

Analyzed a contractor’s claims against the owners of wastewater treatment plant projects. Issues involved included delay, changes, defective specifications, and loss of productivity.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed a claim associated with the placement of undersea oil and gas pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. Prepared an expert report regarding technical issues of entitlement for cost overrun issues and substantiation of the accounting records to support the costs associated with the claim. Testified in arbitration.

On behalf of a mechanical contractor, prepared a claim for compensable delays due to the owner’s impacts to the contractor’s work. The project scope related to mechanical infrastructure in a natural gas processing facility.