Experience Matters

On behalf of an owner, provided schedule quality assurance services regarding a gas supply expansion project. Evaluated schedule metrics and appropriateness of the critical path of the baseline schedule.

Analyzed delay claims and supporting documentation that a contractor submitted for the manufacture of four HRSGs for a repowering project.

On behalf of an insurance carrier, prepared an expert report for a case before the Superior Court of Ontario pertaining to the cost of construction to complete a residence in Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada. Reviewed, analyzed, and commented on the plaintiff’s expert report. Developed an estimated construction cost analysis for the scope of work presented by plaintiff’s expert. Opined on whether individual scopes of work provided by the plaintiff were a part of the completion of the house or an enhancement of the house.

Performed schedule delay and damages analyses and prepared an expert report for a subcontractor performing the cooling tower design and construction on a combined cycle power plant project.

Provided expert witness services and prepared preliminary damages analyses for an electrical subcontractor on a water reclamation project.  The claim issues concerned the electrical subcontractor’s loss of productivity and extended overhead damages.  The dispute settled in negotiations after preparation of our expert report.

Provided damages analysis to rebut an erection contractor’s $1.6 million claim against a steel fabricator on the Kemper Arena. Analysis was used in a rebuttal report and in cross-examination of the opposing expert.

Provided a claims prevention training seminar for Woodside Energy.

On behalf of an EPC contractor, analyzed a claim for delay during the design and construction of an offshore platform. Prepared an expert report in anticipation of arbitration. The case settled.

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.

Analyzed a contractor’s delay and disruption claim against the owner of a 2x1 combined cycle power plant in Boston. The scope of the work included a detailed CPM schedule analysis to determine delay and acceleration responsibility.