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Long International serves the global construction industry on projects of all types and sizes, as well as disputes of various complexities.

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Building Construction

Florida

Furnished CPM scheduling services for a building contractor on the Dade County high school located in Miami.

Pipelines and Utilities

Trinidad

On behalf of an owner, analyzed a French contractor’s $14 million delay and increased quantities claim on a 36-inch gas pipeline and valve station project. Reviewed the owner’s ITB packages, contracts, project controls procedures, and contract administration procedures and presented a claims prevention seminar. Recommended clauses to resolve potential inconsistencies, ambiguities, and conflicts. Prepared clauses for cost and schedule control procedures.

Transportation

California

Performed financial and schedule audits for the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission on metro subway projects. Reviewed project budgets, contractor schedules, and construction manager monthly progress reports, and advised the County of potential cost overruns, schedule delays and reporting deficiencies.

Power

Montana

On behalf of an EPC contractor, provided dispute resolution services to the project management team regarding owner impacts that stemmed from contractual issues, owner-furnished equipment, project permits, schedule delay issues including pacing, and submittal of invoices with supporting invoice documentation for a power plant located in southern Montana. Advised the project management team regarding schedule analysis strategies needed to resolve the dispute. Both the EPC contractor and the owner reached an amicable settlement.

Building Construction

North Dakota

Wrote an expert report for an owner regarding a Construction Manager’s (CM) project management performance on the construction of a new hospital facility. The contract was CM at risk with a guaranteed maximum price contract of $280 million. The project scope consisted of a seven-story acute care tower, two-story base facility, six-story medical office building, underground parking and two-story parking structure, and central energy plant. The project incurred over one year of critical path delay, ultimately resulting in the owner terminating the CM for default.

Gas, Gasification, GTL, LNG, and NGL

Australia

On behalf of an owner, evaluated contract terms and conditions and contract procedures for an LNG facility EPC contract. Recommended clauses to resolve potential inconsistencies, ambiguities, and conflicts. Prepared clauses for cost and schedule control procedures.

Gas, Gasification, GTL, LNG, and NGL

Angola

On behalf of an owner, analyzed the EPC schedules for a $2.7 billion LNG facility. Verified the schedule work scope against contract requirements. Evaluated schedule metrics, reviewed schedule logic, and assessed critical path reasonableness.

Refineries, Petrochemical, and Chemical

United Kingdom

Prepared an extension of time claim for a Japanese contractor. The claim related to the construction of civil, structural, and building design work on a chemical plant project in the UK. Late access to the site and additional and modified work impacted the contractor’s execution of the work.

Offshore Oil and Gas

Finland, Gulf of Mexico

Performed an analysis in support of an owner’s claim against an international EPC contractor’s performance, delays, and $100 million cost overrun regarding a Spar production facility that was fabricated in Finland for installation in the Gulf of Mexico. Issues involved material delays, welding rework, quadrupling of labor man-hours, wet mating of hard and soft tank/truss, delay, liquidated damages, conversion of contract issues, and related damages.

Building Construction

Colorado

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.

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