Experience Matters

On behalf of an owner, analyzed delay claims on a hospital renovation project in Oakland.

Retained by the owner of a surfactants expansion project to defend a claim by an electrical contractor for increased costs and loss of productivity. Evaluated standard of care, schedule, causation, labor productivity (including loss productivity due to changes), and damages.

On behalf of a contractor, analyzed an EPC contractor’s change order and delay claims on a chemical plant project.

Prepared an electrical contractor’s claim involving engineering delay, errors and omissions resulting in workarounds and construction delays on the installation of life safety systems and instrumentation and control automation on a silicone chip plant and cleanroom facility in Colorado Springs. Performed a schedule analysis of delay impacts due to engineering rework and added change order work, causing schedule compression and acceleration with trade stacking, overmanning of crews with a shortage of qualified labor causing productivity loss due to overtime fatigue, lack of coordinated drawings, late material delivery, and substandard supervisory management and cost controls by the construction manager.

Provided a claims prevention training seminar for project management and contract administration personnel of a major U.S. chemical company on new boiler addition to an existing chemical plant. Reviewed contract and procedures proposed to be used for the project and recommended clauses to resolve potential inconsistencies, ambiguities, and conflicts. Prepared clauses for cost and schedule control procedures.

Analyzed a contractor’s $8 million delay and disruption claim against the owner of a 4x2 combined cycle power plant in Fairfield. The scope of the work included a detailed CPM schedule analysis to determine delay and acceleration responsibility.

Provided claims prevention training seminars for a mineral processing engineering firm in Denver, Tucson, and Mexico City. Recommended clauses to resolve potential inconsistencies, ambiguities, and conflicts. Prepared clauses for cost and schedule control procedures.

Analyzed allegedly defective installations of fiberglass linings in flue gas desulfurization scrubbers in several power plants in the U.S.

Provided construction claims consulting services, claims analysis, and change order reviews related to a methanol plant construction project. Reviewed the EPC contractor’s contract and the EPC contractor’s unresolved claims and change order requests to develop more complete descriptions of the claim issues, evaluate the merits of the claims, and prepare a summary of the claim documentation to support the client’s settlement discussions with the EPC contractor.

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.