Experience Matters

Provided contract/entitlement analysis and prepared detailed as-planned and as-built schedule analyses for a contractor on a highway construction project in Pennsylvania. Assisted the contractor to prepare a recovery schedule to mitigate construction delays caused by differing site conditions.

Prepared a contractor’s claims for delays, impacts, and cost overruns experienced during construction of a multi-unit apartment complex.

On behalf of an insurance company, analyzed a $50 million loss for property damage and business interruption resulting from cracking to a reactor vessel at a glycol process plant facility in Alberta. Prepared deposition questions and assisted loss adjusters and counsel for the underwriters with cost and schedule analyses.

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 an owner, analyzed a South African contractor’s $45 million delay and disruption claim involving the engineering, fabrication, and erection of two oil production facilities for a major U.S. oil company. Visited the facility offshore Angola during hook-up and commissioning to evaluate the contractor’s performance. Advised the client on the merits of the contractor’s claim to facilitate settlement.

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.

On behalf of a contractor, performed quality control and analyzed the reasonableness of schedule delays on a $70 million dispute for a tunnel-boring contract on the Los Angeles metro subway project. Construction of the subway tunnels was delayed by over two years. Identified and apportioned responsibility for the delays.

Prepared entitlement and damage analyses for a hydroelectric pumped storage facility. Performed financial analyses and wrote expert reports.

Reviewed an owner’s contract for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a chemical plant. Recommended changes to project management, scheduling, and project controls provisions to improve the owner’s visibility into the progress reporting on the project. Provided a Claims Prevention Seminar.

Analyzed a contractor’s delay and disruption claim against the owner of a 3x1 combined cycle power plant in Philadelphia. The scope of the work included a detailed CPM schedule analysis to determine delay and acceleration responsibility.