Experience Matters

Prepared a contractor’s baseline and update schedules on the $100 million Palm Beach International Airport Interchange. Preparation of contractor’s claim against owner due to unforeseen conditions, owner delays, and productivity issues.

Provided cost and CPM scheduling services on a City of Las Vegas Traffic and Communication project. Developed and monitored resource-loaded completion schedules for the remaining work. Performed a retrospective CPM schedule analysis to prove change order impacts to the critical path of the project. Used activity-based costing techniques to appropriately allocate extended corporate and project overhead costs due to a 6-month suspension period. Performed productivity studies and provided resource and cost projects used for cash flow and cost-to-complete purposes. Successfully performed change order pricing and negotiations ($750K) with the owner for numerous design impacts.

On behalf of an insurer, evaluated property damage claims associated with flood-damaged industrial buildings and manufacturing facilities following a flood. Prepared comparative cost estimates for the damaged equipment and facilities to test the reasonableness of the damage claims alleged by the owner.

On behalf of a subway improvement project, assisted with as-built schedule delay analysis using AACE International MIP 3.9 protocols in support and development of six as-built calculation schedules for as-built but-for calculations for determining contractor compensation delay.

Furnished CPM scheduling services for an electrical subcontractor on the $66 million McCormick Place Convention Center expansion project in Chicago. Worked with the subcontractor’s field staff to develop and monitor a resource-loaded completion schedule that tracked the remaining electrical activities. Updated schedules with job cost and certified payroll information. Correctly calculated the critical path on the electrical work and analyzed impacts from other contractors. Performed productivity studies and provided resource and cost projections used for cash flow and cost-to-complete purposes. Assisted the onsite project management team in the successful closeout of the project.

On behalf of an owner, performed a schedule quality assurance review and schedule risk assessment of the integrated master schedule for a $14 billion oil sands project.

On behalf of the owner of a large petrochemical complex in Louisiana, assessed a scaffolding subcontractor's claim for increased costs on a unit price subcontract where it installed more scaffolding quantities than originally planned and during a longer period due to project delays. Prepared an expert report.

Performed schedule delay expert witness services, including testimony during arbitration hearings with respect to a $30 million dispute between an electrical power generator and a consortium of power distributors. Issues involved the analysis of concurrent delay.

On behalf of the EPCM contractor, performed preliminary standard of care analyses regarding an iron ore mining project involving mining, crushing, and grinding processes and potential variations in each of these processes that may have effected production. Evaluated standard of care, schedule delay, life of mine, and loss of profit issues.

Provided support to management team including schedule review and development of working schedules and sub-networks for claims purposes on the $90 million NYC Times Square Rehabilitation Project. The schedule was cost and resource loaded and contained 2,823 activities.