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.

Reviewed change orders, schedule delays, and pending disputes between a major U.S. chemical company and its mechanical contractor on a methanol plant in Texas. Advised the client as to its exposure regarding the technical issues involved in these issues for purpose of settlement negotiations.

On behalf of a contractor, prepared an expert report in response to the Sewer Authority’s estimate of potential costs of completing work items that were alleged to be incomplete or defective.

On behalf of an apartment building owner, performed an assessment to determine whether a contractor met its contractual and/or industry standard of care obligations associated with project management, project schedule development and progress updating, and construction management. Also prepared a schedule delay analysis of the project to identify delays to the project substantial completion date, determined their causes, and allocated responsibility for each delay to the parties. Prepared an expert report of findings and opinions.

Provided construction claims management services for the owner of a hydroelectric transmission line project. The CAD$4.6 billion transmission line project included a 1,384 km, 500‑kV HVDC transmission line, two new converter stations, and additional 230-kV transmission line interconnections.

Reviewed an owner’s contracting strategy and risks associated with the engineering, procurement, and construction of several major chemical plant projects.

Prepared interior design/fit-out contractor’s delay claim with additional associated costs for five hospitality buildings, a ballroom, a marina, and external works due to construction work delay by the main contractor, the MEP subcontractor, and delay in approvals by the client.

On behalf of a major international oil company, analyzed the quantum aspects of an EPC contractor’s $130 million delay and changed conditions claim. The claim involved the relocation of a gas processing plant project site after construction had commenced because of the discovery of unfavorable soil conditions. Prepared an expert report and rebuttal expert report and testified in ICC arbitration. The EPC contractor’s claim was denied, and the owner’s liquidated damages claim was upheld.

On behalf of an owner, reviewed CPM schedules submitted for arbitration to verify their authenticity for use in a delay analysis by an opposing expert. Prepared examination questions for counsel to cross examine the opposing expert at arbitration regarding causes of delay to the reconstruction of a refinery that a cyclone damaged.

On behalf of an insurance company, analyzed a $500 million claim for business interruption losses due to delays to the startup and commissioning of an upgrader refinery that was built to process synthetic crude oil from an oil sands production facility. The delays were allegedly caused by a fire at the oil sands production mine site, which delayed the transport of bitumen to the refinery through a 200-plus-mile pipeline. Prepared detailed CPM schedule analyses and an expert witness report. Designated as a CPM expert witness in support of the ICC arbitration in Alberta.