Experience Matters

Provided a claims prevention training seminar for owners and contractors in Trinidad.

Served as tribunal appointed experts for technical and schedule delay issues associated with an €18 million claim and a €145 million counterclaim on a major oil refinery upgrading and expansion project in Europe.  The disputes were being resolved in ICC arbitration proceedings.  Prepared expert reports and testified before the tribunal.

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.

Provided a contractor’s baseline and update schedules, change order request and general site supervision on a cement storage and distribution center in Mobile.

Prepared a CPM schedule analysis of alleged contractor claims associated with construction upgrades to the London Underground Subway system in support of an ICC arbitration.

On behalf of an owner, evaluated delayed engineering that affected the timely delivery of construction work packages to the construction contractors on the pipeline and gas recovery facilities associated with an LNG facility.

Prepared a detailed schedule for a two-unit “hybrid” power plant consisting of fluidized bed boilers, steam turbines, combustion turbines, and heat recovery units. Also developed multi-currency project cost systems to report consistent financial information in U.S. dollars while individual contracts fluctuated in multiple currencies.

The mechanical subcontractor executed a contract with a power contractor to complete outage work and repowering of CFB Unit #1. The power contractor caused project delays and interferences that delayed the required work to a period outside of the specified outage period and resulted in a shortage of manpower. The mechanical subcontractor accelerated work to maintain the work planned for the outage period. This required additional coordination of utilities and steam blows and functional tests of fuel system, oil-fired burners, CFB boiler, air ducts, flue gas system and stack, feed water systems, etc. Engaged to provide claims review services. Evaluated owner and contractor claims, including a review of the CPM schedule submittals. Produced a schedule delay and productivity analysis to determine responsibility for project delays. The claims team found that power contractor delays and interferences were primarily responsible for the acceleration effort and difficulties experienced by the mechanical subcontractor during the mechanical completion and operational testing phases of work.

Prepared an expert report regarding disputed change orders, delay, and project management performance on an expansion of a county jail.

Prepared a claim on behalf of a contractor related to extra work and delays on the construction of an offshore oil platform. Assessed contractual entitlement, owner-responsible and weather-related delays, and the costs associated with the extra-contractual work and delays for an international oilfield and marine services company offering full integrated services.