Experience Matters

On behalf of a schedule delay consultant, reviewed its expert report regarding a claim on a hotel construction project and testified in arbitration regarding the thoroughness of the consultant’s work and the costs it billed.

On behalf of an owner, evaluated a contractor’s expert report and €18 million delay and disruption claim concerning the replacement of emergency diesel generators on a nuclear power plant in Finland. Assessed the expert’s time extension analysis, which was found to lack an assessment of the critical path of the work. The claim was ultimately rejected.

On behalf of an owner, evaluated the performance of an EPC contractor performing a multibillion-dollar expansion of a U.S. Gulf Coast Refinery under a reimbursable contract. Issues included poor project management performance, delay, disruption, defective designs, and gross negligence, all of which led to significant increased project cost over the initial project budget and multiple budget reforecast during project execution.

On behalf of a mechanical contractor, prepared a claim for compensable delays due to the owner’s impacts to the contractor’s work. The project scope related to mechanical infrastructure in a natural gas processing facility.

Performed financial and schedule audits for the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission on metro subway projects. Reviewed project budgets, contractor schedules, and construction manager monthly progress reports, and advised the County of potential cost overruns, schedule delays and reporting deficiencies.

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.

On behalf of a mechanical contractor, prepared a $1 million claim involving the installation of new low NOx and boiler reheater facilities on a power plant project.

Analyzed the expediting costs associated with the $320 million rebuild of a refinery in Alberta following a fire. Performed this work in support of an insurance company’s interest on a property damage claim that the refinery owner filed. Analyzed the trade-offs of increased time-related costs that would have been incurred had the work not been expedited compared to the increased costs as a result of a fast track schedule. Evaluated the results of the various scenarios using Monte Carlo calculations to derive a probabilistic determination of the range of costs as a function of the variables involved in the analyses. Analyses contributed to a successful settlement between the insurance carrier and the owner.

On behalf of a major U.S. oil company, analyzed a Korean contractor’s $75 million claim involving delay, disruption, and acceleration on a major oil terminal project. Assessed the contractor’s CPM schedules, change orders, and increased staffing claims. Also evaluated the owner’s counterclaims due to late and defective work.

Prepared and analyzed detailed as-planned and as-built schedules to assist an owner defending against contractor claims on a university dormitory project in Riverside.