Experience Matters

On behalf of an owner, evaluated delays and cost overruns on an insulation manufacturing facility in Alberta. Analyzed schedule and cost data in support of the owner’s $28 million counterclaim against an EPC contractor’s $20 million claim. Testified as CPM schedule and cost expert witnesses for the arbitration.

On behalf of the Wyoming Department of Transportation, evaluated a contractor’s delay and extended overhead claims on a structural steel bridge and anchored retaining wall project. Evaluated whether there was a reasonable basis for terminating the contractor.

Damages expert for a material manufacturer vs. a general contractor regarding alleged defects and repair costs on a large condominium construction project. The engagement comprised the evaluation and rebuttal of the plaintiff’s costs and damage allocations to the parties, the preparation of alternative damages quantifications based upon several different causation and entitlement theories, and expert testimony.

Prepared project schedule for the general contractor on a highway construction project, analyzed delays, and prepared written reports for time extension requests to the project owner. Testified in arbitration.

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

Prepared main contractor’s delay and disruption claim with additional costs on two of The Pearl Qatar residential towers, Plots 20 and 21, due to change orders issued by the client for finished works. Testified concerning the validity of the delay analysis and the resultant cause-effect on the project contractual milestones and the validity of the additional costs claimed by the main contractor.

Prepared schedule delay and damages analyses and an expert report on behalf of an electrical subcontractor on claims against a general contractor on two Corps of Engineers lock and dam projects on the Red River.

Performed a schedule quality assurance review. Reviewed and critiqued a consortium partner’s detailed fabrication schedules. Ascertained the suitability of the schedule to be used as a tool to analyze concurrent delays by maintaining CPM schedule logic to properly understand the client’s, and the consortium partner’s liability for delay, disruption, and impact damages, and any relationship between proceeding activities being the responsibility of other parties. Provided guidance on “best practice” recommendations for on-site schedule control, progress reporting, schedule development, and labor productivity. Recommended suitable effective documentation and record keeping to aid in the support or defense of possible future claims and integration of schedule activities with available cost details to accurately establish the cause and effect relationship among problems, issues, events, schedule impacts, productivity losses, and cost overruns and/or the need for acceleration/mitigation recovery countermeasures.

On behalf of an owner, performed a schedule quality assessment of a CPM schedule regarding a new university building for the University of the West Indies.

Developed the detailed schedule and project control system for a 2x400 MW coal-fueled power plant. Created and maintained an accounting and reporting system to track the financial participation of four consortium partners.