Resumes & Biographies

Cost/Damages Experts

Long International’s Cost/Damages Experts have extensive experience in estimating the capital cost of engineering and construction projects and in the evaluation and quantification of damages associated with construction claims involving the increased time and cost of performance resulting from unresolved change orders, disputed specifications, delays, loss of productivity, project management performance problems, and other causes. In addition, we often calculate damages incurred by the Owner regarding the Contractor’s defective work, decreased production capacity due to a defective design, and actual delay or liquidated damages resulting from the Contractor’s delay in achieving the contractual completion date(s) for the project. In certain cases, the Owner may be the Plaintiff, seeking to recover for increased costs paid to design and construct a project due to the Contractor’s mismanagement.

Our quantum/damages calculations often employ man-hour, quantity, and cost variance analyses, where the Contractor’s responsibility for bid error and performance problems is determined in addition to the Owner’s responsibility for compensable problems. Often, the claimed amounts are found to be overstated, and this comprehensive approach to damages seeks to develop a supportable basis for damages derived from an analysis of problems caused by both parties, contractual risks, and actual man-hours and costs incurred.

In these cost-based claims, direct, indirect and other costs comprise the Contractor’s claimable costs, and our quantum experts and damages consultants perform: 1) technical analyses to isolate changes in scope, timing, sequencing, etc., to which costs are applied, and/or 2) cost variance analyses that compare the original estimate for the work with the actual cost incurred, and correlate the variances to the causes of cost growth. The combination of both methodologies, utilizing detailed engineering analyses and fact finding, combined with careful cost accounting and cost-variance analysis, produces a well supported and compensable claim or presents a strong defense against the validity of the Plaintiff ’s claim.

Long International’s integrated engineering, accounting, and financial experts combine their experience and knowledge to provide an integrated approach to construction claims analysis. We not only seek to identify the technical issues which caused growth in man-hours and costs in the Contractor’s job cost reports, but also we seek to ensure that the costs represented in the job cost reports are traceable to the payroll reports, accounts paid, and general ledger. The result is a claim that has been subjected to detailed cost engineering analysis to help evaluate causation and entitlement, together with a proof of costs incurred arising from the cause.

Our Cost/Damages analysis experience includes the preparation, review, and analysis of the following types of budgets, estimates, and analyses:

Conceptual Project Budgets
Construction Bid Estimates
Lump Sum Estimates
Reimbursable Cost Estimates
Unit Price Estimates
Bid Error Analysis
Quantity Take-Offs
Cost Variance Analysis
Change Order Pricing and Evaluations
Claims Pricing and Evaluations
Material and Labor Cost Evaluations
Labor Productivity Loss Analysis
Disruption Analysis
Cause and Effect Analysis
Extended General Conditions Costs
Cost Escalation
Home Office Overhead Costs
Eichleay Formula Calculation
Total Cost Claims
Modified Total Cost Claims
Industry Studies (MCAA, CII, etc.)
Measured Mile Analysis
Liquidated Damages
Actual Damages
Discrete Pricing

Our Cost/Damages Experts have testified in court and U.S. and international arbitration regarding our quantum/damages analysis findings and opinions.

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Richard J. Long, P.E., Chief Executive Officer

Richard J. Long, P.E. is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Long International, a Colorado-based construction claims and project management consulting firm that focuses its practice on owners, engineering and construction firms, and contractors performing petroleum refining, petrochemical, oil and gas, power/cogeneration, mineral processing, industrial, building, and infrastructure projects worldwide. He has over 40 years of U.S. and international consulting experience involving construction contract disputes analysis and resolution, arbitration/litigation support and expert testimony, project management, engineering/construction management, cost and schedule control, and process engineering. As an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and resolution of complex construction disputes for over 25 years, Mr. Long has served as the lead expert on over 300 projects having claims ranging in size from US $100,000 to over US $1 billion. He has presented and published numerous articles on the subjects of claims analysis, entitlement issues, CPM schedule and damages analyses, and claims prevention.

Before forming Long International, Mr. Long was Senior Vice President, Contract Administration for a major electrical and mechanical contractor. In this role, he had corporate-wide responsibility for technical management and oversight of the preparation and resolution of construction claims. In addition, he was responsible for the development, training, and implementation of project management policies and procedures to ensure that profit, cost, schedule, scope, quality, and safety objectives were achieved. Mr. Long managed for 13 years the construction claims practices of two large consulting firms. Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Long gained 13 years of project management and process engineering experience on petroleum refining, oil shale, synfuels, mining and power generation projects with Tosco, Fluor, and Conoco.