Curtis W. Foster

BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Mr. Foster is a Senior Executive Consultant with Long International and has a background that spans over twenty-eight years of involvement in design, construction, and dispute resolution on over $5 billion of projects. This experience includes process/industrial, power, environmental, commercial and transportation projects. He is skilled in the areas of contract management, cost management, estimating, scheduling, earned value performance measurement, and field engineering. He has had a significant role in the development of integrated project management procedures for various firms involved in the design and construction of facilities. His claim-related efforts include analyses of cost (estimated, bid, and actual), schedule (delay and acceleration) and disruption (labor inefficiency and productivity) for a wide range of projects.

Mr. Foster has significant experience in management, design, and field engineering on marine petroleum and power projects, including offshore platforms (for oil collection, separation, storage and pumping), pipelines, and receiving/export facilities. His experience with power projects includes gas-fired combined-cycle cogeneration facilities, waste-burning facilities, and other facilities burning various fuels. A significant amount of his project experience was at various locations around the world. Mr. Foster also has hands-on project management experience on commercial projects, including hospitals and mid-rise condominiums. His duties on these projects included contract administration (including change order management, schedule review, and estimating), and field inspection to ensure conformance with design documents.

Mr. Foster has broad experience in Project Management, Project Control (estimating, scheduling, and cost engineering), and Engineering (field and project) in various industries. This extensive experience is utilized to the benefit of his client on both dispute-related assignments and on project management engagements.

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EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology – Bachelor of Civil Engineering (1979)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Association of Cost Engineer

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mr. Foster has served in various capacities on more than 60 construction claims ranging in size from $250,000 to over $500 million. Representative projects have included:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Long International, Inc.
 Atlanta, Georgia (2006 to Present)

As a Senior Executive Consultant with Long International, Mr. Foster provides construction claims evaluation, analysis, related to construction means and methods, technical issues, schedule delays, productivity losses, and the quantification of damages. Other duties include proactive CPM scheduling services, cost control and monitoring, process improvements.

Revay & Associates USA Ltd.
 Atlanta, Georgia (2001 to 2006)

As Senior Consultant, Mr. Foster was involved in all aspects of the consulting practice specializing in dispute resolution and litigation support.  Specific responsibilities included client liaison, strategy formation, issue definition, performance of required analyses, coordination of technical tasks and assignments, design/preparation of demonstrative exhibits and assisting in the preparation for expert testimony.

Hanscomb
 Atlanta, Georgia (1999 to 2001)

As Senior Consultant, Mr. Foster was involved in all aspects of the consulting practice specializing in claims and litigation support. Specific responsibilities included project document review, schedule creation, review and analyses of existing schedules, develop and manage project man-hour databases, performance of required analyses, design/preparation of demonstrative exhibits and assisting in the preparation for expert testimony.

Resolution Management Consultant
 Atlanta, Georgia (1995 to 1999)

As Senior Consultant, Mr. Foster was involved in all aspects of the consulting practice specializing in project management support, dispute resolution and litigation support. Specific responsibilities included establishing project documentation database, contractor project report audits and project schedule update audits and reports, project documentation review, issue definition, performance of required analyses, coordination of technical tasks and assignments, design/preparation of demonstrative exhibits and assisting in the preparation for expert testimony.

GE Power Generation
Atlanta, Georgia (1993 to 1994)

Mr. Foster was employed in 1993 in the project support office of GE Power Generation. In 1994 transferred to Projects as a Field Piping Engineer for a Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power project for International Paper in Selma Alabama. Responsibilities included reviewing piping drawings, getting piping prefabricated and delivered to jobsite, working with crafts to insure installation per plans and specifications, and implementing scope changes or engineering changes. Responsibilities grew to include instrumentation, freeze protection and startup/punch-out engineer.

Ford, Bacon & Davis Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia (1992 to 1993)

Mr. Foster was employed in 1992 as a Project Controls Manager for this large engineering firm specializing in the pulp and paper and chemical industries. Responsibilities included preparing estimates, project schedules and monitoring project progress and performance on various industrial projects.

Tampella Power Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia (1990 to 1992)

Mr. Foster was employed in 1990 as an Estimating Manager for this major equipment vendor specializing in the pulp and paper industry. Responsibilities included preparing estimates and proposals for recovery boilers and evaporators.

Simons Eastern Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia (1988 to 1990)

Mr. Foster was employed in 1988 as an estimator for this large engineering firm specializing in the pulp and paper and chemical industries. Responsibilities included preparing conceptual estimates on paper machine line rebuilds to complete green field projects.

Clark Kenneth Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia / Bethesda, Maryland (1984 to 1988)

Mr. Foster was employed first as a Civil Estimator and then Chief Estimator, responsible for developing estimates and preparing proposals for design build waste to energy projects. This entailed developing project scope, preparation of conceptual drawings, complete project cost estimate, acquiring environmental impact studies, and getting local community approval and permitting.

Marvin M. Black Construction, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia (1983 to 1984)

Mr. Foster was employed in 1983 as Project Engineer. The responsibilities included estimating, scheduling, subcontractor management, project progress reports, general drawings and specification compliance, inspection and punch-out. The projects included a 7-story luxury condominium, a multistory frame construction apartment complex and a 60-bed substance abuse hospital.

McDermott International
Middle East, Louisiana, and Singapore (1978 to 1982)

Mr. Foster was employed in 1978 as an Offshore Field Engineer for a two year period on assignment in the Middle East Office, Dubai UAE. Responsibilities included insuring structure location, drawing and specification compliance with contract as well as implementing change order work and contract closeout (client satisfaction). Projects included offshore structural platforms, oil/gas processing/pumping platforms and undersea pipelines. Transferred to the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Division in 1980 and assigned as an Offshore Construction Estimator. Responsibilities at this one year assignment included preparing estimates for installation of offshore platforms and pipelines. This entailed determining equipment requirements and estimating time of construction and getting quotations for any special equipment rental or subcontractors. Transferred to the Far East Singapore Division in 1981 and assigned as Proposals Manager for the Offshore Construction Group. Responsibilities included receiving RFQ’s from clients, distributing pertinent information to all involved departments, estimation the offshore installation, coordinating efforts of the Fabrication, Legal and Insurance Departments, producing a complete and comprehensive proposal, getting management buy off and delivering it to international clients on time.
 

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