Project Type
- Refining, Petrochemical
and Industrial - Power Plants
- Offshore Oil and Gas
- Buildings
- Heavy Civil, Highway, Rail, Underground, and Water/Wastewater
- Insurance Claims
- U.S. Projects by Region
- International Projects
The projects listed were performed by our consultants in a lead/key expert role for Long International or for other consulting firms.
Insurance Claims
Long International personnel have been involved in numerous insurance claims, including property damage, business interruption, advance loss of profits, and delayed start-up claims. We provide insurance claims analysis services to insurance underwriters and to owners who have experienced damage or delay to their plants as a result of fires, explosions, or other covered events.
- Combined Cycle Power Plant
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Connecticut Assisted insurance company against claim by the EPC contractor on a project involving the design, procurement and construction of a new 550 mw Combined Cycle Power Plant. The contractor claimed that an insured accident caused over $30 million in impact costs including 6 months of project delay and loss of labor productivity and increased support costs in attempts to accelerate to overcome delays. Performed a schedule delay analysis to demonstrate that actual impact of insured accident was negligible and concurrent with delays caused by the EPC contractor. Case was settled just prior to hearings. - Food Processing Building
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Georgia Prepared cost estimates to support a $5 million insurance claim for food processing building and equipment losses resulting from fire, and provided project management of building stability and safety for examination and documentation of conditions resulting from fire and fire explosion damage. Supported the preparation of detailed CPM schedule analyses. Designated as a construction cost expert in support of the insured’s claim. - Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plant
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Oregon The project involved disputes between the owner, main contractor, and joint venture power island equipment supplier regarding damage to the combustion turbine caused by projectiles in the power stream. The multi-party dispute involved both contract and insurance claims for delay, disruption, liquidated damages, and direct damage reparation works to the combustion turbine start-up operations. Management of claims team engaged to consult on both the contract and the insurance claims for the main contractor which involved delay, disruption, and damages analyses for a series of settlement negotiations and mediation. Ultimately the completion of the damaged combustion turbine works had to be factored into the process and the plant restored to full operational capability. Settlement talks were ultimately successful and formal litigations proceedings were avoided. Connecticut Analysis of a $50 million Delayed Start-up claim on a 500 MW power plant in Connecticut. Evaluated project delays and cost impacts related to the Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) collapse. - Glycol Facility
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Canada Analysis of a $50 million loss for property damage and business interruption resulting from cracking to a reactor vessel at glycol facility in Alberta. Prepared deposition questions and assisted loss adjusters and counsel for Underwriters with cost and schedule analyses. - Hospital
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Texas The hospital facility was badly damaged during a major hurricane storm. Provided full insurance claim review services working with claim adjusters to assess and review actual damage and required construction repair services. This involved a full construction assessment of building, services, and medical equipment damages including time/costs and rectification budget for repair and/or total replacement of facility. - LNG Plant
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Canada On behalf of an insurance company, performed an analysis of delays to the construction of an LNG terminal in New Brunswick, including equipment to unload tanker, transfer to LNG storage tanks, vaporize the LNG, and meter the gas as it is introduced into the natural gas pipeline. The claim was filed by the owner as a result of materials being lost overboard at sea in severe weather while being shipped to the site. - Natural Gas Plant
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Canada Provided claims analysis services for the insurance company regarding the reconstruction of a natural gas plant in British Columbia following an explosion. Performed a schedule analysis to determine when the reconstruction of the plant could have been completed absent the improvements to the facility made by the owner. - Oil Terminal Project
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Louisiana Prepared an expert report and provided testimony regarding the analysis of an owner’s property damage claim following a fire at an oil terminal. - Petrochemical Plant
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Canada Performed an analysis and prepared an expert report/testimony regarding an owner’s alleged business interruption loss due to an unplanned shutdown of an MTBE plant in Alberta. Texas Performed an analysis of a $500 million property damage and business interruption claim resulting from fire damage to a petrochemical plant. Costs estimates for the property damage claim and schedule analyses were prepared considering acceleration, betterments, upgrades, and non-rebuilt facilities. - Refinery
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Canada Performed an analysis of the expediting costs associated with the $320 million rebuild of a refinery in Alberta following a fire. This work was performed in support of the insurance company’s interest on a property damage claim filed by the owner of the refinery. 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. The results of the various scenarios were evaluated 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. - School
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Alabama Analysis of a contractor’s claim against a fire insurance company for costs associated with repairs to 25% of a recently completed community school. Prepared detailed analyses and reports to identify reasonableness of costs claimed in preparation of a settlement negotiation by the insurer. - Tar Sands Facility
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Canada Lead cost and schedule consultant retained by a group of insurance companies to evaluate the reasonableness of a $200 million cost estimate and cost/schedule risks associated with the repair of fire damage to four electrostatic precipitators and enclosures in a large tar sands plant in Alberta. The engagement involved site visits and interviews, and the evaluation of rebuild cost and schedule estimates and supporting documentation, with particular emphasis on assumptions, construction means and methods, labor costs and productivity, field indirect costs, contingency, and expediting and delay costs. Final work products included written reports which addressed the bases for and reasonableness of the repair schedule and cost estimate, and the cost impact of several expedited repair schedule alternatives, and oral presentations to loss adjusters and insurance company representatives. - Tar Sands Mine and Upgrader
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Canada Performed an analysis of a $200 million insurance claim for non-traditional coverages resulting from delays and cost overruns in the construction of a tar sands mine facility and upgrader unit in Alberta. Prepared expert witness reports in support of the ICC Arbitration. Canada Performed an analysis of a $500 million claim for business interruption losses due to delays to the start-up and commissioning of an Upgrader Refinery that was built to process synthetic crude oil from a tar sands production facility. The delays were allegedly caused by a fire at the tar sands production mine site, which delayed the transport of bitumen to the refinery through a 200-plus mile pipeline. Prepared detailed CPM schedule analyses and an expert witness report. Designated as a CPM expert witness in support of the ICC Arbitration in Alberta. - Tar Sands Upgrader
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Canada Performed an analysis of a major fire at an upgrader in Alberta that processed synthetic crude oil from a tar sands facility. Our client, a major construction company and its insurer, was defending against liability for property damage and business interruption damages amounting to $1 billion. - Wastewater Treatment Plant
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Ireland The project centered on the EPC design/build of a “state of the art” sewage treatment plant to replace an old existing and over utilized facility in order to meet the current and future needs of the city. Due to site constraints the plant involved stacking SBR’s on top of each other, and building the new works parallel to maintaining the old plant prior to demolition. EU environmental regulations were critical to maintaining high standards of odor and treated water outputs. The plant ultimately failed to meet performance standards, was delayed in construction, and had operational issues for the local residential areas. Engaged to provide support in developing the main contractor’s construction claims (in conjunction with the main contractor’s consortium partners) against the owner and assist with resolution of insurance claims for E&O problems during the design process. This involved CPM and disruption analysis, plus coordinating outside counsel and ‘other’ experts to support the contractor’s position.