Resumes & Biographies
Project Management Experts
- W. Tom Thweatt, Senior Principal
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Mr. Thweatt is a Senior Principal with Long International and has over 38 years of engineering, construction, and management consulting experience. He has extensive experience in major U.S. and international refining, chemical, petrochemical, pipeline, infrastructure and thermal/ hydroelectric power generation projects ranging from $40 million to $1.8 billion. He has worked extensively in projects that were executed by multi-national joint ventures on both the owner's and the contractor's sides. Mr. Thweatt has served on Joint Venture and Consortium Executive Committees and has participated directly in claims negotiations and settlement agreements in excess of $100 million.
Before joining Long International, Mr. Thweatt served as Vice President and Director of Engineering for Techint, S.A., a major EPC contractor based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He served as a member of the Technint Comite Direccion, the governing committee responsible for all strategic and operational decisions, and was in responsible charge of worldwide engineering operations for all proposals and projects.
Before relocating to South America, Mr. Thweatt served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations, for the Parsons Energy and Chemicals Group Inc., based in Houston, Texas. He had profit and loss responsibility for engineering, procurement, construction, estimating and project controls for all proposals and projects executed by the company's four major operating centers in Houston, Texas; Reading, Pennsylvania; Pasadena, California; and London, England.
Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Richard J. Long, P.E., Chief Executive Officer
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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 in the petroleum
refining, petrochemical, oil and gas, power/cogeneration, mineral
processing, and other process industries worldwide. He has over 36 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 24 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 thirteen years the construction claims practices of two large consulting firms. Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Long gained thirteen years of project management and process engineering experience on petroleum refining, oil shale, synfuels, mining and power generation projects with Tosco, Fluor, and Conoco. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Hal E. Buddemeyer, Senior Principal
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Mr. Buddemeyer, a Senior Principal for Long International, has over 37
years of experience in all aspects of program and construction project
management and construction disputes. His experience includes project
cost/schedule control, systems and procedures development and
implementation, program planning, as well as capital and operating cost
estimating and economic analysis during the design, construction, and
start-up phases of a diverse cross section of projects. Mr. Buddemeyer
has 25 years of construction contract disputes consulting experience. In
this regard, he has been responsible for the organization, development
and maintenance of document databases; assistance to counsel for and
during discovery, depositions and interrogatory preparation; entitlement
and issue analysis; change order analysis; labor productivity analysis;
cost and damages analysis; schedule delay and impact analysis; claim
report preparation and rebuttal; negotiation and mediation assistance and
participation; and expert testimony. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Steven J. Bieniewicz, Principal
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Steven J. Bieniewicz, a Principal with Long International, Inc., has over
32 years experience in engineering, project management, project planning and
scheduling, cost engineering, construction claims/dispute resolution, project
performance audits, and corporate management. He has over 19 years of
construction claims and contract dispute resolution experience including issue
entitlement evaluation, schedule delay analysis, damages analysis, attorney
support and expert witness testimony on a large number of complex
construction projects. Mr. Bieniewicz is recognized as an expert in the
development of schedule delay and cost overrun analyses for construction
projects. He has worked on over 100 claims ranging in size from US $50,000
to over US $100 million. Before joining Long International, Mr. Bieniewicz
had been a Principal in four consulting companies that focused on construction
claims and project management.
Prior to entering the consulting field, Mr. Bieniewicz had direct experience on a number of construction projects including nuclear and fossil power plants, wastewater treatment plants, hospitals, and commercial buildings. As a Senior Project Manager for a contractor, he had complete management responsibility for several projects including hospitals and commercial buildings. As a Planning and Scheduling Engineer, he developed and maintained project schedules on a wide variety of projects. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Ronald E. Downing, Principal
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Mr. Downing is a Principal with Long International, and has over 30 years of
experience in the management of power, process industrial and environmental
construction projects, and in the analysis and preparation of construction claims.
His direct project management experience includes estimating, contract
administration, and the development and implementation of project control
systems (cost, schedule and quality) for ongoing projects. His construction claims
experience includes claims evaluation, analysis, and expert testimony related to
construction means and methods, technical issues, schedule delays, productivity
losses, and the quantification of damages.
Mr. Downing has significant experience in the role of project manager in the construction of various systems at heavy industrial and power generation plants throughout the U.S.
Process/Industrial projects include conversion of an open car coke oven quenching system to a closed system, complete rebuild/upgrade of a continuous annealing line, installation of three air separation plants, Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) systems, numerous bulk material handling systems, and major process piping installations. This experience has involved all facets of the construction process including foundations, structural erection, equipment erection, and piping installation, and includes new construction as well as repair/renovation work within operating plants.
Power projects ranged from 65 MW to 750 MW and include coal, waste coal, waste to energy and geothermal technologies for both public utilities and independent power producers. In addition to involvement with new construction, he was also responsible for management of numerous repair/renovation projects including power boilers, turbine/generators, air pollution control, and material handling equipment.
As a Lead Analyst, he has performed numerous analyses that have played a key role in the successful evaluation and negotiation of over $500 million in claims arising from power, industrial and commercial projects in the U.S. and Canada. In the performance of delay/disruption studies, labor productivity analyses, damage quantification, and other litigation support activities, this practical and broad-based experience has been frequently utilized to identify the "root cause" of problems. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Truman D. King, P.E., Principal
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Truman D. King, P.E., a Principal with Long International, has over 35
years of experience in engineering, procurement, and construction
operations in the mining, oil and gas, refining, and real estate
development industries. He has successfully completed assignments in
the U.S., Middle East and Europe. Mr. King was a Senior Project
Manager for Worley Parsons, where he managed the Front End
Engineering Design and acquisition of Process Design Technology for a
$500 million expansion of an oil refinery in the UAE to produce clean
diesel fuel. He has also managed oil & gas, refining, power distribution,
marine and other engineering projects and provided analysis of and
resolution of contractor's claims. Mr. King has extensive knowledge of
the owner's and contractor's project management responsibilities on
EPC turnkey projects. He has successfully analyzed claims involving
mismanagement, defective engineering, delay, disruption, and disputed
change orders. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Robert J. Lane, Principal
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Mr. Lane, a Principal for Long International, has 34 years of experience
working in or consulting for the engineering and construction industry.
More than half of this time has been involved in the resolution of
construction-related claims and disputes. He has expertise in quantum/
damages analyses, project cost estimating, project construction scheduling,
project cost control, and overall project management. He has also worked in
the areas of contract administration, claims management, and contract
dispute resolution. Mr. Lane has significant background in the application of
the Primavera scheduling systems to proactively develop/update project
schedules and/or to retrospectively analyze the impact of various events to
the project schedule. He has utilized these and other scheduling tools on
major construction projects in the U.S. and internationally. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Philip R. Moncrief, P.E., Principal
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Philip R. Moncrief, P.E., is a Principal with Long International, a
Colorado-based claims and project management consulting firm that
focuses its practice on owners, engineering and construction firms,
and contractors in the petroleum refining, petrochemical, oil and gas,
power/cogeneration, mineral processing, and other process industries
worldwide. He has over 40 years of U.S. and international
consulting experience involving engineering and construction,
contract disputes, project management, project development,
engineering/construction management, and process engineering. As
an internationally recognized expert in the engineering and
construction industry, he has managed large projects and had profit
and loss responsibility for the engineering and construction
operations of four major engineering-construction companies. He
has published two books and has been a guest lecturer at the
University of Colorado and Texas A&M University in their
Construction Management Programs, and is a frequent presenter of project management topics to industry
forums and seminars.
Before associating with Long International, Mr. Moncrief was Vice President and General Manager of Technip's Houston office, Vice President Project Management for Bechtel, Senior Vice President of Davy McKee and Vice President of Fluor Corporation. In these roles, he had responsibility for management and oversight of engineering and construction projects in the US and internationally including the development and implementation of project management policies and procedures to ensure that profit, cost, schedule, scope, quality, and safety objectives were achieved.
Mr. Moncrief is a 1968 graduate of Rice University with a Masters in Chemical Engineering. He has wide experience in the Refining, Petrochemical, Chemical, Pipeline, Terminals, LNG and other areas including treatment of waste from the facilities. His knowledge and experience includes 40 years of process design, overall facility design, project management, project engineering, procurement of materials and equipment and construction of numerous facilities thorough out the world. His experience with these projects includes conceptual development, estimating of project cost, economic analysis, scheduling, contracts, marketing, and all areas of facility management and operations. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - G. Charles Phillips, P.E., Principal
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Mr. Phillips, a Principal with Long International, has over forty years of U.S.
and international experience in the refining and chemical processing
industries. His background includes expertise in construction contract
disputes analysis and resolution, project management, program management
of multiple projects, engineering/ construction management, cost and
schedule control, and economic evaluation and risk analysis. His work
history includes 25 years with The Dow Chemical Company and 10 years
with M. W. Kellogg. This experience of working for both an owner and an
engineering contractor firm has given him an understanding of the contract
performance issues involved from both perspectives. He has excellent
analytical, interpersonal, communication, and problem solving skills. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - James S. Dielschneider, P.E.
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James S. Dielschneider, P.E. is the Managing Director of European and Asia Operations of Long International, Inc. He provides onsite investigation, analysis, presentations, and expert witness testimony regarding engineering and construction disputes involving project, program, and construction management issues. Mr. Dielschneider testifies in arbitrations, High Court and US Courts, and serves as a mediator and arbitrator of complex design, procurement, and construction disputes.
Mr. Dielschneider’s dispute testimony includes: program, project, design and construction management, programming, quantity surveys, cost estimates, budgeting, estimating errors, scheduling, defective design, late drawings, errors and omissions, contractor approval problems, procurement delays, substitutions, changes, unforeseen conditions, constructability, change orders, resource allocation, safety constraints, interference of construction work, costs of acceleration of work, revenue loss, profit loss, overpayment, productivity loss, equipment standby costs, delays, acceleration, time extensions, quality control, final acceptance problems, rework, and impacts of these problems on construction projects and ongoing facilities operations.
He has over 40 years of international management, design, construction, and consulting experience involving electrical power plants, waste treatment plants, water systems, sewer systems, roads, highways, bridges, rail, tunnels, utilities, airports, moorage facilities, oil refineries, environmental remediation, electronic manufacturing plants, research facilities, hospitals, universities, high rise office buildings, school facilities, hotels, recreation facilities, parks, retirement centers, dams, and other large, complex projects up to US$1 billion. Mr. Dielschneider has presented seminars, provided training, and published numerous articles on project management, construction management, multiple project scheduling, project planning and control systems, and mediation. He authored a book on construction planning and scheduling. This capability is founded on the actual performance of planning, programming, quantity surveying, estimating, scheduling; the management of programs, projects, design, procurement and construction; and the direct field management of construction crews and subcontractors. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - F. Paul HerrNeckar, Senior Executive Consultant
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F. Paul HerrNeckar is a Senior Executive Consultant responsible for Long
International's Austin, Texas office. He has over forty years of U.S. and
international project management, engineering and construction management,
and construction claims experience in petrochemical, oil & gas, power,
refining, chemicals, pharmaceutical, pulp & paper, food and water-related
projects. Mr. HerrNeckar also has extensive process control engineering and
construction management experience in process control projects. He is skilled
in the management of lump-sum turnkey projects in the United Sates as well as
internationally. Summary Resume Detailed Resume - Jeff G. Werner, MBA, JD, PMP, PSP, CCM, CFCC
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As a Senior Executive Consultant, Mr. Werner specializes in project control, contract administration, and dispute resolution. Since 1974, his construction experience has included project management, construction management, program management, and dispute resolution services on a wide variety of construction programs and projects. He has held positions as Quality Control Inspector/Manager, Project Safety Representative, Contract Administrator, Resident Engineer, Project Scheduler, Project Controls Manager, Director of Project Planning and Scheduling, Assistant Vice President of Claims, Program Claims Manager, and Claims Consultant. Mr. Werner has prepared and defended against a variety of construction claims for owners, contractors and surety insurance companies on private and municipal projects such as power plants, industrial facilities, academic facilities, commercial and retail buildings, water and wastewater plants, prisons, airports, hotels and resorts, hospitals, light rail and transit facilities, highways and bridges. He has performed cost and schedule analysis demonstrating delay, disruption, acceleration, as well as performing damage and loss of productivity calculations, as-built schedule reconstruction, issue and entitlement identification and analysis, document control and organization during claims development and discovery process. Mr. Werner has provided expert witness support services for negotiation, mediation, arbitration and state and federal court regarding construction dispute matters. Mr. Werner is experienced in claims presentations and settlement negotiations during the dispute resolution process including preparation of courtroom exhibits. Summary Resume Detailed Resume