On behalf of a major U.S. oil company, analyzed an owner’s damages resulting from the delayed installation of an oil production facility due to defects in the fabrication of shackles. Identified the owner’s direct costs and time-related costs from its job cost project files. Analyzed the owner’s project CPM schedules to identify critical path delays associated with the work to replace the defective mooring shackles.

Analyzed the expediting costs associated with the $320 million rebuild of a refinery in Alberta following a fire. Performed this work in support of an insurance company’s interest on a property damage claim that the refinery owner filed. 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. Evaluated the results of the various scenarios 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.

On behalf of a manufacturer of HRSGs, analyzed an EPC contractor’s $35 million claim regarding a lump-sum contract to design and build a gas-fired power plant. Assessed the EPC contractor’s allegations regarding the constructability of the HRSGs and the delay and disruption impact of those problems on its work.

Analyzed an HRSG manufacturer’s responsibility and liability for delays, scope of work changes related to increased piping quantities, and back charges from a general contractor on the installation of four waste HRSGs.

On behalf of a contractor, reviewed eight Requests for Equitable Adjustments on U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force projects concerning differing site conditions, electrical design deficiencies, and owner-directed changes.

Analyzed detailed as-planned and as-built schedules for two state prison projects and a city prison project.

On behalf of a European/Japanese joint venture EPC firm, evaluated a $75 million claim on a refinery upgrade project. Assessed the technical entitlement of over 100 change orders forming the basis of the claims as well as the schedule analysis to demonstrate entitlement to an extension of time and delay damages. Evaluated the contractor’s methodology for performing its schedule delay analysis and quantum calculations, and its loss of productivity analysis for proof of damages for labor cost overruns.

Analyzed and presented schedule impacts and litigation support services for a public schools district in defense of a general contractor’s claims on four elementary schools.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed delays, acceleration, change orders, unit rate, and loss of productivity claims totaling $20 million by a major U.S. engineering contractor. Also analyzed counterclaims by a major U.S. chemical company on an ethylene plant project.

On behalf of a Japanese EPC contractor, prepared a claim, developed a document database, and analyzed costs and schedules for a $450 million fertilizer plant. Prepared a $100 million claim against the owner, which was abandoned as a result of the Gulf War. Successfully negotiated one Turkish and two Korean subcontractors’ claims against the Japanese prime contractor.