Experience Matters

Evaluated an owner’s project management and cost and schedule control procedures for performing major capital projects. Prepared stage gate project development procedures as well as created cost and schedule control procedures.

On behalf of an owner, assessed delays to overall mechanical completion, delays to initial acceptance, defective works counterclaims, cost reduction claim, elements of technical design, cost and schedule overruns, and Ready For Start-Up (RFSU)/Commissioning delays. Prepared expert reports, expert reply reports, and joint expert reports for tribunal submission. Provided litigation support, including preparation of cross-examination questions, and testified in arbitration hearings.

On behalf of an owner seeking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in delay and disruption costs paid to an EPC contractor on an LNG plant, performed the following scope of work: 1) critique of the contractor’s compliance with industry practices in the preparation and updating of the project baseline CPM schedule and schedule updates; 2) preparation of a windows-based schedule delay analysis to quantify delays on the critical and near-critical paths; 3) assessment of delay, disruption, and project management performance issues by the EPC contractor; and 4) quantification of delay and disruption damages incurred by the subcontractors in the construction of the facility. Prepared an expert report to be submitted as part of arbitration proceedings.

On behalf of an owner, reviewed an EPC contractor’s $12 million force majeure delay claim due to heavy rain and flooding. Provided schedule delay analysis services related to the 404 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant. Scope of work included review and analysis of the EPC contractor's extension of time claim and preparation of the client's response.

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, provided schedule quality assurance services regarding a gas supply expansion project. Evaluated schedule metrics and appropriateness of the critical path of the baseline schedule.

On behalf of an owner, analyzed the EPC schedules for a $2.7 billion LNG facility. Verified the schedule work scope against contract requirements. Evaluated schedule metrics, reviewed schedule logic, and assessed critical path reasonableness.

On behalf of the government, evaluated the quality of the CPM schedules prepared by several international oil companies for the development of an LNG facility in Tanzania.

On behalf of an electrical subcontractor, prepared a labor productivity analysis as part of a subcontractor’s pass-through claim to the owner through the prime contractor. The project related to the construction of a large, mixed-use residential and commercial complex.

Performed schedule delay expert witness services, including testimony during arbitration hearings with respect to a $30 million dispute between an electrical power generator and a consortium of power distributors. Issues involved the analysis of concurrent delay.