Transportation
Long International personnel have been involved in numerous claims and project consulting assignments associated with heavy/light rail, railroad, and road, highway, and bridge projects. Certain of these projects have been located outside the United States.
Heavy / Light Rail and RailroadsHeavy Rail California Priced and negotiated change orders for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District on a $65 million train control contract. Evaluated entitlement, prepared schedule analyses, wrote findings of fact, and negotiated change orders. California Performed financial and schedule audits for the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission on metro subway projects. Reviewed project budgets, contractor schedules, construction manager monthly progress reports, and advised the County of potential cost overruns, schedule delays and reporting deficiencies. England Developed issues packages, chronologies, and narratives regarding delays associated with the installation of communications systems on the London Underground project. Analyzed issues and schedule delays associated with the design and installation of new communications systems. Developed an as-built critical path schedule for delay analysis. New York Provided support to management team including schedule review and development of working schedules and sub-networks for claims purposes on the $90 million NYC Time Square Rehabilitation Project. The schedule was cost and resource loaded and contained 2,823 activities. Various Northeast States Assisted Amtrak in preparation and presentation of claims against defendant EPC contractor under the Federal False Claims Act on the installation of a high speed rail from Boston to New York. Client asserted that defendant contractor had improperly billed the government for substantial amounts that did not represent actual increased costs to the contractor, but were rather the result of gross miscalculations of alleged increased costs due to scope changes, schedule impacts of changes and resulting acceleration costs. Claims were settled prior to trial with the contractor agreeing to withdraw over $25 million of invoiced amounts. Washington, DC Provided support to management team including schedule coordination, review and development of Baseline CPM Schedule for the $62 million New York Avenue Metrorail Station. The project consisted of the construction of a new “drop in” metro station, including all track work and connections. Light Rail California Provided Project Management Oversight for the Long Beach-LA Light Rail Transit Project in Los Angeles. Worked on the review, definition, creation and implementation of project control policies, procedures, systems, methods, reporting, data acquisition and organizational interfaces. Florida Prepared monthly progress reports and schedule updates for the preliminary engineering and final civil design of the $600 million Central Florida Light Rail Transit System in Orlando. Developed detailed civil design, construction and system-wide interface schedules. New Jersey Assisted design-build contractor with developing a 12,000 activity, cost loaded rolling wave schedule for the Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transportation Project. The work involved preparing a CPM schedule for a $605 million project that involved the design and construction of a 45-mile commuter rail transit line between Trenton and Camden, along an existing rail corridor. Railroads Connecticut, Massachusetts Performed schedule delay analyses and prepared expert and rebuttal reports for the general contractor in claims against the owner on the Amtrak Northend Electrification Project from Boston to New Haven. New York Provided scheduling support to the estimating team for the $77 million Highbridge Yard Maintenance Facility. Developed pre-bid schedule and aided in the development of Baseline CPM Schedule. The project consisted of the construction of a 62,000 SF rail car maintenance facility (ten car lengths) with two tracks and the installation of associated maintenance and repair equipment. The facility also included an additional 8,300 SF of office space and employee locker rooms located on the second floor. Other project components include the construction of 35,000 feet of track along with 32 switches and electric substation, as well as an employee station. Various Northeast States Prepared an owner/operator’s claim against a major railroad for causing delays and cost overruns during the construction of fiber optic communications systems along the railroad’s right-of-ways. Developed schedule delay analysis of each of the right-of-ways along which the fiber optic cable was installed in trenches. Identified detailed daily documentation that identified railroad interference or lack of support for the installation of the work. - Highway / Roads
Roads, Highways & Bridges California Provided CPM scheduling using Primavera’s Finest Hour on the Molton section of the $800 million San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor project in Irvine. This project had over 100 new CIP bridge structures, miles of driven piles, retaining walls, and storm drains, in addition to over 1 million CY of cut/fill earthwork. The Molton Section “Working Schedule” included 1,544 activities. Canada Analysis of cost overruns associated with the construction of a heavy haul road in Alberta. Colorado Performed CPM scheduling, pay application, and dispute resolution services for the owner of the E-470 Public Toll Road Project in Denver. Tracked and monitored the general contractor’s 5,500 activity CPM schedule that was cost and resource loaded. Provided effective pay application payment services by verifying and approving work performed by the general contractor. Performed various special studies regarding disputed pay items as well as the calculations of projected future value of interest for disputed work. Successfully worked with the contractor’s schedulers to develop an effective procedure for schedule updates and changes. Colorado Provided schedule delay and damages analysis for the general contractor on a highway improvement project. Colorado Evaluated a contractor’s claim for disruption and delay as well as the increased costs associated with the installation of underground utilities and street modifications for an infrastructure improvement project. Colorado Defended against claims brought by the contractor on the 19th and 20th Streets HOV Project for the Denver RTD. Analyzed and rebutted plaintiff’s claim, prepared alternative quantum calculations, prepared an expert report, assisted in discovery and deposition preparation, and provided expert testimony during arbitration proceedings. Colorado Prepared project schedule for the general contractor on a highway construction project, analyzed delays, and prepared written reports for time extension requests to project owner. Testified in arbitration. Florida Prepared a contractor’s baseline and update schedules on the $100 million Palm Beach International Airport Interchange. Preparation of contractor’s claim against owner due to unforeseen conditions, owner delays, and productivity issues. Florida Performed an analysis of a delay and disruption claim on the engineering and construction of a causeway project located in Tampa. Florida Prepared a schedule delay analysis for an underground piping subcontractor. Designated as a CPM scheduling expert. Claim settled in negotiations after preparation of an expert report. Massachusetts As part of the claim scheduling team, provided support documentation, presentation, and negotiation for a $30 million claim on the $400 million Boston Central Artery Project “Big Dig.” Nevada Provided cost and CPM scheduling services on a City of Las Vegas Traffic and Communication project. Developed and monitored resource-loaded completion schedules for the remaining work. Performed a retrospective CPM schedule analysis to prove change order impacts to the critical path of the project. Used activity-based costing techniques to appropriately allocate extended corporate and project overhead costs due to a 6-month suspension period. Performed productivity studies and provided resource and cost projects used for cash flow and cost-to-complete purposes. Successfully performed change order pricing and negotiations ($750K) with the owner for numerous design impacts. New Jersey Developed the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $76 million Route 18 Extension Section 2A Project. New York Provided support to management team including schedule coordination, review and development of Baseline CPM Schedule for the $87 million Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street Reconstruction project. The schedule was resource loaded with 3,200 activities. New York Developed and maintained updates of the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $230 million Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) Project. Provided schedule expertise, project administration, coordination, analysis, and negotiation of all time-related issues. The schedule was resource loaded with 2,840 activities. New York Developed the Baseline CPM Schedule for the $136 million FDR Drive Reconstruction Project. The schedule was cost and resource loaded with 2,344 activities. Pennsylvania Provided contract/entitlement analysis and prepared a detailed as-planned and as-built schedule analyses for the contractor on a highway construction project in Pennsylvania. Assisted the contractor to prepare a recovery schedule to mitigate construction delays caused by differing site conditions. South Carolina Prepared claim analysis on a SC DOT project regarding delays and cost claim associated with equipment charges. Wyoming Provided litigation support and expert witness testimony (at deposition), including determination of recoverable damages related to the construction of a national forest access road.