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Risk Analysis Experts

The risk and uncertainty analyses performed by Long International’s experts and consultants involve the preparation of sophisticated cost and schedule models which, with the client’s input, forecast ranges and probabilities of outcomes to better define the uncertainties of claim values or project completion dates. Instead of preparing a static cost spreadsheet or schedule model which provides one result, or a group of models with contrasting results, Monte Carlo simulations allow the user to define variable cost and date ranges and distributions, and perform thousands of trials within a given model. The user can then assess the probability of events occurring, such as meeting a budget or a completion date, or the probability of a Contractor prevailing on various components of its claimed damages. In addition, this method allows one to isolate and adjust the most sensitive variables in any cost or schedule model, and then take necessary actions that address the most sensitive variables. Long International utilizes Crystal Ball, Primavera Risk Analysis (Pertmaster), and other software to assist Owners, Contractors, and Insurers to better manage their risks.

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Richard J. Long, P.E., Chief Executive Officer

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 performing petroleum refining, petrochemical, oil and gas, power/cogeneration, mineral processing, industrial, building, and infrastructure projects worldwide. He has over 40 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 25 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 13 years the construction claims practices of two large consulting firms. Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Long gained 13 years of project management and process engineering experience on petroleum refining, oil shale, synfuels, mining and power generation projects with Tosco, Fluor, and Conoco.