Construction Labor Strikes: Recommendations for Contractors
This is the fifth post in a five-part series about construction labor strikes and contractors’ potential recovery of delay and damages.
Biography
Mr. Rider is a Senior Principal with Long International. He has over 30 years of comprehensive construction experience and expertise from more than 100 projects in the areas of project management and dispute resolution. He excels in project estimating, critical path method (CPM) schedule analysis, CPM schedule recovery analysis, project cost and schedule control, project billing and payment analysis, change order pricing and resolution, contract administration, project closeout, and dispute resolution services.
Mr. Rider is highly skilled in cost and labor hour variance modeling, impact identification and analysis, retrospective CPM schedule delay preparation and evaluation, concurrent delay assessments, project acceleration analysis, and damages verification and quantification. He is proficient in the use of various software programs including Primavera Project Planner (P3 v.3.1 and P6 v.17), Safran Project, Microsoft Project, Acumen Fuse, Schedule Analyzer Pro, Schedule Analyzer Forensics, and Summation iBlaze software products.
Mr. Rider specializes in his ability to combine his project management capabilities along with problem solving competencies to produce effective dispute resolution services. Mr. Rider’s experience includes petrochemical plants, oil refineries, offshore oil and gas facilities, LNG facilities, power plants, commercial buildings, highway and transit projects, hospitals and airport projects ranging in size from US$50,000 to US$2 billion.
EDUCATION
M.B.A., University of Colorado, 1995
B.S., Construction Management, Colorado State University, 1987
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AACE International (No. 34665)
Project Management Institute (No. 1996935)
American Institute of Constructors, Former Rocky Mountain Chapter President (No. 3804A)
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Articles and Publications
Analysis of Concurrent and Pacing Delays
ReadConsiderations for Identifying and Analyzing the Critical Path
ReadForensic Schedule Assurance Review: A Vital Step Before Starting a Detailed Schedule Analysis
ReadImplementing Time Impact Analyses and Update Impact Analyses on Large, Complex EPC Projects
ReadLabor Strikes – Contractor’s Potential Recovery of Delays and Damages
ReadProblems with Mandatory Start and Finish Time Constraints in Projects
ReadLong International’s Schedule and Delay Analysis Methodologies
ReadThe Collapsed As‑Built Windows Schedule Analysis Method
ReadThe Owner’s Duty in Construction Management of Multi-Prime Projects
ReadThe Schedule Basis Memorandum: Key Supporting Documentation for a CPM Schedule Analysis
ReadAs‑Built Date Verification – The Often Neglected but Needed Step for Schedule Delay Analysis
ReadBlog Posts
Construction Labor Strikes: Inexcusable Delay
This is the fourth post in a five-part series about construction labor strikes and contractors’ potential recovery of delay and damages.
Construction Labor Strikes: Compensable Delay
This is the third post in a five-part series about construction labor strikes and contractors’ potential recovery of delay and damages.
Construction Labor Strikes: Entitlement and Excusable Delay
This is the second post in a five-part series about construction labor strikes and contractors’ potential recovery of delay and damages.
Construction Labor Strikes: History and Types
This is the first post in a five-part series about construction labor strikes and contractors’ potential recovery of delay and damages.
Owner’s Failure to Coordinate on a Multi-Prime Construction Project
In this case example, an owner’s failure to coordinate resulted in a prime contractor’s recovery of damages that another prime contractor caused.
Owner’s Interference on a Multi-Prime Construction Project
In this case example, a contractor recovered its increased costs due to the owner's unreasonable interference.
Owner’s Duty to Cooperate on Multi-Prime Construction Projects
In this case example, a contractor recovered increased costs from the owner due to interferences caused by another contractor.
Lack of Owner Coordination on a Multi-Prime Construction Project
This post provides a case example of a contractor’s successful recovery of its damages due to an owner’s lack of coordination.
Owner’s Duty to Coordinate and Cooperate on Multi-Prime Construction Projects
This is the second post in a six-part series on an owner’s duty to coordinate and cooperate on multi-prime construction projects.
The Duty to Coordinate and Cooperate on Multi-Prime Construction Projects
This is the first post in a six-part series on an owner’s duty to coordinate and cooperate on multi-prime construction projects.
The Schedule Basis Memorandum: Camp Services Considerations
This post discusses labor camp catering and other service risks associated with large and complex EPC projects.
The Schedule Basis Memorandum: Camp Sizing Risk Considerations
This post discusses common risks associated with labor camp size considerations on large and complex EPC projects.
The Schedule Basis Memorandum: Competing Projects, Owner Reviews, and Weather Considerations
This post discusses three common risks that may cause delays on large and complex EPC projects.
The Schedule Basis Memorandum: Considerations for Common Risks That May Cause Delay
This post identifies several considerations for common risks that may cause delay on large and complex EPC projects.
The Schedule Basis Memorandum: Types of Information to Include in the Document
This is the second post in a six-part series on the schedule basis memorandum. This post identifies project information to include in the document.
The Schedule Basis Memorandum: A Key Supporting Document Needed for CPM Scheduling
This post defines the schedule basis memorandum and discusses its key purpose for CPM scheduling.
Steps for Identifying the Critical Path
This post discusses steps that can aid in the identification and analysis of the critical and near-critical paths on construction projects.
Schedule Quality Checks to Consider
This post addresses schedule quality checks to improve the accurate identification of critical and near-critical paths on construction projects.
Is the Critical Path Valid?
This post addresses challenges to determining the validity of the critical path. It is the third post in a series about critical path validity.
The Critical Path Defined
This post explores various kinds of critical paths. It is the second post in a series on identifying and analyzing the critical path.
Challenges and Considerations in Identifying and Analyzing the Critical Path
This first post in a series on identifying and analyzing the critical path discusses the purpose of time management on construction projects.
Considerations When Encountering External Early Start Date and External Late Finish Date Constraints
This is the fourth blog post in a four-part series about external early start date and external late finish date constraints.
External Late Finish Date Constraints
This is the third blog post in a four-part series about external early start date and external late finish date constraints.
External Early Start Date Constraints
This is the second blog post in a four-part series about external early start date and external late finish date constraints.
External Early Start Date and External Late Finish Date Constraints
This is the first blog post in a four-part series about external early start date and external late finish date constraints.
Functional Concurrency
This is the second post in a two-part series on concurrency. This post explores functional concurrency and accounting for concurrent delays.
Concurrent Path Delays and Literal Concurrency
This post defines concurrent delays and literal concurrency. This is the first post in a two-part series on concurrency.
Considerations for Justifying Contractor Pacing Arguments
This is the second post in a two-part series that discusses considerations for justifying contractor pacing arguments.
Direct and Indirect Contractor Pacing
This is the first post in a two-part series that discusses considerations for justifying contractor pacing arguments.
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